Capships + Traders

[pipboy]

The ID comes first, it's the same thing I've heard as well. When a trader of an enemy nation enters your system, you are perfectly within the rules to demand that the enemy ship drop it's cargo and turn back, if it doesn't - blow it away.

If you are using an ID that does not say that, then no - you CAN NOT shoot a trader in a cruiser or battleship. But in the case of house military guard ID's, yes you can, only in the way mentioned on the ID though.

If the trader is not of an enemy nation, you are breaking the rules if you attack it. For example, if you are BAF and a Samura trader enters Bretonia you may demand he drop his cargo and leave, if he doesn't then you can kill him. Now if a - I don't know - lets say Zoner trader comes into Bretonia bringing goods from Kusari that are considered illegal in Bretonia, you may NOT engage him in your cap ship. That Zoner is not a Kusari ship, and therefore the regular server rules apply. Yes he is carrying illegal cargo, but you would need to call in smaller police vessel - not military as their ID doesn't let them stop smugglers.

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