Capships + Traders

[tansytansey]

Next time if you are caught breaking the embargo, would you wait for the capship owner to switch to a bomber or gunboat to treat you accordingly to a broken rule?
Speaking about fairplay. It sounds very fair to break the embargo in front of a destroyer/cruiser, which does operate at the frontline and metagaming by abusing a rule for your own benefit.
Its absolutely unfair to show a provoking behavior by breaking a blockade and then whine, whe you have to face the consequences of your provocation.
If i fly a trading vessel and do smuggle or break any embargos i do expect to get blown the hell out of me, if caught and not complying to orders. Indifferent what ship my opponent has and i never would report him, because he did right and because of fairness.

AoM

In the given situation, when the Destroyer had seen me the first time, and had switched to a bomber for when I came back, I would have roleplayed with him. Hell, I would have even roleplayed with his Destroyer if he had anything on his mind other than "drop the cargo or you die". I don't break embargoes and smuggle just to piss off capital ship owners, I do it for my own enjoyment. And no, it is not fun when a Cruiser starts shooting at you with very minimal roleplay. But thank you for the accusation.

@Jinx's long post

Players are the ones who brought about this rule, they are the ones that asked for it. Now they are the ones complaining about it. All I can say is, you reap what you sow.
Not that I'm gonna go sanctioning cap ships left and right for shooting me (that was the only sanction I've ever submitted.. and only because of his blatant disregard to the rules) in fact I would be happy to roleplay with any capital ships that cross my path.
But then, there are just as many capital ships out there who will shoot a smuggler with minimal RP as there are Smugglers who will shield themselves behind the rules.

There is an alternative to interdicting Smugglers. Using a smaller ship. There is also an alternative to smuggling, and that's trading. I chose to accept the consequences of my Roleplay, which is being forced to drop cargo upon being caught by local law enforcement. If you fly a Cruiser or Battleship, you also accept the consequences of not being able to open fire on transports.

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