Trade Federation Role Play for Neutral non AI Player

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Originally posted by The High Gryphin:
...there would have to be a self imposed agreement not to use / abuse the TF's "Diplomatic Imunity" to move through war zones. The TF could however deliver said ships to a clients "Zone of Control" even if this meant moving through said warzone.

Yes, I think so too. There's a big difference between ferrying stuff through a war zone, and ferrying stuff into a war zone. The latter is an obvious act of war; the former is "just doing business." Perhaps even the rule could be that combat ships are not subject to immunity. But you still would have to watch your back. Maybe that noncombat fleet being ferried to the system behind you has a lot of minesweepers and spaceyards. Or maybe it has a colonizer and cargo ships filled with mines/sats/platforms. So people would be wise to have a ship with good long range sensors stationed in each system. Perhaps people could be allowed to attack "immune" fleets but be forced to pay a hefty war indemnity -- especially if the fleet turned out to belong to someone with whom they were not formally at war.