Independent Capital ships vs Factions

[tansytansey]

As far as I am concerned, dropping me out of a trade lane is engagement.

As far as the rules are concerned it is not. An attack is described as draining shields to 50% or firing a CD, neither of which have occurred at the time you drop out of a tradelane.
You might have an RP reason behind why you shoot pirates as soon as your drop out, but to us you're nothing more than a power trader who would rather die than pay pirates because its' cheaper to rebuy your cargo. You can have th best RP in the world, but if you don't share it with anyone then it's worth nothing. That's not the impression you want to be giving on an RP server. Hell, even saying "You'll never take my cargo!" Before opening fire would be at least something.

You can argue as long as you want, but your argument does not excuse you from the rules, which state that Roleplay must precede an engagement.

/setmsg is also no excuse. It promotes poor roleplay. "2 mil r dai" is something we try to avoid.

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