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[Sparxy]

All

This is the first time I've been sanctioned in any way and I have admit I am perplexed by this. I agree there were a lot of ships and they were a mix of caps and gunships. However, at not point did any of the group approach Crete and we gave plenty of warning of our presence. The intention was not to massacre a small group of fighters via total over kill but to see what response was mounted, if any. If it came to nothing I would certainly not have stayed long.

SO we entered Gamma and started some role play.... then without warning the fleet was transferred to Bastille.

It does seem odd that just a few nights before when the corsairs and others mounted a MASSIVE assault on 5 BH caps that were passing through Gamma not a single complaint was raised. I have a screen shot of my final moments surrounded by more than 12 ships, of which at least 4 were Battleships of superior firepower to that of the BH BS. At the end of this battle ALL BH were destroyed but we went down fighting and took numerous ships with us. I had a conversation with one of the corsairs who took part and we both agreed it was a great battle, fought fairly and with honour.

I have seen it so many times that the BH mount a small force to go hunting and the response is that they call in overwhelming support. If this situation had been allowed to pan out I am sure there would have been a huge response and even with the number of ships we had, we would have found it hard to survive....even sent running with our tails between our legs. OR it may have gone down in history as one of the greatest battles known in Sirius.

One of the admin messages on the server asks players to think before they file a sanction report and to discuss their problem with the players in question. This seems like very good advice but that is not often followed. IF someone had spoken to me and asked us to leave as they felt this was overkill, I would have been happy to discuss and would have called off the fleet. It could also have have allowed them to mount a response and possibly kept everyone happy.

I cannot say for certain but I am pretty sure that there are a lot of corsairs who relish the chance to defend Crete and to take out a fleet of BH's.

Just my thoughts on the matter.