ooc Non-Engagement Treaties

[RickJames]

So I have a big problem.

Some people like to engage me as soon as possible. Particularly right after I exit a trade lane, JH, JG. This gives me about one second to scan for ID and prepare myself. I really do not like it. It has caused me to become very nervous when I suddenly see someone on my scanner for the first time at 1.5k. And caused me to engage a few folks I would rather not have.

I would rather RP the majority of the time instead of pvp.

So this is what I would like to do.

Anyone who would like to agree not to engage someone as soon as they are in range and instead talk a little before hostilities happen; post your characters names here.

I and anyone who wishes will keep this list. If said situation happens we all can know that the person we meet is not going to, right off the bat, open fire. This might help cut down on a lot of the pvp going on.

I do not fly around looking for people to pvp. What I do is fly around looking for folks who ARE trying to pvp. If your not one of those, even if your a pirate/criminal, then talk to me. Cause most of the time I'm just trying to make sure your not a killer.

It's also probably not a good rule to sit at the end of trade lanes, JH's, or JG's if your a pirate/terrorist/criminal. That is just asking for trouble from most lawful military/police/security players. Unless your trying to pvp and or pirate folks.

However, this thread is for exactly those pirates who generally do sit at TL, JG, and JH's. If you want to have an agreement with me to do some talking if I stumble on to you, let me know. I have no problem chilling and doing some rp if I know your not going to just open fire on me. In fact most of the time that happens I never have to fight. However, if you do decide you want to fight we can set it up all politely and stuff.

This is not to say just opening fire is not a good tactic. It is. It also makes a lot of RP sense to do. It also makes things very exciting. There should be folks on doing just that. Otherwise things would be boring.

This is just my idea to help me and others who are not always looking for pvp to do some RP and not jump the gun all the time and possibly ruin some RP opportunities. This is not to say folks who do not agree to this do not RP. When my LSF character jumps into the omegas, I do not expect Brotherhood folks to sit and chat, and thats super. People can even put limitations in their agreement such as, if I see you in liberty space I wont just open fire on you. But if I see you in omicron-gamma, I will just open fire on you. Things like that.

Anyway, im tired and rambling/ranting now. time for bed.