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Took about 10 reads to extract but the nut is in this line:

"You must separate the idea of being faction aligned in the game as it is now and being a part of the Imperial Navy, Rebel Navy, or Privateer space efforts."

We have been told the following:

Currently we have been told:

1. You will only be able to get 1 piloting profession. You can't be both a privateer and a Imperial Navy Pilot.

2. Ships will be restricted to certification within the trees. Such as ability to fly a tie-fighter falls in the Imperial Navy Pilot.

Here is where things get fuzzy

We don't know what ships will be in which tree. Who is to say that there aren't 2 or 3 neutral ships that might be in the faction pilot trees.

We don't know the overt/covert TEF status in space. They have said they still want PVP in space to be consensual. We have also seen them mention the permanent TEF.

I believe they will come up with a system such that you can be in the Imperial Navy and fly some kind of craft in space without being open to PVP.

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TheNymon wrote:

SWG has offered a dynamic playstyle throughout the skills system, we are given the option of requesting factioned items but are not 'forced' to take them and this is where Space is different. Space forces your character to play a very specific role, and one I see as detrimental to RP. You ARE neutral/rebel/imperial you ARE nothing else in JTL. I'd rather see it be more dynamic and more flexible. I really don't wanted to be locked into a Tie Fighter. I want to be able to step out of my role as an Imperial Fighter, I do it so much (raids every night for the next three days) and sometimes, I craft just to take some time out. No dealing with 'uber l33t dudes', no smack talk, no bitching, and so on.

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As has been said already in this thread, there is nothing that says every Imperial craft is a Tie, or that every profession only has 5 of the 15playable craft. It's entirely likely thatevery profession shares the same 3 "neutral" craft or the like. We just don't know.

Later,
LAR

Message Edited by JediJango on 06-08-2004 10:07 PM

They have also stated that each of the factions will have a YT1300 so that will probably be the 5th one that you're looking for (if the other 4 are correct). I also have a feeling (hmm is it the force??) telling me that the lamda shuttle will end upin the JTL too.

I hate to disagree with you ... wait, no i don't. This is exactly what needs to happen. As has also been stated by the dev's Space is Dangerous. Don't want to take the chance of being spotted by a reb? Take a shuttle. This also guarantees that there are different ships, used by different groups, most likely with different abilities and not the homogeneity we see on the ground. Do you want ships to go the same route that armor has? With every single person playing JTL in the same ship? With the same stats?

Nope, i like what i'm seeing so far and i'll reserve negitivity until i see some reason for it and this ain't it.