Questions about rules related to pirating and random acts of terrorism.

[Melisandre]

So, I had two encounters that raised some questions. I would be glad to have answers for them.

First, a pirate in a bomber demanded me to stop right next to a freeport station. I stopped and started typing. Two words into my reply the pirate started shooting my ship dropping it’s shields under 50%. I quickly deleted my two words and engaged him. At this point my shields were completly gone. We were figthing for some minutes when he docked at the freeport station. I was really happy about it, because that counts as a death for him. BUT after he undocket he re-engaged me. I had no reapair thingies so I docked to the freeport.
I talked to him about what happend and he told me that I broke the rules by fighting him back without a single message. I think I did not but I will ask you guys, just to be sure.

Q1: Did I break the rules?

Q2: Should I report someone who does what this pirate did?


Second, an Outcast (or a corsair not 100% sure about it.) in New York disrupted the lane and after a short conversation where no demands were made destroyed my empty transport. With hundreads of missiles in a few seconds.

The conversation:
Pirate: ANy last words ?
Me: You have a chance to retreate. (I said that because I tought I had a chance against him considering my last encounter with another bomber. I was wrong... Never experienced hellfire missiles before.)
Pirate: guess no then

Q3: Did he break the rules?

(I think he did considering both ID says:
- Can attack any ships within their Zone of Influence, except transports.
- Can demand cargo and credits from any ship within their Zone of Influence, and attack them if they do not comply.
Source: ID Allowances and Restrictions List)