(CAPULCA) ANNOUNCING FREEPORT VELA
Today I have the pleasure of announcing FREEPORT VELA.

A Freeport is an unrestricted yet protected space for all players to gather and use as a hub, a center of commerce and social interaction.

The only rule in a Freeport is: don’t harm other players! Don’t steal stuff, don’t attack people (but self-defense is totally okay), and pay taxes when they are due!

IF TAXES ARE NOT PAYED, THE REBELLIOUS CIVILIAN WILL BE ESCORTED TO THE NEAREST WALL, WITH FORCE IF NECESSARY!

Taxes can be as little as 100 Aluminum, Titanium, or Fuel.

Currently the only Freeport is on the CAPULCA server.

Discord - https://discord.gg/ddk3Pe

LINK – https://jerodar.github.io/WAMap/dev

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SECURITY

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To handle security, you have to follow some additional rules. The rules are there to protect everyone involved, and to be as fair to everyone as possible.

The rules are:

#1) Any non-hostile ship or crew is welcome in a Freeport territory, and may make use of the Freeport in any way they like as long as they donate a little to their sworn protectors, the bork.

#2) No restrictions may be placed on any traveller in Freeport space until that traveller has demonstrated hostility through an unprovoked act of destruction or theft, have not paid their taxes, or are rude in any way towards the government.

#3) Any hostile ship in Freeport territory may be shot at and sunk.

#4) In combat, any surrender is to be honored by ceasing-fire immediately. A hostile crew who agree to leave must be allowed to repair their ship and pass out of Freeport space without further harassment as long as they pay a tax!

#5) A hostile crew who ONCE exploit our rules to cause greater harm (pretending peaceful intentions while intending harm, falsely surrendering in combat but not paying their taxes to gain an advantage, etc.) are to be marked “KILL ON SIGHT” and attempts to surrender will be ignored

#6) Any once-hostile player may make amends by paying a large tax and stripping their ship of guns!

Being entrusted with securing a Freeport is a burden. It requires good judgement, a willingness to take risks, and rather a lot of combat skill.

The Bork will handle Freeport security. Use the discord to report pirates if you are a tax paying citizen!

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GENERAL AMNESTY

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For a Freeport to be a Freeport it has to be FREE. That means it has to be open to *anyone*.

Yes, that means ANYONE (besides people who we don't like or who have fought us in the past and have not stripped their guns.

*But Bastion, you’re really going to let just anyone in? What about pirates?*

Yes! All. Of. Them. They are all welcome to the Freeport as long as they pay a measly tax!

Nobody has ever made a Freeport before. To do it right, we have to all start on even ground.

THE ONLY PLAYERS WHO MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM A FREEPORT ARE THOSE WHO HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES HOSTILE TO THE FREEPORT.

I don’t care if you’ve hurt me or my friends before. We’re going to ignore all that history and pretend it never happened.

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TRANSPORTATION

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NONE! We like taxes, not transporting you!

Only protection will be provided!

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CONCLUSION

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I’ve been talking up the Freeport, gaining support, gathering my allies in Vela. There are a lot of people who would love to see this thing work.

We’ve not been lying low. But, let’s be honest, there’s a very real chance that the various pirate factions will look at this Freeport thing and just think “fresh meat!” and come after us.

I can’t guarantee that it’s going to be a fun or safe space at first.

I’ve got very real reasons to believe that this Freeport could work. The Bork is on board, and will more than likely provide relative safety.

This Freeport thing is an experiment. If it works on the toughest, deadliest server — Capulca — then it can work anywhere. It could easily fail, but if it does we’ll learn lessons that we’ll use to build the next Freeport.

THE FREEPORT WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN at Now!

I’ll see you there. VIVA LA VELA.