User blog:Nikolai the Second/Analysis of ERL rps (Part 2)

Good Faith
FIrst of all, I almost always assume good faith and give people online the benefit of the doubt. So, I have tried my hardest to stay neutral on these guy's rps for a while. They have good personalities and they are ok to talk with. However, I have uncovered some problems with the way ERL rps. I am not going to focus on General B.H. because he only has one comment in the Mandalorian Invasion thread.

It has to do with the Mandalorian Invasion thread. Yeah I am handling the big, contraversal one. The one that launched a faction. It toppled a planet and saw the death of the first mandalorian commander. This was the genesis, but will it turn out to end its own canonicity?

So here I go sticking my public opinion into the gallows.

Unanswered from the last blog
General B.H. did a good job of answering all of the wiki's questions except for one issue. He never explained how the Mandalorians knew where New Eden was. Now some might also compare this to the black fang infiltration of New Eden but I have to see this a two totally separate situations.

Black Fang is assumed a certain degree of plot armor. The managed to kidnap a the best delta seal in the galaxy and bomb a heavily defended Delegation at Geato. It has to be assumed that they have connections, contacts, and double agents to pull of these types of jobs.

The Mandalorian Empire could have heard from Black Fang of the location of New Eden but this would run contrary to the assassination attempt. Look at it this way. Would it be easier to kill the President/Stars during times of peace or times when the U.S.A. (England) is being invaded. The answer is during times of peace. So by the Mandalorians invading, it may have weakened the Kig-jar's military defenses but they have now ramped up their private protection for Stars/Saber.

It paints a picture of a very disorganized allaince. This kind of allaince, if it even exists as black fang is a private company, would not be the kind to yield secrets of New Eden to the Mandalorians.

Overpowered
The Mandalorian empire page says that a Warrior is on par with a Sangheili Ultra, a Raider is on par with a Sangheili General, an Assassin can take out a squad of elites, and a Commander is on par with an Arbiter. As these are the only classes in this rp these are the only ones we can worry about.

I will have to give the members of ERL some leeway here. If I were to say that every time they gunned down dozens of mandalorians it is a canon violation then I will be here all night sighting all 30 or so ERL comments. So for the sake of my sanity I will assume that Commander.conor and Atila the hutt    are on par with an Arbiter.

Commander.conor said that he threw a grenade and killed three mandalorians. (Mandalorian Invasion: Commander.conor #3)

He starts it off right away by claiming that three mandalorians can be killed with a single well placed plasma grenade. This is can be overlooked because we will just have to assume that they were Mandalorian militia even though the concept of the Mandalorian militia had not been invented yet.

Bad storytelling
This is not illegal and the noone should be ridiculed because of it but Commander.conor killed the mandalorian commander in 2 comments. (Mandalorian Invasion: Commander.conor #28)

Breach in Etiquette
In the end of the rp Atila the hutt kills off DMR's character. It should be noted, however, that he apologized, DMR let it slide Atila the hutt and has not broken any rules since his first rp, Mandalorian Invasion. (Mandalorian Invasion: Atila the Hutt #29)

It should be noted, however, that Atila presented himself in reverse order in the Arrival thread by declaring he was at New Eden and then explaining how he got to New Eden.

Conclusion
I might take alot of heat from this, but I have read the rp mutliple times and I am certain of my stance. Other than the grenade in the beginning, the Mandalorians Invasion has no breaches in canon if Commander.conor and Atila the Hutt are on par with the Arbiter. Even the Arbiter ran through dozens of soldiers like these two guys. Yes, it is a bad rp but it does not need to be erased.