(01-19-2024, 02:14 PM)Schxer Wrote: So a HS player tried to interact with you on a spot with lawful NPC stations around. Did I understand it correctly? Do you mean to say unlawfuls should not be able to fly or interact in lawful territory and that would be upholding higher standards? There really is nothing wrong with that. Lawfuls can visit unlawful territory to start something and vice-versa.
The word 'territory' is subjective here. Are we talking about a lawful, or house, system? Or are we talking about an interaction happening 5K away from lawful stations? I'm speaking about the latter. Unlawfuls must traverse lawful systems, that's how Outcasts get product into house populations.
I was in my barge and the HS pilot flew from the Cortez trade lane connection and spotted me. He didn't pop a trade lane or wait for me at the jump gate, he flew through the trade lane and found me near Birmingham Station. It's one thing if a group of Outcasts, or any unlawful faction, band together and decide to raid systems. That's what the faction does in lore. A singular fighter who finds a transport in the vicinity of multiple stations to pirate, if we took roleplay and immersion seriously, would never happen. The transport would call for help and the stations would launch nearby fighter wings to aid the transport. I didn't respond to this person at all but instead kept saying things like "It must be your lucky day - I would have thought there'd be BPA here already", things like that.
Unfortunately, the game mechanics prohibit this. Some people believe that if you can do it in the game without penalty, than it's no problem. My gold standard of this was when I was pirated right in front of Battleship Missouri. The pirate was taking shots from the battleship as he was telling me to pay up. If you don't see a problem with this, then we have nothing else to talk about.
(01-19-2024, 02:29 PM)TheSauron Wrote: I hope you don't mind a question from someone uninvolved - what was the exact location of the encounter?
Near Planet Wight. I mispoke in my previous post, I had the Hudson system on my mind. There is no Bounty Hunter's station nearby.
It ain't about what you are capable of, it's about what you're willing to do.
