Lawful Pirating

[Kuraine]

Given these differences, saying "lawfuls" should be treated the same as pirates regarding ship usage for two very different activities makes no sense whatsoever.

While i'm currently undecided on what should be done regarding the whole battlecruiser/cruiser/battleship chasing down smugglers (although it is very unfair), I have always been extremely vocal on allowing pirate capital ships to demand allied NPC pilots from traders/smugglers/anyone and kill the person who refuses. If the lawfuls can demand their allied pilots in their battleships and battlecruisers from traders etc who have been killing loads, then pirates, regardless of the faction, should be allowed to do the same if one of their capital ships comes across a trader wiping out dozens of allied pilots and storing them in the hold.

I, in RP as the captain of the Outcast Destroyer Drax, am not going to turn a blind eye and ignore a trader hauling 150 Liberty Rogue pilots and 20 or so Outcast pilots (and yes, this has happened) simply because i'm in a capital ship. If he does not drop them when demanded, he'll damn well die. That's equivalent to trying to smuggle contraband past the authorities.

I don't think that should be against the rules. It would be completely retarded in roleplay for me to simply ignore the fact that this damn trader is taking captive my comrades in arms and intends to turn them over to be imprisoned in Sugarland (which is a 100% death sentence for Outcast prisoners, for instance).

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Kuraine (Zoner tagged Trader)
Ravenholm (Zoner tagged Zoner Destroyer)
Bill Mason[Arms.Dealer] (Zoner tagged Arms Dealer)
LR-Drax (Liberty Rogue tagged Cruiser)
LR-Dravis (Liberty Rogue tagged VHF)
[RHA]Wilhelm.Wettin (Red Hessian tagged VHF)
[GC]-Ai.Takeda (Golden Chrysanthemum tagged VHF/Bomber)