Fairplay

[Heresy]

Fair fight?
You're kidding, right?

It is entirely at the behest of the parties engaged in the fight if they wish to keep it "fair" or not. This in part depends on the mood of the people in the battle. When fighting as a lone blood dragon in New Tokyo, you should expect to get ganked, really. In a blood dragon bomber, you shouldn't expect anyone to joust you, either. If it becomes too much, run away. Is that really too much to ask?

For example, you catch my Eagle in, say, a gunboat of some description. I'll see your gunboat, and I'll fight you for a little bit. If you have missiles, I'll turn around straight away and retreat. There's no point in asking for fair play, since this is what happens in battle. One day, I'll get my backside handed to me. The next, we'll have a significant team of folks mowing down everything in our way.

Attack when the enemy is weak, retreat when they are strong. Since there are few borders that need defending in Sirius, apart from the obvious house borders, this shouldn't be a problem. This is how terrorists act even in the world we live in today; there's no need to be suicidal and charge into overwhelmings odds.

Learn to swallow your pride and prevent the enemy getting the kill. This might make you feel much better, when you deny a hoard of rampaging (in your case) KNF and KSP vessels from bringing you down. It certainly works for me, thrusting all the way to Alcatraz with about 6 LN on my tail. That was a while ago, though.

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