Anoither pirating dicussion

[Baltar]

You cannot kill someone for not stopping.

Gotta make some kind of demand first.

Sure wish traders would role play and actually come to a stop. By the way ... if a pirates says "STOP" ... that is a demand for the trader to actually stop. House militaries and police make the demand "HALT" every day and destroy traders for not following instructions.

You MUST make a demand for credits or cargo before killing. Simple as that.

If he gets away via a trade lane, bad luck. It was your fault for not keeping it disrupted...

And the trader is supposed to role play as well ... its not a one way street. But then ... traders don't respond to halt and stop very often. There are a few ... but for the most part ... they wait till their nearly destroyed before they respond.

Nope. Unless you own all the corsair systems, which you don't, you can't kill a trader without making a demand.

However, if Kuraine's new IDs come through, you will be able to rob traders with Passengers, VIPs etc. But until then, you can only shoot the ship down to 99% health.

So all those independents in Liberty, Kusari, Rheinland and Bretonia are violating the rules? Think about it ... independents don't own a system either ... but 9 times out of 10 they are destroying those who do not follow orders ... and nobody says a thing about it.

I keep seeing these threads appearing, and the same arguments from both sides rehashed over and over and over. It's getting very boring.

Basically, any pirate saying something different to the ubiquitous "2 mil or die" is someone that is trying to roleplay the situation. <-- Yup ... and since that's about all a pirate can say before the trader bolts ... that's about all the traders get.

Show some respect and try to return the favour. <-- I've tried being kind ... even saying please and thank you ... and traders go on silently ignoring me.

Please stop digging out loopholes. They will always be there to be exploited. It's up to all of us to show some maturity and not use them. <-- I encounter a new non-existent rule every time I encounter a new trader. For some reason they always claim the pirate has done something wrong.

The phrase "Would you be so kind as to donate to my cause?", or something similar, when delivered by a pirate is a demand. It's obvious. The specifics of that demand can surely come later as the situation develops. <-- Imagine that ... a pirate attempting to role play to the kilt and the trader ignores him ... no wonder most pirates just stick with the "2 mil or die"

Use a bit of the old (un)common sense and weyhey, we've got an RP situation on our hands. It's really NOT THAT DIFFICULT.

Then can come the description of the cause, the haggling, the escort safely through space, etc, etc, etc.

The rule lawyering that keeps on appearing in these threads is sickening. <-- These are the ones coming up with non-existent rules.

This is a game that DEPENDS upon the interaction between players. If you're not prepared to interact, please go and find somewhere else to play.

I'm talking to both the pirates that only say "2 mil or die" and the traders who say "I'd rather die than pay". <-- Considering I do not fall into either of these categories ... // SIGNED //

Rant over. I'm not accusing any particular person here. Just trying to say please, please, please get into the spirit of the game. If anything I've said upsets you, then feel free to flame me to your hearts content. I just hope that some little bit of what I've said here starts to sink in.

Anyhoo, I'm off to hospital now. Sucks to be me. <-- Hope its nothing serious.

Don't pirate at jump holes then...

The rules are there, you should roleplay every situation. That includes making a demand.

Yes there are Robert. I'm glad you mentioned this ... and you might wanna include everyone else in this situation ... not just pirates. I've seen my share of bounty hunters, military, police, navy, etc hanging around jump holes.

Oh ... there's nothing in the rules that say you cannot camp at a jump hole. The rules speak of dock killing. Normally when I'm pirating ... I see a trader emerge form the jump hole ... I've got a few seconds to type my demand while he's in the cut screen. Once I see his shields up and starts maneuvering ... he's fair game. First shot is usually my demand, "500k if you give freely ... 2 mil if you make me work for it." I'd say about 75% of the traders actually stop and pay me 500k. Its those 25% that give me grief that I've gotta chase em down.

Now if traders would be more inclined to act like traders and stop saying, "you'll be sorry" and such. They threaten, "I'm gonna place a 10 mil bounty on your head." Um ... I only asked for 500k ... mathematician. Hmm ... is it OORP for a trader to place a 10 mil bounty on a pirates head for a single demand for 500k? This might be an interesting question to entertain.

Please note my sarcasm.