Hi Writers, with the introduction of medical ships(Hope-class Hospital and Cutlass Red), has CIG ever considered creating lore for the principle of noninterference with medical services in times of war, similar to the Medical Neutrality Protection Act of the Geneva Conventions?asked by Nostromo1977

We've gotten plenty of questions about this kind of element to the game, and there being kind of medical rescue and stuff like that, and it is really interesting. And, from a lore perspective, it makes sense that there would be some kind of treaty that the UEE would have implemented or codified this idea, because it does seem to be an important one. That said, much like in the real world, just because we maybe create this in lore, doesn't mean that it's going to function in game. There are plenty of other examples, even unfortunately recently of the geneva convention being, this act of the geneva convention not working out very well with various civil wars around the world, so I don't think the Vanduul would necessarily agree with that. I don't think that a lot of lawless systems would also probably not care. There's probably other players and even other pirates that would, in UEE territory, target that for their own means. So, though it's an interesting idea, I wouldn't be surprised if something shows up. I don't think it would ever be a game rule, or a game mechanic. It may just be more of a moral compass that will be there. So if we create this in the lore, you can help define your character better by having them in that situation and then making the choice of whether, do they help, do they protect, do they just let it go, do they attack? So again, I think it's an important aspect of the game, but i don't think it'll ever be quite a game rule where, if you do attack it automatically means something bad's going to happen.

Again, we don't want to infringe on the way you want to develop your character. This game is all about how you build the Universe.