A plea against sanctioning

[Xoria]

The only thing that "level" has to do with it is :

5.3 Attacking characters of level 29 and below is prohibited. Characters under level 30 cannot be attacked by players of any level, except if they have non-Civilian ID onboard, and except cases of self-defense.

So if he had a non-civilian ID, then you should have been paying more attention to what he was doing.
If he took out your shields, then you can attack in self-defense and his level doesn't matter.
It wouldn't surprise me if he had a civilian ID and attacked you thinking that FL is just a space version of [fill in the blank 1st person shooter]. It also wouldn't surprise me if he was Police tagged, Pirate ID'd and in a Piranha.
If you don't want to be surprised, then fly your ships the same way you should drive a car : At any moment always assume the other guy is about to commit whatever action is going to be the most lethal to you, so you are always prepared for anything.
Hardly anyone ever gets withing firing distance of me without me already knowing their cargo, ID, and possibly weapons loadout.
That way I have something to think about after they blow me up and I'm waiting for that passing Junker to tractor in my escape pod.

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