Curious situation

[Jinx]

i don t see any problem there - the cruiser was clearly violating the rules by engaging traders.

the ONLY time he might have been allowed to fire in that battle is when the traders had drained its shields by 50% or more - so he would act in pure self defense. - but engaging in this combat was a clear violation - there is NO situation that would have justified firing on the traders.

if the corsair bomber had been aware of that, he should have INSTANTLY retreated from the traders making sure that he would not be associated with such a violation and he should have cleared the situation by leaving the battle. - the cruiser should have never even came close to the battle to "pose a threat".

or simple: warships and piracy don t go well together, no matter of the situation.


to clarify :

not even if the trader is escorted by 1000 battleships a pirate cruiser can attack. - the escorts and the traders are DEFENDERS. if they focus on escorting, the pirates must only attack with gunboats or smaller. - if a bomber attacks a force too big for itself, its his fault.

it would be like attacking manhatten in a light fighter and then complaining about being counterattacked by a few battleships. - an attacker must evaluate the situation BEFORE he rushes into combat. - retreating form a trader is no problem either... as no 4 hours retreat rule applies.

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