Loopholing RP

[Jinx]

i ll write an example about zoners - cause i just experienced it:

i was on Cheshire ( bounty hunter ID / Tag /ship etc ). scanned a [zoner] (no tag, its a player name tag ) and found - not to my surprise ... 4800 cardamine in sigma-13. i asked him to stop - he jumps to frankfurt. i jump behind him - ask him to stop again. ( sadly, i just swapped my train CD for a razor, cause i thought i wouldn t do much trader hunting anymore, but rather combat assistance ) - he does not answer.

he heads into that crystal / minefield whatever it is. of course he does not really fit through - and is slowed down severely. i tell him to drop the cargo or be destroyed.. he answered "by whom". ( for my char, thats enough reason to stop discussing ).
short story - the zoner whale gets destroyed and the evidence was taken to new berlin police base ( giving me a little profit form it )
from his escape pod i get a message "vengeance will be swift and quick" or something. well, i ignore such things. it makes little difference if all pirate factions hate you - or more than all pirate facitons.

zoners are lawful, but they smuggle. however, if they are caught it makes no difference if they are zoners or traders. besides - i don t like it much when people tag themselves with an NPC tag.

the consequence is that i make a report with evidence on the RM message board. and the lawful forces will have an eye on those zoners. but i would have done the very same, regardless of the trader ID ( cooperation, trader or zoner )

thats how i see zoners ( from both points of view - as jinx ( zoner ) aswell as cheshire ( BHG )

about capital ships:
they are meant to defend zoner installations - not meant to fly in the core systems or travel around. they are mostly hidden - and used to scare more than fight.

about armories / weapon dealers:
i don t know about those - it makes no sense. they sell weapons - but people must not use them. so it is possible for a newbie to buy a kraken type 2 from an armory - but he ll get sanctioned for ooRP when he is not outcast - so whats the point of the armory then. ( concerning those armories that sell the stuff, not those that keep it for their faction )

but it was about immunity of tags / factions....
no faction is immune. if a faction acts wrong, it becomes a valid target. the approach on different factions is differently. of course a BHG approaches a zoner in a more civil tone than a corsair smuggler. but the intention is the same: prevent crime ( and maybe get a good share out of it )

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