I do hope it's not against the rules to have a cruiser sitting 14k away from the tradelane ready to fight anything that comes along hunting for a fighter to kill, because that's what the Rogues do. Grouped and so far away they couldn't be construed as part of the piracy, but they will come to the aid of the pirate if something bigger than a fighter or bomber is providing escort or turns up to ruin the party. It's our little defence against the recent bother we've been having regarding battlecruisers. Fighters are expected to pirate, fine, cruisers are not allowed to open fire on a trader or commit an act of piracy, equally fine. Where does it say that a cruiser cannot kick the living daylights out of a gunboat flying trader escort? Or a cruiser that turns up to balst ickle pirates out of the sky. Pirtaes should be something to fear not just a minor irritation.
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