The use of the FR5 was perfectly fine from my point of view.
A smuggler gets caught, by a lawful (RM, RFP, or a trusted FL), they send a notice to don't let that ship land in any of their bases.
Why should the RM call this smuggler to inform him that he's probably going to get arrested for his crimes?
Not very efficient, instead, the smuggler will only find that out, when he approaches one of their bases, or finds a patrol.
If they inform the smuggler, he might never return. He might pay the fine, but he could also run away. Why to take that risk? I think the RM decision was right.
Bacon, you came here with a bad attitude, and from a start, that was totally wrong, you called them jerks, if you wanted them to change the way they work, that was not the best move.
This is a two ways street, you complain because they didn't give you space to RP this incident, but you refused to RP it the way it was given to you. Because, the admin notice about the FR5, is to inform you about the reputation change, so you don't think it's a game mechanic error, you should have taken that notice, and communicated to the RM that in your last trip you were unable to land on their bases, or that you got attacked by one of their patrols, or whatever.
You just want this to be played your way, when they want to play it their way.
To the RM, please check the spelling, and having the FL to post in public forum would be better as well, he could even use an alt account, but at least it would look legitimate.
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PD: I'd like to point out, that I understand why you got angry because of how it was done, Bacon. But for the person who used to handle the complaints against the Phantoms, you should know that things don't go always the way we want, and that shouldn't be a reason to get mad and disrespect other people.