Neutral prison bases

[Sturmwind]

It's hardly worth it spending 20 minutes escorting some fine infidel to the prison facility, have him dock, then have him come out with, "permission from the authorities", to go free.

It's happened so many times I can't count.

It's RPing and getting socked in the nuts for doing it.

Matter of preference, really. There are individuals who consider any sort of RP unimportant. My experience with this is that in most cases, these events prove to be fine pieces of role-play from both sides, enhancing mutual enjoyment. No one forces you to issue an arrest warrant though.

'Stop right there, criminal scum! Yeah, land on that station there. And don't dare fire your ship's guns once you've been allowed through past the station's defense grid! Yeah, that's right, we need to have our main reactor in the freaking hangar bay, but you'd better just not do anything. We're watching you.'

Game mechanics, anyone?

Be creative; during arrests I usually order them to switch off their weapons, jettison their ammo and make the station 'tow in' the disabled outlaw ship.