A question

[Jinx]

the problem there is not the RP. - RP is good - and i can see the point of course.... the problem is that we have rules of fairness that overwrite even the best RP intentions.

when you encounter a trader and you KNOW that he has billions and you SEE that his cargo will make it another 10.000.000 more - you can still not ask for 10.000.000 cause that would be considered "unreasonable".

the matter of choice is the crucial part there. when the "inevitable" outcome is that the trader is being attacked - left with no choice ( at least no real choice ).

so when i come up to a trader and ask him for 100.000.000 ( which sometimes is what the cargo is worth - at least for weaponsdealers ) - he has no practical choice but to deny, which leads to a hostile encounter. - an inevitable hostile encounter. ( or i wish to see the trader that parts with 100 million credits )

so - YES, it is RP and YES, i see the logic and all - but consider that...

what if YOU were the weaponsdealer with cargo worth several hundred millions credits and was given the choice to either part with your cargo - or be blown up ( and loose it that way ) - it can be interpreted as only a reason to pvp - or to kill - even if the RP intentions are 100% good.

when i m playing Gaian and i encounter a ship carrying boron to LD-14 ( or whatever you bring there ) - it would be "unreasonable" to ask that trader to drop all his cargo 30 klicks from his destination .... he would simply not do it - and by asking that .... one can accuse me of only being after the kill. - even if its in RP for a gaian to stop someone supporting LD-14.

but anyway - maybe i m too concerned about fairplay - so lets say.... personally - i wouldn t want to do it without RPing *with* the weaponsdealer, - the RP opportunity would be better than staging a massive attack on one - just so he quickdocks with the next mooring fixture anyway... but yea - thats just me.

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