Get a mod to delete all OORP crap in there. I approve Zapps idea. People not familiar with the system might end up without pplace to post or lost at all.
Good idea, and maybe make it like Faction Recruitment sub-forum. Each Faction would have a Thread there, to handle Tech requests, and all the work will be done in those Threads, not a separate thread for each request... And when there is no thread for a faction, means that faction is not willing to hand out it's equipment to other pilots and factions.
And as for the situation Alec brought up, I don't think that'd happen, because all the transmissions would be still InRP, but all in one thread instead of one each!
Still, allow important requests to stay in communications channel.
Like faction X requests battleship from faction Y.
That should require much forum space to discuss.