You know, a really funny thing is that we're viewing this from a PvP perspective and not an RP perspective. Funny, I really thought this was an RP server. Oh, well, guess I was wrong. :dry:
Anyway, I am all for it. Remove the things. How someone who is "independent" gets a Gunboat, a massive weapon of war, is a good question. It's not like gun shops hand out free samples. Gunboats are heavily armored and armed pieces of machinery. Your "average joe" in space wouldn't fly one just like an "average joe" pilot on Earth wouldn't own an F16. It's just that simple.
Furthermore, it wouldn't affect faction membership at all. Just get a new ID. Hang out in Liberty? Get a Rogue ID! Hang out in Rheinland? Get a Red Hessian ID. It's not complicated in any sense of the word. In fact, the only thing it would hinder is that ability to go somewhere else on a character who just died, which is rather OoRP. I mean, who gets over exploding in a period of five minutes? That person must be really used to exploding all the time...
[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.