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FNTG - Friendly Neighborhood Trading Guild

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Sep 07, 2015 Bubba Lovesponge link
Who we are

We are a guild that behaves as our name implies. We are good citizens of the VO universe. We want to coexist with all guilds. We will work with anyone, fill any order, perform any service, if it is in the interests of the universe as a whole.

Our primary rule is to be friendly to all and demonstrate what friendly trade can be. We exist to help you and we encourage you to reach out to us if you are interested in joining. We do not tolerate drama or troublemakers.

What we do

We require our members to be respectful and not initiate conflict. We allow our members to participate in all aspects of VO. Some example activities include:

Trading between stations
Selling products to other players
Mining
Hive combat
Deneb
CtC
Queen hunting
Manufacturing

Nationalist activities

You are probably asking yourself how we can be neutral if we allow our members to participate in nationalist activities. Remember the trading guild you had where members used alts to participate in Deneb and CtC. Remember how they were dragged down in scandal and drama. We hope to avoid that by being completely honest in our activities. Our current rules of conduct related to Deneb and CtC are below.

Members can participate in Deneb. There is no expectation of neutrality and they understand they will be shot at and they can shoot at other players.

Members can attack CtC convoys and deliver merchandise for reputation and reward.

Members will not attack another player carrying CtC cargo unless they are defending cargo they previously captured and attempting to reclaim it. We want to have fun and be part of the full VO experience, not make enemies where they didn't previously exist.

It is understood that if our members engage in nationalist activity they will become a target for nationalists, but we hope that nationalists will see the bigger picture and limit aggression towards our member to times they choose to engage in such activities.

Conquerable stations

We will not attack or defend conquerable stations. Our goal is to be completely neutral and we will work with whoever owns the stations to obtain access. If a station comes under attack we will politely excuse ourselves from the situation.

In summary

We are interested in feedback from the nationalist guilds regarding the above nationalist activity and hope that the interest in wider participation will encourage nationalists to understand that we strive to remain neutral while allowing our members to still experience everything VO has to offer.

We will be creating a site soon to document the above rules of conduct and create a forum for discussion between our guild and others for diplomatic relations.

Friendly Neighborhood Trading Guild wants to be the trading guild that VO deserves, not the trading guild that VO inherited. Help us make trading great and VO greater. Help us help you with whatever you require from us.
Sep 07, 2015 bladerus link
How nice and peaceful. Just like the whole vendetta. (Sorry for the sarcasm, I don't believe in utopias) I'll immediately join.

But for the sake of completeness, your Itani members will be shot by Sercos, and vice versa. Also, nationalists wil never ever see the big pink picture of not shooting outside Deneb or CtC. Their fingers always itch on the trigger.

Nevertheless good luck with your endeavor!
Sep 07, 2015 TheRedSpy link
This is hands down the best satirical piece on TGFT ive ever seen.
Sep 07, 2015 aaronund link
Nationalists don't have the patience for that darlin
Sep 07, 2015 Rhine link
I'll like it if you guys BAN former TGFT members from Joining (because you're reputation will be ruined)

Sincerely,
Doom Turtle, Commander of BOAT's 75th Fighter Wing (sorry Chum)
Sep 07, 2015 biretak link
yea, serco and itani military guilds will love a trading guild that participates in ctc and deneb. Everyone will love you all. LOL.... just join TGFT.
Sep 07, 2015 H.Hornblower link
On 06SEP15 approximately 2300hours I witnessed FNTG pilot "Pleaseo" attack outbound NPC Itani convoy. He's was subsequently destroyed by sector task force. Are these acts of hostility sanctioned by your guild?
Sep 07, 2015 bojansplash link
SKV will support our friendly neighborhood traders as they seem to be the true little guys trying to fight the prevailing corporate oppression and make a decent living for themselves and their families.

Small transgressions will be forgiven and FNTG will get free access to SKV stations.

Welcome to the VO Universe
Sep 07, 2015 H.Hornblower link
"Small transgressions will be forgiven and FNTG will get free access to SKV stations."

It's official: FNTG is a front trading company. Front for whom? Unknown. Financed by whom? Unknown. But when a purported Ultra-Nationalist guild hints at hostilities against Itanis as "small transgressions" any objective observer would recognize something is not right. When a purported Ultra Nationalist guild grants a guild inclusive of Sercos access to capital assets, that same objective observer would suspect SKV involvement. Decide for yourselves. Personally I would like to wish this fledgling guild good luck and a better fate than typical of startups.
Sep 07, 2015 bojansplash link
Lighten up Blower, not everything is a conspiracy.

Tap on your horn now!
Sep 07, 2015 H.Hornblower link
Where a guild comprised primarilarly of alternate characters operated by four to five people is concerned, everything is suspect. Two guilds actually: SKV & SKV Auxilliary. Deceit and deception are unbecoming honorable warriors. Intellectual dishonesty even more so. But hey, good luck with your front trading company. TGFT will be watchful for the inevitable black flag action.
Sep 07, 2015 i82blikeu link
HH, you think that repeating your Big Lie about SKV will result in people believing you. You do reliaze you are taking a page out of Hitler's playbook, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie

One can only reasonably assume that such vivacious and elaborate mimicking of Hitler's propaganda techniques indicates that Ason and Ecka are fans of Adolf Hitler.

0_0
Sep 07, 2015 genka link
They don't call him Ecka "space hitler" Estenek for nothing
Sep 07, 2015 H.Hornblower link
Commence with the echo chamber effect, randomized user names never seen in VO proper. We see everything, but we never see you. Most curious.
Sep 07, 2015 bojansplash link
Oh lol, Genka is a VO icon, been here from 2003 dear Blower and he probably killed you at least once in his mighty free bus.
Sep 07, 2015 DeathSpores link
Welcome new trade guild!
Btw, ye owe me 30mil, better get to werk jim lads.

PS: Yarrr!
Sep 07, 2015 aaronund link
I kind of like the idea of a new valid trade guild.
The fact that SKV is playing nice is a complete mind fuck though,
best of luck to you FNTG, just try not to implode like GTE. (The first one, not the decent one)
Sep 07, 2015 csgno1 link
Neutral guilds that participate in deneb border war and ctc are not neutral. If I see one of you in-game with itani-hate faction standing you're a target. If I see your members that help the serco in deneb or ctc their itani standing doesn't matter, they are a target. If the council and officers condone members helping serco nationalists or serco nationalist's goals (even by policy), then any council member and officer is a target.

I'm sure I've forgotten some edge cases, those will be addressed as they arise.

Disclaimer: I don't claim to speak for the Coalition of Itan.
Sep 08, 2015 biretak link
Harpo, SKV is subsidizing this war FNTG serco players have against Itani as well.... what about those traitors?
Sep 08, 2015 bojansplash link
Kenny has always been strong with the force of "feathery winged entity with webbed feet that goes quack".

SKV is giving friendly & honest traders startup guild some leeway.

According to their charter, they are quite aware that their members engaging in Deneb & ctc will be targeted and shot. SKV is fine with this, we will eliminate anyone caught redhanded but we will also allow them to do their friendly neighborhood trading activities without interfering.

They deserve a chance and we are giving them one.