The majority of the time I do RP my way out of "situations" such as being caught by the LPI or LN carrying light arms for Malta or passengers for New Berlin. Or the every day occurence of being hassled by a pirate.
However, out of the fourty or so times on all my characters put together, of encountering Keepers or Phantoms, I've never been able to RP my way out.
The Keepers, I quite like, they really do RP Nomads and they've attacked and beaten me in my trader and my Order character while hurling *** Darkness... Order *** messages.
However, I've only ever been engaged by Phantoms while in my trader and I've not seen much of this "great RP", aside from general "Time to die, fool" and other various messages with the same meaning.
I've tried offering vast riches, my cargo, my mother in law, etc. Nothing works.
How do I RP my way out of being shot by someone whose RP consists of "I'm evil and my sole purpose is to kill and destroy."?
Aside from that, I don't mind Terrorist ID'ed pilots, I don't see enough of them on and it makes my trade runs really boring, no matter which route I take.