' Wrote:OK this is why a detroyer cannot be anywhere near the pirate while pirating.
Say the trader had a pair of fighter's as escort. Now the pirate demand's money, and the escort goe's after the pirate. The cruiser can always say i did not help the pirate because i did not shoot at the trader. I only engaged the fighter's. WELL that would be helping/being part of the pirating.
Look in sanction's. Not sure how far back you need to go, but there have been cap's sanctioned for being with pirate's/grouped to pirate's in the past.
I am not saying in this incident the desi did anything wrong, but you can see where the temptation for the desi to jump in and help, or be a fear factor in the pirating.
Um ... did you not read what I wrote? The destroyer in this incident is protecting the pirate gunboat. That is LEGAL and GOOD.
I've been pirating in my gunboat and came across a trader who hired a bounty hunter flying a battle cruiser as an escort. Woulda been nice to have a destroyer fight the battle cruiser so I could concentrate on the act of piracy.
I swear ... you traders will look for ANY loophole you can find to avoid being pirated. Its getting a bit old man.
I bet if you read those sanctions you are referring to you'll find that the destroyer or cruiser was actually doing the pirating. That's a no-no. But defending the pirate from bombers, battle cruisers, whatever type escort or help the trader hires to defend his cargo is a legal target for the destroyer.
Look at it this way ... if a trader can hire escorts that can destroy a pirate ... logic dictates that the pirate can hire a merc or whatever to take out your escort and give the pirate a shot at the trader.
