Quote:The trader had beens topped by the local law.
The trader had been told his punishment
Upon being told his punishment, he engaged cruise.
Upon engaging cruise he was fired upon.
Upon being fired upon he quickdocked with the lawful base.
Despite this, I still disagree with the punishment. If the local law (whether its Liberty, Bretonian, Rheinland, Kusari or both sides of the Hispanics within their home system) cannot enforce their law on the trader, then the trader should be able to land.
The reasoning that you'd have to enter the atmosphere slowly is a poor one. Have you seen the speeds at which the space shuttle enters Earth's atmosphere? And then, I can tell you now that the space shuttle doesnt have even an equivalent to the whale's armour of 75000, since one .50cal bullet will put a huge hole through one if it's in space. Also remember, that shields should be able to deflect heat and pressure, as you see sometimes in various sci-fi series.
But, say a Junker or Zoner comes to Crete with passengers. I tell him to halt for a scan, and then I tell him to drop the passengers. Instead of doing so, he engages cruise and docks with Crete.
Said trader would have been:
-stopped by the local law (assuming that Corsairs are the law in Omicron Gamma), fulfilling criteria one.
-been told his punishment, fulfilling criteria two.
-upon being told his punishment, engaging cruise, fulfilling criteria three.
-I would have fired on him, fulfilling criteria four.
-He would have quickdocked on Crete, fulfilling criteria five.
If I can sanction that trader for that using the broad OORP rule, then the rules are sadly very broken.
I dont like people doing it, I do think it is taking advantage, to an extent, of game mechanics.
However, I would much prefer this rather than having to watch for yet another unwritten rule.
Rulelancer this is not.
Freelancer this is.
EDIT: I also do not believe that this case is exactly the same as the case you describe here:
Quote:This is no different from a Corsair docking on West Point when it should be hostile to him. In this instance the base should have been hostile to the base he docked on. It would have been had he been stopped by NPC's. To be noted he did dock on a base right next to the players that stopped him. So arguing that NPC's wouldn't have followed him there is moot.
