The Republic of Liberty Laws Wrote:IV. Non-violent crimes.
In addition to the most common crimes as outlined above, it is illegal to commit the following in Liberty:
Impersonating an officer.
This is defined as falsely claiming to be part of any branch of the Liberty forces and acting in a manner which would vindicate such a claim.
Fleeing from an officer when stopped.
This is defined as fleeing any officer when he or she is attempting to question you. If an officer stops you using a cruise disruptor, that is an expression of his or her will to stop you. Ignoring this is a crime.
The reality is that if you complied with a simple "stop" demand, which every lawful does any time he wants to interact with a fleeing target, you wouldn't have gotten shot in the first place. Why you didn't stop is beyond me, but you can't blame anyone except yourself. Had you stopped we could've had a conversation with words rather than guns. Roleplay has consequences.
As for the fight itself, it was hardly a fight if it lasted 10 seconds before the mortar hit.
Liberty primary fleets in the past held themselves to a standard where they went after ships in ships that had a chance of resisting, should they choose. I was a Freelancer pissing around in New York bored, I wasn't going anywhere. Instead of switching, the choice to harass a snub in a capital ship was made. I'm well aware of what I got shot for; I just don't expect that from primary fleets. So ya held me there until an appropriate ship arrived to shoot me, cool. It did, and.. instead of letting us have it out, kept shooting.
If you don't hold yourselves to the high standard I'm used to and came to admire from the Liberty primary fleets to offset the mess that is LNS-, fair enough and that's unfortunate. I'll shed a tear for memories of better days.