Pirating more than once

[Baltar]

Lets put it this way. Traders have a habit of not paying and in many cases will tell the pirate to just kill him. If we treated pirate/trader encounters the same as PVP (with the 4 hour rule) then the trader would not be allowed to return to the system they were killed in for 4 hours. Since most traders at some point go through Sigma 13 and get pirated there ... that would mean you'd need to find some new route that does NOT pass through Sigma 13. Traders don't role play much so they're not really likely to pay attention to a rule such as this. Heck ... we already have problems with traders that F1 while pirating.

Here's a clue for you traders that don't like being pirated more than once (by the same person) ... change your route to one less dangerous. Oh ... and try role playing.

Now ... as to receiving a grace period where you do not get pirated ... here's a clue ... the more you pay the pirate ... the more likely you'll get a grace period. I usually only ask for 500k if you stop and don't make me chase you. If you make me chase you ... I up my price to 2 mil. If you want a 24 hour pass ... give me the 2 mil voluntarily. If you want longer ... give more. I've accepted 10 mil for lengthy passes before. Permanent passes usually are fairly expensive ... and rare.

Shhh ... here's a secret ... I don't pirate those with Zoner or Smuggler ID's.