Well, I've been having some fun recently in roleplaying my Bretonian Privateer, harassing and extorting trade to and from Kusari, making a fair penny at the Emperor's unwilling expense.
However, I've a bit of trouble with people preferring to sit still and die instead of either running or paying.
Apparently it's because of my BAF I.D. I can understand some confusion (and technically the ID doesn't prohibit me demanding cash, only cargo... and it's not 'pirating', it's 'privateering'...), but when I go to the effort to say a hell of a lot more than '3 mil or die', I'd expect some understanding, right?
I mean, the Privateer idea did get fair popular support when I first mentioned it...