Miners and Pirates

[Baltar]

They are miners ... clear and simple. They are role playing miners and are in fact ... mining.

There's nothing that says you cannot pirate them. Or you can (as an Outcast) ignore them if they're not mining near your turf. Best bet ... role play it. If they were not role playing as miners ... they would not be using mining lasers.

As for outright attacking without demands ... that's a rule thing that you addressed correctly ... how are they treated. My opinion ... if your faction is not at war with them ... pirate them or leave em alone. If your faction is at war with em ... they could be interdicted as militaries do to one another in war time. Cut off the supply lines.

In the end ... good question for the admins to chime in on.