Amaron Ghant
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.01.26 12:18:00 -
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NBSI, NRDS.
NBSI. If it¦s not a friend shoot it
NRDS. If it¦s an enemy shoot it.
NBSI is all about closing off your territory to anyone but your own. It¦s about paranoia (which tbh IS a valid survival trait in eve) and fear of outsiders. Fear that they want what you have. Alliances operating under NBSI close off thier space to outsiders, letting only thier members and in some cases "slave" corps feast at the table. Vast areas closed off, natural resources put off limits and only enjoyed by a few. NBSI is the policy of "Guilty as charged. No right of appeal"
NRDS however is all about sharing. For someone to make the red list they have to shoot you first. Everyone else is more than welcome to share in what you have. Alliances operating under NRDS and owning stations and outposts make a lot of isk from those "guests" who exploit the regions natural resources. NRDS is the policy of "Innocent till proven guilty"
Which do you choose?
It¦s like the arguments raging about nuclear disarmament. No one is wiling to totally remove thier capability first. To do so would put them at a disadvantage to those still possessing the weapons and launch systems.
An EVE where NRDS ruled supreme would be utopia. Unfortunately most alliances are not willing to take the risk of allowing neutrals into thier space for fear of mining operations/POS/Mission runners/Ratters getting disrupted by pirates of opportunity and bored PvP corporations looking for a bit of action and another kill for the epeen board.
To adopt NRDS an alliance has to be very very strong and sure of that strength, or it has to be delusional to the point of insanity. It¦s far easier for an alliance with no territory to protect to choose NRDS and look down on those who chose NBSI, than it is for those alliances to run the risks to thier members imposed with NRDS.
NBSI has been with us since the dawn of time, when man first crawled out of the protoplasmic ooze, looked to the night sky and said "WTF?" NBSI then was a survival trait as more and more cave dwellers began to compete for limited resources. If you let someone else hunt your prey, abscond with your women, eat your crops, your group would be heading towards extinction in pretty short order. NBSI made sense; it was the only logical course of action.
In a galaxy where resources are for all intents and purposes limitless, NRDS is the next step forward in social evolution. Unfortunately a lot of corps and independant pilots are still clinging to far lower branches of the evolutionary tree with one hand, and trying to drag down those who have climbed higher with the free hand.
In a perfect universe, everyone would choose NRDS. It¦s not a perfect universe. |