Bot/Batt Leaching

[Jinx]

well, its a roleplay server in the first place. - so, for a character, there is little difference between a playertarget and a NPC target. both represent hostiles; some are more skilled ( players usually ) and some are less skilled ( hopefully NPCs usually [except centurion pilots, who are gods] ).

so - for a character, it is natural to take out hostile targets. - a player may "leave" bats and bots when he is killed, and so does a NPC. a player tries to use up his bats and bots in order not to die... so does the NPC ( and they do it with quite some efficiency ).

most factions - if they stuck to their faction only weapons ( excluding bombers for that example ) - wouldn t benefit much from shooting down NPCs, unless they re flying in much stronger ships ( like VHF vs. HF or LF ).

there is no roleplay reason to make it sanctionable to kill NPCs. there might be a gameplay reason, - but in that case, i think its less than irrelevant. however, it is of course sanctionable to shoot down your own faction NPCs, - not cause its bad sportsmanship, but cause it violates the rule that dictates roleplay. ( so, even if you make use of mines with your own NPCs around, and turn them red, - you must not shoot them down, even if they shoot at you after it )

there is allways a way to shake angry NPCs off. - usually you just thrust away from them and they get lost.

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