Originally by: Qolde

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In 0.0, I understand the emotional reason for an NBSI policy, and in some cases, I endorse it. If you see a known pirate corp in local, shoot at them. If you see a neutral battleship warp into your belt, prepare your guns. If a neutral person is in your outpost system, blow them the hell up. If ANYONE in a NPC corp is in 0.0, by all means, send them back to Ryddinjorn.

But, if some random neutral that you have no prior engagement with shows up in a random system in 0.0, do you have to shoot them? Is there no room for diplomacy? No chat in local to get a little info on their current goals? What if you have a common enemy? Sure, you could loot their hauler on general purposes just because you can, and they might have some nice loot. But would it not be wiser to talk them into sharing their loot with you, so that you both may grow? Does not every single current alliance have enough targets without starting a new war with every neutral they see?

Would it be possible, for an alliance to be truly neutral as ISS once was? I know that an alliance or corp cannot go without shooting things every once in a while, nor can they go without making friends with someone's enemy, therefore becoming guilty by association. But could they break out the NAPmobile and just be a purely defensive industrial corp in 0.0 with enough militant friends to insure their own safety? Sort of like Trust claimed to be(not saying they were or weren't neutral), but with more friends? Something like a neutral trade hub, almost NPClike, where the other alliances don't mind enemies docking there because it just keeps the fun pew pew action going due to the availability of ships outside of their own sovereign areas, and relieves some of the strain from their own logistics division. One where the alliance that controls the system doesn't get involved in any battles that take place in their system, except one's that threaten the sovereignty of their own system. I'd like to know how many people would shoot at them just because they were not blue, even though their record of neutrality were proven. I'd also like to know how many alliances would help them if violence came their way, just for the fact that the alliance would always be providing support for the *snip* community.

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