==================== RULE: 4.1 If you die, that character/ship does not re-log for 2 hours and the player on any of their ships cannot reengage for 2 hours QUESTION: Does this apply when players dies due to NPCs or the environment (e.g. mines, radiation, crashing into stars/planets)? ==================== ADMIN/MOD ANSWER:NPC does not count towards a Player Death in terms of PVP. Added more info in OP - Let me clarify. If you die to an NPC while not in PVP, that's not a PVP death. If you die while engaged in PVP, even if shot my an NPC, you were still in a PVP match, thus you are PVP dead.