Fang Chang had been pondering a question.
That was how tolerant Wasteland OL was of players exploiting bugs.
Or rather, what kind of behavior could actually be called a bug?
In the supposedly fully realistic Wasteland OL, if players took advantage of the greed in NPCs' hearts to earn enormous wealth from them, did that count as exploiting a bug or as normal gameplay?
That definitely wasn't allowed in The Alliance.
The Administrator had GM privileges. The damn developers had emphasized that repeatedly.
After all, according to the game's setting, every Vault resident had sworn beneath the banner of the Human Alliance to devote themselves to reviving civilization before being permitted to return to the surface and build a home. The Administrator might not care if you refused to work, but if you caused widespread destruction, letting you off would be an insult to everyone else.
The Alliance was the player faction, so having a GM there made sense.
But what about the other factions?
They had previously brought back an all-terrain tracked vehicle from the Academy and a Killer Whale transport plane from the Enterprise. Not only had Dawn City's mayor not blamed them, he had even commended their contribution.
Obviously.
The other factions were not actually protected by the Administrator's GM authority!
In other words, as long as they were discreet enough and did not trigger serious diplomatic disputes or damage The Alliance's collective image, the Administrator turned a blind eye to them fleecing other NPCs and earning foreign currency for The Alliance!
Fang Chang had wanted to test his theory while studying in Utopia City, but exploiting bugs there had simply been too difficult.
The residents of Utopia City could be a little naïve sometimes, not because they were stupid, but because most of them were so