Traders, if you don't stop when asked to, we'll skip the asking, and go straight to shooting.

[LancerZero]

I never tax a trader below level 55 or so. Generally, the lower-level ones don't have enough cash on hand to make it worth the trouble of stopping them...sometimes barely even enough to pay for the Train CDs you shot at them.:P

Depends on the ship, though. Level 50 in an armored transport? No tax, have a nice day. Level 50 in a Bumblebee? 250k, please. Etc. I only charge 2 mil if it's an advanced train, 1 mil for large trains and transports with more than 3k cargo, 500k for transports between 1k and 3k cargo, and 250k for the few people with less cargo than that that I decide are worth the trouble of stopping.

Traders with my faction's pilots in their hold are a different matter. If they don't drop the pilots when I ask, their cargo holds get forcefully vented by my Supernova.;)If they're smart and actually hand over the pilots, I let them go with a warning that I'll be keeping my eye on them when they're in my territory. To date, nobody has handed over the pilots...they always try to run or dock so they can sell them to our worst enemies, then expect to undock and go "Whoops, my bad. Sorry dude!"

As for stopping when asked...I NEVER ask a trader to halt unless I am able to stop them from fleeing. As in, I CD them. If they keep trying to run, I keep CDing them and say something like "1 mil for the cause, if you please." And yes, I DO actually say "if you please":PAnyhow, if they do nothing or keep trying to run, I say "Five seconds." Plenty of time to calm down and find the "trade" button, but not generally enough time to call in a buddy in a battlecruiser. If they still do nothing when their time is up, they get blown up.

Anyhow, that's just how I operate, and how I encourage the other folks in the RHA to operate.

You should make a list of pirates that blow you up after you pay...such pirates are verging on terrorists. It's stupid to do that, because then nobody will ever stop to pay you. Why, if they know they're likely to get blown up anyway? I think somebody tried to compile a list like that some time ago...can't remember, though.

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