police vs Pirates

[Juan_Arquero]

I had a similar problem with a member of SA while playing my Juan_Williams character. I left the West Point trade lane near Newark Station. My only cargo was several bounty hunter pilots (5-7, I think). As soon as I left the trade lane, I saw two BHG NPCs nearby, so I killed them (taking me to 7-9 bounty hunter pilots). While I was fighting them, I saw that my shields were going down fast, indicating that I was being attacked by another player. I checked my radar and saw that a member of SA was nearby, but he had said nothing. As fast as I could, I moored at Planet Manhattan. During my escape, the SA said to halt, but as far as I was concerned he was already attacking me without justification, so I saw no legal reason for him to stop me. I argued with him after I was on Planet Manhattan. He justified his attack because I had a smuggler ID, but I had NO contraband and he never told me to drop anything (including the bounty hunter pilots which were my only cargo). He claimed that he had the right to attack me, because I was red to him (even though he was green to me), because he was hostile to the Junkers (Juan_Williams' tag). SA is supposed to represent the Liberty Navy, which should be neutral with the Junkers. I've never seen the NPC Liberty Navy attacking Junkers unless the Junkers were caught with contraband, so the SA shouldn't be attacking Junkers who aren't carrying contraband. As a result of the Gestapo tactics that SA is using, I've concluded that SA doesn't mean Southern Alliance. SA is obviously a reference to the Sturmabteilungen (Stormtroops or SA), also known as the Nazi "brown-shirt" militia. I'll just start referring to the SA as the Nazi brown shirts.

Just in case, the reasons for my objections aren't clear... Attacking a smuggler who isn't carrying any contraband is the Freelancer equivalent of the real world police creating a roadblock, so that they execute anybody found to have a criminal record.:rtfm:

As for the LSF officer who killed all those passengers, he is a war criminal who should be hunted down by all factions without mercy.:nono: