Piracy according to the rules

[D'Ghor]

And remember that if they knock half your shields off it becomes self defense and you can just kill them.

Is this true?
Even if you engage him first?

Since when has this been a rule? If I want to demand that a trader pays me 25 million, why can't I..?

because its considered pvp abuse, people demand that much just to kill them, and can do it over and over again, no one wants to pay that much when all they'll lose is 1 mill in cargo costs, bad RP tbh, but i wouldn't pay that much, and thats where its separates RL from a game, even if it is a RP server. Handing out more money than you earn isnt enjoyable, and not worth paying/playing. Limits need to be set somewhere.