Xeno-Farmer alliance?

[Rudo]

Scenario: You are a KNF pilot in a Chimera (faction or independent, irrelevant to the question) and while on patrol in Honshu you spot a Junker and a Hogosha duking it out just off the tradelane.

Do you get involved? What do you do if you do?

I've had KNF (independent) pilots come gunning for my Junkers when fighting Hogosha/FA. While this is expected if the Hogosha/FA are aiding a military operation in Bretonia, it's also occurred in the Taus and in Kusari. Just wondering if this is standard or just an irregularity; there's some RP that needs writing and tactics that need adjusting if this is standard procedure.

Also, from an outside-the-game viewpoint: The Congress does tilt slightly toward the Bretonia side of the war, simply because a Samura-dominant Kusari expanding and gaining power is generally bad for business. Good luck getting them to admit it, though.

This is a legitimate concern, yes, however, it seems that you have very little faith in the way that AFA does handle misinterpreted RPs. As was done in the past, anyone who does misinterpret our RP and, say, spends all of his time in Bretonia with an FA ID, an FA Bomber, and full Disenfectors, he will be asked nicely to rethink his RP and look on the FA in general or change himself to the appropriate ID, as he isn't quite getting what the FA is. In the case outlined above, the person would be asked to change himself to KNF, as that is what he is acting as. In the case regarding Junkers, a Vigilante ID would be recommended because he isn't quite fulfilling the entirety of FA or Hogosha goals (Since that option would probably come up). That is, though, if the person cannot fix his narrow outlook on the FA's role in Kusari.

Though I know many people think we just blow it up, reading through the Kusari rumors, it's clear that the RP there is quite tangled and complex. It's easy to understand that people can only catch certain aspects of it and fixate themselves on it. It's our job as an official faction to educate them on the entirety of the Kusari RP or help them figure an alternative if they find out that the entirety of the RP isn't quite their thing.

Though, we haven't really encountered many people who really choose the FA to be their pwning faction of choice. I can only recall a pair of them since I've joined the server. Our obscurity really does protect us a great deal...

I did assume you did what I've ended up doing with Junker independents via washing my hands of them (which is bad) and that was thoughtless of me. I'm sorry about that and thanks for keeping a lid on an established RP that could be devastating in the hands of someone with more bloodlust and less restraint.

If I could bring a bit of order to Junker RP I would, but it seems my attempts to do so have led to the creation of groups whose intent is to be organized "without the restrictions and rules of an official faction".

(NOTE: The creation of the groups isn't the problem there, but the stated intent does get under my skin a bit)

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