Blasting trade ships

[pchwang]

The reason why capital ships cannot pirate is because of power issues. Traders, regardless of what they do, should always have a chance at escaping. As a result, their ships should more or less be even matched one on one with the pirate. As you will notice, a pirate who properly RPs and does not just say, "2 mil or die," will have a very difficult time pirating in a fighter, or even in certain situations, gunboats. The jump in firepower from gunboat to cruiser and beyond is so immense that it would be completely unfair for traders.

Yes, it's bad RP for traders to just ignore capships telling them to stop, since it is metagaming.

But think of it this way. The npc capship patrols don't bother you ingame, do they? Do Military officers of any nation ever pull you over for carrying illegal equipment/things?

No. This is not their job. It is the police's job. Typically, when you have a ship of that size, you are going to be regarded as military.

So before the trader even begins to metagame, the capship pilot should think to himself, "would I be demanding cargo, or paying attention to this bugger at all?"

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[7:42:05 PM][6:51:36 PM] Igor (Smokey): btw terry
[6:51:48 PM] Terrance Cooper: Ye?
[6:52:00 PM] Igor (Smokey): nothin
[6:52:03 PM] Igor (Smokey): just sayin btw
[6:52:05 PM] Terrance Cooper: <_<

Johnny_Haas: you shot anti criuse speed rockets!!!
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