"Another band of pirates, another group of Rogues. What have we got this time? The unlawful posturing themselves as Freedom Fighters and Guerrilla warfare experts?" The pirate Mattias chuckled at the offer being made to him over the com system.
He'd just blitzed through a Liberty Patrol, deftly avoiding blasts in his Greyhound before he turned the heat back on the Liberty ships, obliterating them to a man. A nearby Rogue Gunboat saw the skirmish and approached to comms distance. Some bloke named Dawson started hailing him, talking about the 'Reavers' or something.
Mattias wasn't terribly interested until he heard the faction's goals. "We need pilots, specifically to fight against Liberty."
"Ahh, the punchline..." Mattias said, smiling to himself and leaning forwards in his chair. "We're already fighting against Liberty."
"This group is an organised faction, specifically for quick and devastating assaults on Liberty targets. We're making use of our numbers and powerful bombers and fighters to start shaking up Liberty targets, especially their Capital Ships which are keeping a strong hold on Liberty Space, and destroying our pirate brothers."
Mattias clucked his tongue, "What makes you think you're any different than the rest of the pirates? If we want to raid, we send out a comm signal."
"And alert every Navy ship to your plans?" Dawson chuckled. "We're organizing the best pilots the pirates in Liberty have to offer. But not for pirating, for fighting. The founders have decided against any and all attacks on traders from Reaver members, since we want to attract more support to our cause for a free Liberty. Pirates with honor, as we're becoming known. So no more blowing up innocents and helpless traders."
"Pirates with honor..." Mattias mumbled to himself. "Well, it would be good to show Liberty that we can be the better men, before we blow them out of the sky. But if we're not earning money by pirating, how're we gunna pay for this campaign?"
"Through our contacts we've already gained the support of some Anonymous Benefactors. They think if the pirates are busier fighting Liberty, we won't be shaking down so many traders." Dawson responded.
Mattias thought on the proposal for a moment before shrugging. "Hell, why not? I may as well give it a try... How about we land and grab a few drinks at Buffalo?"
Are you trying to RP brain-dead characters? There is a very good reason nobody without the resources of a house goes and picks fights with the Navy. It generally involves said navy knocking on your door. With heavy mortars. Good luck finding places to dock and resupply.
Oh, and your name is sorta taken. There are a group of mercenaries called the Reavers, though they are unofficial and rarely seen. They do have powerful backers though.
Yaay another pirate group that wants to kill everything in Liberty. *sheds a tear* this is the day I have been waiting for my entire......oh wait a sec, we already have a gazillion factions doing that.
/sarcasm off
Quote:Oh, and your name is sorta taken. There are a group of mercenaries called the Reavers, though they are unofficial and rarely seen. They do have powerful backers though.
Well yes, that's why it's still unofficial. It's still being refined as an idea, and the whole point of refining the idea is receiving helpful, useful critique.
Rogues and pirates already have the resources with their SHFs and bombers, and sure, there's probably factions out there that do the same thing, it's a big community so I'm not going to claim outright originality. we are hoping to be more active and actually try to have an impact on events and situations in Sirius.
And Liberty is a big boy, I'm sure it can stand up for itself against another faction.
Offer some ideas and greet with a little less hostility, maybe? Ask questions, find out more. Don't denounce everything you hear straight off the mark. Curiosity is virtuous to mankind.
Well, independent of the fact that there is already a group with the same name, the impression I get is this is RP to justify tons of PvP, something liberty is already jam packed full of.
Out of curiosity have you read the faction creation request that have passed? They are huge and very detailed. Also they require 500 million credits to be considered. Perhaps you should ask a moderator to move this to another forum until you have refined it more.
Let me put it this way, Ridley. Find a real-world organization that exists specifically to fight the US military. No, insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq don't count.
Have you thought about the logistics of this at all? OK, you have an anonymous funding source. What bases will your ships use? Who will you buy supplies from? Rogues? Nope, they just wanna steal a buck and keep on living, and they like having their bases not turned into space dust. Xenos? Nope, they actually kinda like the navy, they are working to change political leadership at the top. Hackers? Yeah, they're kinda big on the "steal from rich traders" thing and less big on the "get big holes punched in Mactan" thing. Junkers? Just... no.
Congrats, you have nobody in Liberty willing to house you. People generally don't like people who poke sticks at the biggest bully on the block.