So, i am keen to go a Pirating. However, I do not want to reduce my status and rep with my chosen Faction; The Emipre.
Having put some thought in to how I would like this to work I thought I would share here the steps and processes I would personally like to see to make this all happen for me. I am not looking to be a Pirate preying on everyone but i do like the idea of pirating for the Emipre against the Feds. So harking back to Elizabethan approach....
Purchase a Privateer Warrant from a military base of your chosen faction. This allows you to carry normally "smuggled" cargo but only if you bring it from outside the home nation. Also you would need to have sufficient rank to have a permit for the system, also making the permit actually worth something. Possibly a mission to prove your worth and obtain the Warrant..?
Kit up and head out to the enemy waters. Hunt enemy supporting ships, traders, police etc; destroy and take their cargo. Your reputation goes down considerably in enemy space and your bounty goes up as normal.
On return to your "home" territorial waters you are not wanted, much like it operates now but loot is not smuggled and any scans performed by your faction aligned ships does not flag as such. Slaves must be surrendered, likewise narcotics etc or there is a drop in faction rep and maybe loss of warrant.
If you sell on blackmarket anything like military plans or communications intercepts then you will get reduced faction with your Home nation. Surrendering things like that should provide a rep boost, potentially big ones as they are from enemy space and should also be linked to a timer, so fresh info is worth more rep. Yes you are still exposed to bounty hunters and you might get a huge bounty but you are somewhat protected under the Privateer warrant. Also getting a Bounty and reward for ships destroyed from the Government you are working for.
Thoughts? Would this work for pirates, or would it drive a big wedge in the community?
I think the Pirates and miners need some sort of boost and something like this might improve the Pirate lot. It would feed into the impending war too.
Having put some thought in to how I would like this to work I thought I would share here the steps and processes I would personally like to see to make this all happen for me. I am not looking to be a Pirate preying on everyone but i do like the idea of pirating for the Emipre against the Feds. So harking back to Elizabethan approach....
Purchase a Privateer Warrant from a military base of your chosen faction. This allows you to carry normally "smuggled" cargo but only if you bring it from outside the home nation. Also you would need to have sufficient rank to have a permit for the system, also making the permit actually worth something. Possibly a mission to prove your worth and obtain the Warrant..?
Kit up and head out to the enemy waters. Hunt enemy supporting ships, traders, police etc; destroy and take their cargo. Your reputation goes down considerably in enemy space and your bounty goes up as normal.
On return to your "home" territorial waters you are not wanted, much like it operates now but loot is not smuggled and any scans performed by your faction aligned ships does not flag as such. Slaves must be surrendered, likewise narcotics etc or there is a drop in faction rep and maybe loss of warrant.
If you sell on blackmarket anything like military plans or communications intercepts then you will get reduced faction with your Home nation. Surrendering things like that should provide a rep boost, potentially big ones as they are from enemy space and should also be linked to a timer, so fresh info is worth more rep. Yes you are still exposed to bounty hunters and you might get a huge bounty but you are somewhat protected under the Privateer warrant. Also getting a Bounty and reward for ships destroyed from the Government you are working for.
Thoughts? Would this work for pirates, or would it drive a big wedge in the community?
I think the Pirates and miners need some sort of boost and something like this might improve the Pirate lot. It would feed into the impending war too.
