In support of rewriteing rule 5.7

[Oniros]

The condition of victory : PvP versus RP.
PvP : the death of the enemies, winner, looser. the Rules was made to avoid revenge.
RP : retreat, surrender is a reasonable defeat. To be destroyed should be the end of the character.

IMO, retreat, surrender, etc is all within RP, and anyone resuming a RP interaction after a PvP is not really under the PvP rules of the 4h. When a trader resisted to piracy, but surrender seeing no exit, he is not subjected to the rules because he is alive. But if he died, he should not come back or even resume his trade route.
I am a scout in a LF, spot a dangerous Cruiser that open fire and drop my shield down (=engaged). I flee in order to warn my allies and come back 15 minutes later in the same LF with a wing of bomber. I lost the PvP but in RP the retreat should not prevent me to come back.

EDIT : i did not post the end...corrected.

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