@Nighthawk and Swift

[tansytansey]

First off, immediately out of the lane, I'm not going to be within blaster range, in all likelyhood. There for, I will first attempt to enter cruise.

Then in all likelihood you were stopped by a CD. Now tell me, what's so hard about typing out one or two messages before you start shooting? "because it compromises your escape" is not an excuse, they've already caught you. A close range CD fired at the front of your ship will stop you indefinitely, CMs or not, and if you start shooting you are subject to, once again, this rule:

6.21 Attacking without an engagement notice is not allowed. All attacks must be preceded with some form of RP, regardless of NPC faction diplomacy.

It's not like the pirate is gonna be shooting you straight away, they're most likely going to be typing as well.

Therefore, your arguement is invalid.

Don't be childish. Taking what I say and saying it back is not clever, because no matter how many ways you spin it you are not exempt from the rules. Or did you forget what I quoted several times in one of my previous posts?

6.21 Attacking without an engagement notice is not allowed. All attacks must be preceded with some form of RP, regardless of NPC faction diplomacy.

This makes even your point of making my point invalid invalid. I don't even know why you are still arguing.

Second, I certainly hope a pirate isn't going to stick around long enough for me to deal 50% damage, If my volley scares the pirate away, then it has exceeded its purpose.

That was perhaps a misinterpretation on my part. By scare away I did not mean run off into the asteroid field with their tale between their legs. I meant to say they will begin evasive manoeuvres and then most likely proceed to kill you. you see, we deal with so many traders like this a day that we don't bother to attempt any further roleplay with them once their intentions are clear. We just kill them and hope the next trader offers more excitement.
And no transport could ever scare away a pirate, I've killed even the most heavily armoured transports in my Greyhound, which has only 4 guns.

I would also like to add here that currently my trade ship is sporting Justice MK2's from my starflier, and mining turrets, which deal even less damage.

Irrelevant information.

Finally I've already told you exactly why I am shooting before roleplaying, because I am not going to compromise my escape over a formality.

Once again, I direct you to the server rules, which is presently making all your arguments invalid. But I see that still has not gotten the message through to you, so this time actually read what I post.

6.21 Attacking without an engagement notice is not allowed. All attacks must be preceded with some form of RP, regardless of NPC faction diplomacy.

You may not want to, but the server rules dictate that you must and I have yet to see you provide a valid argument against this.


Also, on an unrelated topic, for some reason I keep thinking your avatar looks like a Yak. D:

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