Pirate RP?

[Baltar]

I don't have a problem with pirates holding a jump hole or jump gate, in fact they can even use the trade lanes imho, as long as you are hostile to the local law then go for it.

It does make me sad to see pirates trying to do their pirating outside heavily armed lawful bases, that's OORP to me.

I would not call it OORP ... as long as they are hostile to the lawfuls ... its either very brave of them or very stupid. But its NOT OORP.

Not quite, I bet the Zoners or the IMG don't like it when you pirate traders outside their base, might get them in trouble for "supporting" pirates.

Zoners and IMG may not like it ... but you're still fare game. Incidentally ... Junkers have the same feeling when it comes to Bounty Hunters hanging outside Yanagi and other bases waiting for a pirate to emerge. Turn about's fair play gents.

isn't their a No Fire Zone around zoner freeports, so if you fire at a trader their, zoners won't like it

No fire zone about Zoner bases is only role play enforced by Zoners. There's no rule in the rule book about this ... its a role play enforcement that would only be enforced by a Zoner who happens to be there at the time. I for one do not pirate next to Freeports out of respect to Zoners ... and I expect the same treatment in return around Junker bases. But the fact remains ... a pirate does not have to be hostile to the Zoners to hang out waiting for the trader. I can sit outside a Freeport waiting for the trader to emerge ... and I can wait for the trader to move out beyond 15k from the Freeport before I take him on. So ... what's the issue here?