bad relations, but military rank = ?

[Cory Trese]

Just watch your Morale and Water-Fuel, Captain, and you won't have any Mutinies.

[poryg]

Sept 6, 2015 12:08:23 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

Just watch your Morale and Water-Fuel, Captain, and you won't have any Mutinies.

As you told me to watch my morale, I am bringing an interesting story.
I went on to House thulun to perform a surveillance. My morale was 7. I surveilled for like 10 weeks, then landed. My morale was... I don't know how low, but not low enough for the first mate to call me to the spice hall. I refueled, sold records and after a couple more surveillances the spy war ended. So I landed to sell electronics... And my crew morale was 4. So I decided to focus on my crew morale. As I went for the weapons, my morale was still high. Bought weapons at de valtos and went to Steel song, refueled and began blockade. I met two bountyhunters and surrendered to them, losing my trade permit. When relations with Steel were 1, I continued my blockade on DeValtos till my fuel reached 10. On the blockade I met another ship, thius time a pirate, and surrendered. When I hit 10 fuel, I landed and my crew morale was 4. So I raised them to 7 again and refueled. Then I went for another couple of blockades. Met no ships and after landing, my morale was 7. So I went for another blockades, till relations with devaltos were low (took me about 4 water-fuel). Met one ship while doing so and surrendered. Then I went to Steel again. I landed with 19 water fuel, morale 6 and went to write about it here immediately. There are no records of any morale change in either ship's or event log and I wasn't looted or searched even once. Furthermore I never allowed to drop my wf below 10 in the subjected blockades. Does it sadden the crew that I don't fight, or just that the ship was spotted?

[poryg]

I met another 3 ships while continuing the blockade. After landing, morale, which had been again increased to 7, is 4 again. Ignoring doesn't lose any morale actually somehow... Neither does acknowledging. Only surrendering does.

[poryg]

The story has a conclusion!
I had 40 positive relations with De Valtos, but after constant blockades warship were ordered to attack on sight, so a DeValtos was attacking despite my positive relations and military rank.
And I understood. The crew doesn't like surrendering to those who attack them.

[Cory Trese]

Thanks for posting! Glad you're enjoying Star Traders RPG!