' Wrote:And what is to stop the pirate that wants to spread his influance beyond Crete or Malta?
What is to stop them from doing the same thing in the Omega's, or the Sigma sectors?
Some of those zones could be argued that they are "controlled" by a pirate faction.
Life as a pirate is NOT supposed to be easy, hense the term CRIMINAL.
Pirates have the ability to leave their zone of influence and continue to pirate.
Are you going to allow lawfuls to leave their house systems to chase down smugglers or enforce order?
Lawfuls are restricted to their House space, outside of that they are nothing more then freelancers with shiny things on their chests. So why should pirates be allowed the possibility to increase their influence when lawfuls can not?
Whats to stop them? well.. the same thing that stops lawfuls!? Clear areas where they can POLICE. NOT PIRATE.
You kinda missed the point, no one is asking to PIRATE in cap ships, they are wanting to enforce their house laws within their house systems... exactly the same way lawfuls do. No one is asking that they increase their influence outside of their allotted areas, nor are they asking for something that lawfuls can't have... in fact its the opposite, they are asking that , in terms of POLICING house laws, they can have the same rules AS lawfuls.
