Questions to ADMIN

[Laowai]

Like M said, if we are going towards strict RP, then we shouldn't see Battleships without escort.
Or any capital ships in an Asteroid field...

But you'r ignoring these things, and hooking for the rules.

Not even a mad battleship captain would take his ship into a fight without a huge fighter/bomber support.
And in RP, you have this escort/support. Imagination.
So, if I am being chased by 2 bombers.. There is no need for a capital ship to chase me in cruise while I'm thrusting..
His fighter/bomber support is doing that.. See?
When writing a story on board, you won't write that 2 bombers took you down, you will write that you were overwhelmed by them.
People do this all the time. And it's done by almost anyone who flies a cap ship.

I see your point, but don't really agree completely with it - a battleship obviously works better with an escort and of course it increases his survivability - but there are plenty of examples of warships through out history operating independently, disrupting trade and sinking trade ships. You only have to look at the German pocket battleships in ww2 to see one quick example... sure they were hunted down and killed, but the point is the concept isn't one thats unfeasible or even unrealistic.

What is unrealistic is that these ships CAN"T engage traders. Why can't they? I know the rules say they can't, but in terms of RP? there is just no way to explain it - especially when lawful ships CAN.

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