Well, go ahead by getting promoted with any western Military by killing innocents or try be sent out stealing or smuggling stuff, outside of being on undercover/special Missions ie. with an Intelligence agency or special forces.
Technically some indeed do it. But it's not the norm!
The norm is you'd never get such a promotion scheme.
Neither will any self-respecting government sent you out by standard to run terrorist missions and hand everyone reputation & money on a regular, daily basis.
Doesn't work. It's ridiculous.
So unless you consider the Federation, Empire and every single damn Faction a Terrorist organization... it does make no sense.
Plus, from a pure gameplay perspective :
If all Factions act the exact same (Unfettered interdict more often, but that's it) - what's the point of choosing to support one? It suddenly becomes an entirely arbitrary choice. It becomes meaningless.
So all of a sudden, what's the point of the whole BGS then? It becomes a meaningless mechanic to move generic and replacable Text Strings around the bubble.
Intended consequence? I don't think so.
PS.
I've received alot of promotions during my >20years of service. Not once was I in any position to be rewarded for criminal activity. Not once. Had I done any - I'd have been demoted and depending on the crime sent to prison.
That's how it works 99.99999% of all time.
PPS.
Go ahead and ask your Investment broker if he has somebody you could kill for him... for some Reputation and money.
Just watch his face when you ask that question with a serious face.
Or EMail a corporation with the same question and witness their reaction to it.
Now with Unfettered Factions and (to some extent) Freeman and Dictatorships, I can get onboard with them taking from the entire pool of Missions.
But others clearly should not - as they're judged not by the small Ship Panel Text field describing what they supposedly do... but by what they really do. And that's where the Bulletin Missions come in.
Heck I don't know where you live.
But where I live, I don't enter a store of a corporation or a brokerage... and see Terrorist "job offers" to total strangers *lol*
Bottom line : there are no "good guys" left ever since V1.3 hit.
So what is a "good guy" Player supposed to do then? No such option exists, outside of staying Clean and thinking Whiskey Tango Fortrott anytime I view a Bulletin Board.
I can't build my own Outpost & Faction with own Filters for Bulletin Missions to get my "good guys".
First off, thank you for your service.
Now, while you were in the service, you probably weren't tasked with anything like we get in Elite Dangerous for 1 very simple reason, you were part of the organization itself.
WE, the players in Elite Dangerous, are not part of the Federal, Imperial of Alliance Navies, we're members of the Pilots Federation, a neutral and beholden to none organization that isn't part of the Federation, Empire or Alliance at all, it is outside of them, it is outside of every single faction, power and group inside the Elite universe. THIS is the group we're members of, we're neutral, outsiders, not part of the Chain of Command of any power, government, faction, religious group, terrorist cell or even the local Neighborhood Watch.
We're independent mercs open to offers from any and all for the work they can't be seen to be doing, no ties to the people who hire us at all, officially at any rate, because that is what being a member of the Pilots Federation makes of us. We're those people our own governments use right now, today, to do jobs behind the scenes that they don't want anyone to know they were behind. Accidents happen, people vanish, goods get stolen, stuff breaks, every day, all over the planet, and it's not an accident, it's not a random act of some deity, it's a directed action that some government or corporation or someone with money had committed. This is reality, there's always someone outside the CoC who can be used to get things done to keep the Powers That Be clear and clean of those things they shouldn't be doing. I'm not talking about SEALs or military people tasked with these jobs, I'm talking about outsiders, might be ex-military/intel, might be someone without any background at all, doesn't matter, they exist and they do these things every single day.
Take hackers for example, we KNOW there's groups that work for the various world powers, but not a single one of them works FOR them directly, they do things to help those powers for their own reasons, many of which are purely monetary reasons. The US, China, Russia, Britain, France, etc, etc, they all pay for people to do these things covertly, and that's what is going on in Elite Dangerous. Those missions YOU see on the BB, they aren't all generic and broadcast to EVERYONE who logs in, you will see specific jobs that only you will see, no one else, private communiques for your eyes only, offering you money to go kill someone, steal something, whatever the job may be, only YOU see that job.
And what ever gave you the idea that any of the big powers, or little ones for that matter, in the Elite universe were kind, caring and all cuddly? HOW did Hudson become President of the Federation? ANOTHER hyperspace accident, one that other people died while investigating, others vanished while doing so, and Hudson is a hawk, very aggressive, all too ready and happy to use the military might of the Federation, he is NOT a nice guy, he may not kick puppies himself, but you can bet he pays people to do it, in front of kids, the kids of his opponents undoubtedly. The Empire has slavery, and you think they are a nice place not above paying someone off the books to kill someone they don't like? The Alliance...they worked WITH the Thargoids during the War with them, and you think they aren't above a little black ops wetwork off the books as well? Sirius Corp, you really think they have even the slightest bit of doubt when it comes to offing a competitor?
Elite's universe is a very dark and dystopian place, it's not a utopia by any means, life is cheap, those in power will do what it takes to stay in power, whatever that is. And there's plenty of people more than willing to be paid nicely for ignoring moral and ethical issues about who should or shouldn't die, or why, or running slaves, drugs and whatever else is asked of them, as long as the price is right. You don't want to do it, don't, simple as that. Navy Aux missions vary, you don't HAVE to take the wetwork missions they offer, there are always other missions for naval rank that won't compromise your morals, just move to another station, see another recruiter in other words, as that's who gives us the Naval jobs, recruiters, probably intel people, and the jobs they offer us aren't on the books, ever. We aren't members of the Navy, our ranks aren't actual military ranks, they are honorary titles showing we've given help to the Navy in question in the past enough times to be considered a valuable asset, but that is ALL we are, an asset for them to use as they see fit.
