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Thread: But isn't every pilot prof a privateer?
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maxtheusher
Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:10 pm
#1
I just thought of this, since well, sometimes I do things like think, but anyway.
All of the pilots of any faction, are flying for the specific faction, but are not considered to be part of the official navy, as, has been pointed out, to be a true imperial means no personal time, you're owned by them and you do nothing but serve them in a very specific manner.
Everyone is essentially flying under a letter of marque, in that they are allowed to kill and loot anyone that isn't their specific faction. So why is privateer the only thing called privateer?
All of the pilots of any faction, are flying for the specific faction, but are not considered to be part of the official navy, as, has been pointed out, to be a true imperial means no personal time, you're owned by them and you do nothing but serve them in a very specific manner.
Everyone is essentially flying under a letter of marque, in that they are allowed to kill and loot anyone that isn't their specific faction. So why is privateer the only thing called privateer?
hush now. no logic in these forums. its unsightly.
SpinningCloud
Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:32 pm
#3
I've always thought it interesting that all these Reb and Imp pilots take their military craft out for personal use.
But there is a presedence for it in our own Air Force. Back in the day when my father graduated from West Point and went into, what was then, the Army-Airforce he was required to log so many hours each month of flight time.
In those days there were no severe restrictions on where he could fly for his required time. He'd often fly cross-country to football games and even 'buz' my grandparents home along the NJ coast. He'd 'check' out his P-51 or P-38 for a weekend and hit a football game or two then fly to Virginia to 'court' my mom. Even when he started flying jets he was allowd quite a bit of leeway in this regard. Things have changed substantially since then though.
Not that it's relevant but this thread brought some of his stories to mind.
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