Rupert Boleyn wrote:
Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
Somewhere I still have the Sunbeard Declaration...
I think I lost my copy. That was a work of genius.
This was the post from October 24, 1998, titled "The Sunbeard
Declaration" by Ian Whitchurch.
I think we have the framework of a deal on the Great TML Piracy debate of
1997-8.
#1 : Mainworlds with either signifigant trade or signifigant economies can
and will defend their space out to about their 100 diameter limits.
#2 : These defenses will make piracy in and around mainworlds unprofitable.
#3 : These defenses do not extend to the entire system.
#4 : Most career pirates concentrate on the unsafe outsystems.
#5 : Shippers apply risk premiums to trade with either unsafe systems or
outsystems.
#6 : Merchant ships specialising in trading in unsafe areas tend to be
heavily armed
#7 : Merchant ships specialising in trading in safe areas tend to be
lightly armed or unarmed
#8 : The best markets for stolen starships and cargos are in other states,
however unsafe areas will buy commodities they know to be stolen at heavily
discounted rates
#9 : Pirate ships will tend to be converted merchants, as unsafe areas tend
not to be profitable enough to justify custom-built warships. Safe areas
tend to be too dangerous for even custom built warships to operate in for
long enough to defray their build costs. Pirate warships may exist from
mutinous or rebel crews.
A corrollory of #4 and #5 is that Outsystems will tend to remain
underdeveloped, as they cannot develop until they are secure, and they are
not worth securing until they are developed.
Now, are all the principals of the GPD happy with this so we can put this
in the FAQ ?
Ian Whitchurch
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