I'm not arguing that this specific sanction is wrong, but I am suggesting that more thought be given to the nature of a smuggler's operation, and the 'roleplay' bits of the game mechanic that forces us to the mooring fixture.
' Wrote:Okay, you try to land on a planet using the Docking ring or atmospheric entry. Even if you did enter the atmosphere without the ring you would have to go very slowly to avoid burning up, giving the law plenty of time to dispatch atmospheric patrol craft to intercept.
Have I mentioned that my ships don't have much trouble coasting through stars at much higher speeds then one would try to land on anything at? And that stars are denser than planetary atmospheres, aside from the fact that they happen to be fusion engines...Again, my ship doesn't have too much trouble dealing with stars for short periods, and you're trying to tell me that a terrestrial planet is going to be threatening? I rather think not.
Atmospheric patrol craft, also, I expect would have a hard time catching a spacecraft at any sort of reentry speeds, and I also expect that they'd likely never be dispatched, citing the corruption prevelant on liberty space. Hence, when the smuggler undocks, he finds the PC ready to shoot him, but probably not the rest of the system, because most of the military doesn't fall under the direct chain of command of the PC pilot(in most cases it isn't an admiral, guys, especially if its a fighter). What I suspect happens is that these pilots defy orders to get back to work, waiting on their mark to come out, and that is why the rest of the LPI (in this case) is not sitting on top of the site, doing it to. The organization has been paid off, is complicit in the crime, or has decided that it isn't worth it to prosecute, when they've -lost the evidence-. A single pilot is easily discredited.
