I copied this proposal (it's mine) from a current thread in Dangerous Discussion:
Sites where Explorers visit are inevitably Anarchic because they are so far from civilization. Explorers + Anarchy = "easy prey" for seal clubbers. This is ongoing with the present Thargoid 'bases' and will be in the future unless the assault on defenceless pilots is punished.
Hence the need for a criminal (negative) record to be accrued in anarchic systems, even if it cannot be enforced until they enter regular space with some level of security.
If that is still insufficient to stop undesirable activity at such sites, then immediate retribution will have to be considered, such as introducing law enforcement NPCs based on the concept of a US Marshall in the wild west. That would be a reasonable justification for having such enforcement activity in a far-out system.
The Marshall NPC would be assigned to track the offending "seal clubber" and attack on sight until his/her criminal record had been reduced over a period of relatively good behaviour.
Not too difficult to introduce, is it? And rational from a lore perspective.
Sites where Explorers visit are inevitably Anarchic because they are so far from civilization. Explorers + Anarchy = "easy prey" for seal clubbers. This is ongoing with the present Thargoid 'bases' and will be in the future unless the assault on defenceless pilots is punished.
Hence the need for a criminal (negative) record to be accrued in anarchic systems, even if it cannot be enforced until they enter regular space with some level of security.
If that is still insufficient to stop undesirable activity at such sites, then immediate retribution will have to be considered, such as introducing law enforcement NPCs based on the concept of a US Marshall in the wild west. That would be a reasonable justification for having such enforcement activity in a far-out system.
The Marshall NPC would be assigned to track the offending "seal clubber" and attack on sight until his/her criminal record had been reduced over a period of relatively good behaviour.
Not too difficult to introduce, is it? And rational from a lore perspective.