Yin's Intergalactic Promise:

[yin26]

Earlier today I had yet another chance to make some quick credits and experience: A Good Aligned trader flew into my same sector (I won't give his name since he probably didn't even notice me), and I could clearly have taken his ship and all the stuff in it. Trading in that ship would have earned a LOT of credits, etc.

But I didn't. And except for one incident when I was still very weak, I haven't. So here's Yin's Intergalactic Promise: I WON'T!

There are some conditions, however:

1. Any Evil Aligned Trader is going to die on first sight. This includes aliens, unless they are too powerful, of course.

2. Any Good Aligned Trader who has been marked the enemy of Apolyton Co. will also be attacked on sight.

3. Any Good Aligned Trader who attacks me from this day forward will be forever considered Evil by me unless reparations are made. This puts him category 1, of course.

4. Any Good Aligned Trader who has attacked me but for some reason gets protection from our CEO, MarkG, will be let off the hook despite my personal wishes.

Other than that, I am hereby announcing that you Good Guys out there minding your own business need not fear me. In fact, if you are a Newbie and need some credits to get going, I'll even make a good loan or clear out a sector for you or something. More experienced players can also get loans from me but at a bit higher interest.

I do not speak for the rest of Apolyton Co. as each member has his own take on how to advance. But now you know mine. Good luck out there!

[Wittlich]

Touche' Yin! A TRUE Trader through and through.

[yin26]

Wittlich: I figure if I can make a few extra credits by being a good and reasonable guy, why not! Now, if there were no profit in being good...just kidding.

aeturneus:

Like I said, I'll gladly loan you credits and give you tips, etc., to get you up to speed. Just let me know.

[DanS]

This appears to be a pretext for disregarding corporate responsibility for member actions. I denounce your Intergalactic Premise as a cynical ploy to throw people off of your REAL hegemonic intentions. I shall always look upon the Apolyton Co. corporate veil as pierced in my "court of law".
[This message has been edited by DanS (edited April 30, 2001).]

[CapTVK]

I'll gladly join in Yin26 's intergalactic promise, I too are a trader by heart.

I do however take a more direct response. Should I stumble on a trader with sub optimal (x<50 fgts.) defenses sitting in non-fed space I'll send him a personal warning call.

The next visitor might not be so friendly...

[Hutak]

*pukes*

That from a member of the corporation who blew up the largest number of good-aligned ships in history.

I rest my case.

[yin26]

Yes, I am a proud member of Apolyton Co. If this means I am to be judged a certain way, I accept that. But you know my stance.

[Hutak]

One may wonder how you can so offhandly look the other way when it is convenient for you to do so.

And you are proud to be associated to the corporation who is blowing the largest number of good-aligned ships in the known universe? I think this gives us starling insight into what your so-called "ideals" truly are.

You're not fooling anyone.

[MarkG]

our act against the civcorp was just lesson for the future. as we have said: if it werent us, it would be an alien or a ferengi.

we have shown our good way of thinking by not attacking anyone else who is on the good side, by rejecting (private) offers for combined attacks on other corporations, by hunting down evils and aliens for the benefit of other good-alligned corporations and finally by being the first and only corporation which have goten a federal commision!

[Hutak]

Apolyton: "But officiers, we were only teaching them an invaluable lesson. If we didn't kill them, some random mugger, drug dealer or pedophile would have gotten them. They really shouldn't have had the arrogance of walking in the streets at night."

Cop: "What are you doing with their wallets then?"

Apolyton: "Err..."

The amount of hypocrisy in this thread is unbelievable.

[yin26]

Feeling lonely out there in space, Evil Boy? We'll gladly end all your mental suffering. If you recall, you fall sqaurely in my "kill on sight" category. I'd be happy to show how hypocritical I am once you send in your current sector.

[Wittlich]

quote: Originally posted by MarkG on 04-30-2001 09:10 PM our act against the civcorp was just lesson for the future. as we have said: if it werent us, it would be an alien or a ferengi.

OH PAA-LEEE-SSS!

You are absolutely right Hutak ... the SH*T is getting rather deep here!

[Hutak]

Nice dodge Yin. I expected nothing less of you than to avoid difficult moral questions.

Wittlich: I'm glad to see that other people here still have their heads on their shoulders. I was beginning to worry.

-Hutak

[Urban Ranger]

This is really amusing.

After they have blown up lots of people they decided to be Good. Why didn't they accept my Apolyton-wide ceasefire earlier?
[This message has been edited by Urban Ranger (edited April 30, 2001).]

[Hutak]

Simply because it's wasn't profitable for them to do so before.

Now that they have serious competition, they're trying to make people conveniently forget their past deeds while trying to demonize their opposition in a desesperate and pathetic attemp to gather support.

Fortunatly, people aren't as dumb as they take them to be and aren't so easily fooled.

-Hutak