[6:44 AM] Durandal †: However!
[6:44 AM] Durandal †: I didn't just message you at random.
[6:45 AM] Durandal †: I'm trying to hunt down people to start up a new faction with.
[6:45 AM] Hern: I am guessing there was a reason
[6:45 AM] Hern: New faction?
[6:45 AM] Durandal †: People who aren't super vocal/don't cause tons of drama.
[6:45 AM] Durandal †: People more interested in playing the game than bitching about it.
[6:45 AM] Hern: Always loved freelancer and I avoid drama when possible
[6:46 AM] Durandal †: Then I want you to give my proposal a read.
[6:46 AM] Durandal †: [6:24 AM] Durandal †: I'll have to do a bit of explaining then.
[6:24 AM] Durandal †: So I basically had an idea for a new Core faction.
[6:25 AM] Durandal †: But instead of being super Imperial and obsessed with control, these guys would be frontiersmen and peacekeepers, operating on the true fringes of the edge worlds.
[6:25 AM] Durandal †: These are the kind of guys who would basically think "Yeah yeah, Imperium Omicronis, Rho and Delta are civilized, whatever."
[6:25 AM] Durandal †: They'd recognize that the Core didn't effectively own the rest of the edge worlds.
[6:26 AM] Durandal †: So they would be the ones operating in small numbers with minimal support deep out there, away from the Core's main power base.
[6:27 AM] Durandal †: I was drawing a lot of inspiration from the Texas Rangers for it, and was thinking of actually calling them the Core Rangers or the Omicron Rangers or something and using Ranger| as a tag.
[6:27 AM] Durandal †: We'd use primarily fighters and bombers, the occassional gunboat, MAYBE one cap as a base of operations.
[6:28 AM] Durandal †: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division#Old_West_image
Texas Ranger Division
The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers and also known as "“Los Diablos Tejanos”—the Texas Devils",. is a U.S statewide investigative law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in Texas, based in the capital city of Austin. Over the years, t...

[6:46 AM] Hern: Guessing a lot of players shifting to Rebel Galaxy Outlaw?
[6:47 AM] Durandal †: Uhhh not really.
[6:47 AM] Durandal †: Server pop has actually been rising lately.
[6:47 AM] Durandal †: We had 128 players online the other day for an event.
[6:47 AM] Hern: thats great news
[6:49 AM] Durandal †: Oh, by the way.
[6:49 AM] Durandal †: You'll want to join the new Discord:
[6:49 AM] Durandal †: https://discord.gg/2Y9eNZU
[6:49 AM] Hern: Thank you
[6:50 AM] Durandal †: Of course!
[6:53 AM] Hern: I am guessing the Rangers are based in the Texas system?
[6:53 AM] Hern: Semi-official bounty hunters for Liberty space?
[6:53 AM] Durandal †: No no,
[6:53 AM] Durandal †: How familiar are you with the Core NPC faction?
[6:54 AM] Hern: Fairly but not an expert on the topic
[6:54 AM] Durandal †: Re-read what I copypasted earlier.
[6:54 AM] Durandal †: The Core are trying to build an empire in the Omicrons.
[6:55 AM] Durandal †: These guys would be affiliated with them but have none of that same imperial zeal, and would operate on the very fringes of their territory.
[6:55 AM] Hern: Interesting concept. Are the Zoners not going to get upset?
[6:56 AM] Durandal †: Ah, are the Zoners ever not upset?
[6:56 AM] Durandal †: They can go kick rocks :p
[6:56 AM] Hern: LOL, no joke
[6:59 AM] Durandal †: So, what do you think. You in?
[7:00 AM] Hern: I will have to think about it. I have gotten very busy at work recently. We are doing a rebuild of our website
[7:00 AM] Durandal †: https://discoverygc.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=40659
[7:00 AM] Durandal †: This was you?
[7:01 AM] Hern: Correct
[7:01 AM] Durandal †: And really, don't worry about how much time you can devote.
[7:01 AM] Durandal †: I'd like to have you there either way.
[7:01 AM] Hern: What would be my role?  I like to haul and trade
[7:03 AM] Durandal †: Well, admittedly we'd mostly be flying fighters and bombers and essentially being space cowboys, frontiersman. But I think we can find RP centric routes to do.
[7:04 AM] Durandal †: I think the big thing I'm looking for is mostly people who don't mind getting blown up, and don't mind sitting around the metaphorical campfire to RP.