Piracy according to the rules

[Xoria]

I've seen several posts recently that demonstrate that many of you pirates have some misconceptions about what it is that you are allowed to do.

6.19 Pirates and terrorists have a right to deal as much damage as they see fit before or after demanding money from a trader ship, but killing trader ship before demanding money is not allowed. Attacking traders or demanding cargo is not allowed for cruisers and battleships, unless cruisers and battleship belong to Terrorist ID or Phantom ID owner.

There are no exceptions to this.
"Halt" or "stop" followed by being ignored is NOT a legitimate excuse to blow up a ship under any circumstances.
Further proof can be found in this sanction report, and this warning from an Admin.
You can yell "stop" all you want, but until you make a financial demand of some kind, a kill shot is a violation of Server Rule 6.19.
"Stop or die" does NOT constitute Piracy, it constitutes terrorism, which is illegal if you don't have a terrorist ID.

Speaking as both a pirate and a trader, it is NOT the trader's responsibility to stop everytime a pirate demands it. It is the "responsibility" of the pirate to force the trader into a corner that he can't escape from. If the pirate can't do that, he loses and the trader wins. If the trader can't escape or kill the pirate, then he ought to pay the pirate to avoid the destruction of his ship. If the pirate cannot corner the trader then he shouldn't expect the trader to do him any favors.

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