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Real neat suggestion, coming in three segments. Long post ahead. You've been warned. 1. PROTECTION BUBBLES SUSCEPTIBLE TO RDMS I believe it's a very reasonable suggestion. You set it up, therefore, it is meant to be under your control. You own the Territory, now with the Add-On module, you can protect it from possible threats. The Protection Bubble would also be placed on the epicenter of the Territory, as it would make sense... as it is a bubble. 2. PROTECTION BUBBLES EMIT PACIFICATION SIGNALS Welp, the space illuminati can upload data from the Arkship, directly into your head. Tough luck, that can be also used to pacify you within the bubble's dome. An owner of a Territory Claim, can assign who can and cannot use weapons in his claim, heck, build, heck, they can even assign who can enter the Claim to begin with. You try to walk in through the Bubble's force field and you simply can't, as the power of Wi-Fi compels you to not cross the line. The only thing you can do is siege the bubble until it goes down... or... 3. NINJA H4CK3RZ Infiltrators. I know many of you just went like "That's so Twerkmotor" but here me for a second. Let's say you assign people in your org to act as a security within the city or have a bank in the city. That bank, would have a reinforced door to its vault. That vault itself, would have guards standing on watch (probably for a high pay wink-wink, nudge-nudge). This form of mechanic can be utilised in different ways, via indirect skill trees. One, is a Ninja (sort of). A soldier tree player, specialised into Stealthsuit, an insolating wetsuit that has minor protection and damage threshholds against very small caliber weaponry, some minor resistance to energy weapons and an overall paper of an armour. Its only use, is to make you immune to the transmission signa and negate people scanning for your cerebral implant's ID tag that would pop up with your name on it when they scanned you for your name and all that, but it has a minor drawback. You can't get feedback from your squad, therefore get no "buffs" from being in a party, like command bonuses, or cannot even see your own buddies on the minimap that you are in a group with, or any form of group-wide benefit or mechanics. Same player can be specialised into a sniper rifle ( or on a later expansion on swords? Pretty please NQ? ) ... or that soldier may like BBQ and is specialised in some nasty explosives. That way, the very few who specialise into this, can be legit spec ops operatives, who go into a city and sabotage the powerline to the Territory Unit that powers the Protection Bubble itself. Chances of success? Minor at least, anyone with a brain would probably set up a proper set of Blast Doors that lead to the Protection Bubble Element, or the Territory Unit itself. Does it have its uses? Absolutely, you can always sneak into a city and take out the Anti-Air guns before a major siege, or even worse, find your way into a city's Power Plant and let it go super boom. But there's another way to go about it. Haxxors. A hacker, would not be specialised in heavy weaponry, or high explosives. They are the equivalent of a a tech wizard in the context of the game. They could a ) make their name seem like they are someone else, which would have to be turned off manually, since they would not be even recognised by their own org's automated systems as a member of the org, so it's not perma name-change. The "illusion" can be taken away, if the Hacker was to be scanned by another hacker, who is specialised on the same field, using the "scan" feature available to all players, only amplified through the skill tree. b ) they can ignore the hacking signal emitted within the Protection Bubble. They are not a direct fighter, they are there to do very tricky work, like scouting a city for the location of the Resurrection Node or they are there to access your Market Unit and start working their devious market witchcraft of selling WITHIN your market, therfore, sucking away money off your org's circulation. If you see someone acting suspicious, call a counter-intelligence guy to check the guy in the inconspicious black duster coat, sunglasses and vibrant green t-shirt, he's probably a spy. If his name is Hiro Protagonist and you got this referrence, congratulations, you're a turbonerd . Now, since I'm obviously clairvoyant, I will answer your apparent questions. Well, not exactly, I am just advocating for interesting gameplays for people who want to be into security forces and special ops. The real smart hackers will be only caught by real smart counter-intelligence agents in a city. Dear scared-out-of-your-pants carebear, nobody is gonna kill you that easily. It's a stealthy gameplay. The Stealthsuit will block the player wearing it from SCANNING for your name as well, so even if the Ninja was to be in a city and is after for your bounty, he would have to devise a way of identifying you first. As long as you are not an abnoxious Hello Kitty enthusiast who's going for bright green and bright pink armor combo, you'll be practically not even remotely distinguishable in the group with the "scan for name" mechanism. As for the Hackers... they are turbo nerds who like code, despite what the Blackhat movie may claim with Australian Thor pretending to be a haxxor. The Hacker in the game has no real chance of taking you out on his own, let alone if the RDMS can dictate you can use weapons as self-defense, with the Hacker being tagged PK-RED when they try to assassinate you. See? It's not that simple in both cases. First, STRANGER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY APARTMENT? Apparently, you must be a Ninja Haxxor as well, because you clearly caught me off-guard with your creeping up to me so stealthily. Second, yes. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, if I am to quote Bronn from Game of Throens after his trial by combat for Tyrion Lannister. Lysa Tully : "You don't fight with honor." Bronn : "No... but he did" *points at the Moon Gate*. I guess you don't want to be Bronn, milord Cringeworth, but many of us in the community do. :| Probably yes. Being a clairvoyant is a gift, not a superpower. Here, for your effort of reading this, have a ninja potato.