Loopholing RP

[Jinx]

about zoners - i am at a complete loss why you think that zoners cannot be touched. i mean - really. there is nothing in the rules, and nothing about roleplay that says so ... rather the contrary. there are rumors on yaren for example that say something like "a zoner married a corsair woman, a total disgrace of the corsairs. so the brother of that woman will take her back to crete and kill the zoner." THAT is how zoners are treated.

all the rubbish about diplomatic immunity. zoners are very likely to be pirated and harrassed cause they are in contact with many. they wiggle out of most of it - but sometimes not. every zoner can be pirated, unless he has an agreement with the local forces ( including pirates and lawfuls alike... but guess what... its just like any other trader )
zoners are pissing off many people but have connections to dictate their actions to a certain amount. but if a juicy zoner trader full to the rim with valuable stuff comes across a pirate, - hell, have a go.... . ( just make sure you fix your zoner when you pirate zoners.... JUST like any other trader you pirate... if you pirate RepEx on a regular base, make sure you are red to repex )

edit: the above applies to both, lawfuls and unlawfuls. whoever shoots at a faction ( player ) on a regular base should make oneself red to that faction. when its about smuggling. zoners are not participating in unlawful activities by ID - BUT zoners do not consider artifacts / cardamine to be an unlawful action. or smuggling in general. ( see NPCs. they carry artifacts on a daily base ) - but if a houseforce shoots zoners down for smuggling all the time, there rep should reflect that.

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