Kusari relationships

[pipboy]

The IMG aren't the problem, the Hogosha are, as well as the Farmers alliance and whoever else the Hogs want to drag into their new found legitimacy. Nobody wants to be in a Naval or Police force that fights alongside a crime syndicate.

Just like to point out that the Hogosha aren't new. Their legitimacy isn't new, they've been around for a very very very long time. They are seen by the people for the most part as the guardians of Kusari. In fact Hogosha means guardian according to FL lore. Sure they fund a lot of their actions with shady deals, but the Hogosha also protect both the people and Kusari tradition and culture.

I'd also like to just paste the Hogosha ID here. As it further enhances the Artifact trade:

Hogosha ID
Pilot carrying this ID is a Hogosha, who:
* Can demand credits or cargo from non-Samura traders and unallied smugglers or factions
* Can fulfill bounty contracts
* Can trade and only escort Hogosha artifact smugglers
* Can lawfully transport Artifacts within Kusari
* Can engage pirates, terrorists and lawfuls within their Zone of Influence
* Cannot ally with any lawfuls except with KNF, KSP and Samura
* Cannot attack Samura, KNF or KSP ships

Allowed ships: Fighters, Bombers, Freighters, Transports
Carrying unmounted IDs in your ship, as well as not equipping an ID, is a serious crime. Transporting Artifacts is not sanctionable if your ID does not say you can lawfully do so. It just means that there may be in-character consequences if you are not lawfully allowed.

Yes Samura and Kishiro can legally trade artifacts, but where do you think they get them? You think they fly down to Gamma and buy them from the Corsairs? Heh.. The artifacts that Samura and Kishiro get their hands on come from the Hogosha. The Hogosha bring them in, Samura and Kishiro do what they will with them.

The Samura lobby has made it legal for the Hogosha to carry artifacts. Artifacts are in fact a legal commodity in Kusari. However, much like several other goods, only certain people can legally carry them.

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