don t get me wrong, i think i know where you re coming from on that one - but then again. - why sigma-13? .... its not like its not known that its not the best place to get some solid roleplay done.
however, the original question was if warships are allowed to assist in the act of piracy - and i stand to my opinion that they are not allowed. - waging war on them is different of course - pirating in the outer systems is a problem itself.
sigma-13 does not really belong to any house, - so self-claimed lawfuls do have a free roam ( but we don t talk about why they do it ) - a lot of stuff is carried away big time here. - of course it makes no sense for a trader to pay a hunter 10 million to blow up a pirate that asked for 500k. - but what you pay isn t inRole, but its cash you pay the player for his time. ( as a matter of fact ). - same goes with pirates taxing. - in a pirates role, asking for rediculous amounts like 500.000 credits is surely silly, - since a tax of something like 10.000 should most certainly do to make a pirates day. - still we get tax demands up to 2 - 3 million, not cause our role wants us to , but cause we know "that these greedy traders make so much money / run"
metagaming happens on all levels in all factions on all sides, - its part of it. people that blow others up without a word happens, too. - but it happens less in some parts of sirius and more in others. - sigma - 13 is most certainly a part where it happens more. ( and wherever a profitable traderoute pops up in any following disco version, the phenomenon will continue ) - if i do not like it, i try to avoid it. if i still go there - i know what i ll be facing. ( its like buying a house at the airport. people know that its gonne be noisy, but they ll still complain about the noise )
i do not have a char that operates near sigma-13. but if i had a dragon, i d rather pirate in kusari, if i had an outcast, i d prolly pirate in kusari, too. if i had a corsair, i d go to bretonia - etc. no pirate faction is bound to pirate in sigma-13, which is not only full with dangerous gasbags, but also with debris and to top it all with highly dangerous madmen that were once possessed by nomads. - no "normal" pirate would really want to pirate in that place. ( but thats just me )
what i wanne say is - its easy to point the finger at others when trouble happens, - but when you think about it, its not too hard to avoid this kind of trouble ( not allways, but quite easily )
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