New Player Queries

[Avengelist]

Hi, I'm a new player to the Discovery RP 24/7 server, nice to meet you all!

I tried reading the rules, but I still have some basic queries that I might have missed. If they're obvious, I hope you guys will have the patience to bear with me and help clarify them for me anyway.

Here goes:
1. I noticed there's a marketplace for the selling and buying of ships. How exactly does it work in-game? I would like to know the mechanics of how the transfer of ship is effected - does it require console commands, etc?

2. I read up about the IDs, but I'm a bit confused as to whether pirate faction ID-holders can fly large transports? For the large transports section on the wiki, it says "On the Discovery RP 24/7 server, the pilot is required to carry a faction ID that gives the privilege of flying these ships." And in the table, it shows a list of civilian IDs, but I've clearly seen other factions (albeit lawful ones) fly them, so I wanted to clarify if unlawful factions enjoy the same ability.

Lastly, this is my first time being in a RP server. With that in mind, I went through a pirate encounter with my transport the other day, and essentially I was given an ultimatum of either dropping all my loot or getting killed. I've browsed through some of the threads on here and I developed the impression that "if you keep silent you'll die but generally be nice to pirates who don't ask for too much". I tried my best to RP, but in the end the ultimatum didn't change and I felt forced to jettison all of my cargo in the end. I don't mind the pirating, but it seems odd to me that RP isn't really encouraged in a RP server, or "rewarded" with a less harsh ultimatum. I mean, I could have simply stayed silent, jettisoned my cargo, and ended up saving some time by not RPing. Maybe that might have meant my demise, but as a player it just means I get a free teleport back to where I started my journey, since I was going to lose all my cargo anyway.

I guess what I'm trying to ascertain is, was my experience a normal one? Do most pirates on this server demand all loot or death? Is there any incentive for RP in these situations beyond "RP for RP's sake"? I mean no offense to anyone's ideals of RP here, just trying to understand what's the norm and culture of this server.

Thanks for reading!