Quote:- pirating is interrupting the lane / stopping the trader ( so, the warship must not even assist in keeping the lane disrupted )
I've got no problems with any pirates doing that while i'm on my trader, and have done so before myself using the Drax along with the other Liberty Rogues in Liberty. I don't see any issues with disrupting the trade lanes, and don't consider it a violation of no piracy. The trader does not have to use the trade lanes, he can fire up his cruise engines. It isn't up to the pirates to be responsible for a trader's stupidity.
Quote:- the warship must not make a tax demand for the fighter while the fighter might dodge the traders fire; - cause the warship must not participate nor assist in pirating. - so the fighter must still do it himself in order to be within the rules.
Got no issues with this one, as it would be breaking the "no-piracy rule".
Quote:- the warship must NOT defend the pirate when police / military heads towards the trader to assist him! - police/military assisting the trader become part of the piracy event. so even if there are 10 battleships approaching to assist the trader, the warship must not shoot at them, cause that would be - correct: taking part in the piracy event.
Now, i've got a problem with this issue, because the lawfuls often send capital ships (cruisers/destroyers/battlecruisers etc) to intervene in piracy attempts. They have done it SO SO many times that i've frankly lost count, and isn't that contravening the "intervening in a piracy attempt" law? Since they're getting involved too. It works both ways, or not at all.
So frankly, I think both sides' escorts or caps or whatever should be able to pound the crap out of each other, but must NOT touch the trader directly. Otherwise it'll be a case of "hi mr. naval cruiser, i'm afraid neither you nor my cruiser can get involved in this piracy attempt until either the trader dies or the pirate succeeds. We can't even shoot each other as that's contravening the "interfering in a piracy attempt" server rule. It's a drag, eh?"
Never going to happen. The lawfuls are still going to send capital warships to deal with piracy attempts, and sometimes the unlawfuls will have a cruiser hanging around. Just leave it as it is, and let the escorts/attackers/defenders beat each other to a bloody pulp. But not touching the trader at all, unless in gunboat or smaller.
Quote:- furthermore, the warship must not be grouped with a pirate that is pirating. ( see the teamed example at the start ) - both ships must not be associated with each other or they become part of one and the same pirating event.
Not true, while specifically in group all members of the group in a gunboat or less are part of the piracy event, but since a cruiser cannot pirate it is automatically exempt from this rule, since it cannot be a part of the piracy event. However, there is no reason why anyone can't be grouped with them. Otherwise you'll just get a pirate cruiser hanging around the group PM'ing each other privately and not being grouped, to get around this frankly silly idea.
Quote:but what can a warship do then?
- a warship can, as long as its not grouped nor associated with the active pirating event, defend a position. ( maybe as a secure point to retreat to - once the pirating event is finished, but never before )
A good idea and one i've employed from time to time with the Rogues and other unlawful factions.
Quote:- a warship can fight lawfuls that were not assisting the trader that was pirated, but straight attacked the warship - and this is up to interpretation very much. - but when in doubt, the pirate warship must not fight back, cause the rules back up the trader and not the pirates.
I do not think this makes any sense. It has to go both ways, simply that you cannot touch the trader. Yet lawfuls are allowed to bring caps into the fray to pound on the pirate in his bomber or VHF and yet not break the "interfering in a piracy event" rule with capital ships, but if the pirates do it then its sanctionable? Retarded.
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