Capships + Traders

[Jinx]

a destroyer blowing a trader up.....

situation:

a BMM IDed and tagged trader ( preferably in a bretonian transport of shetland, percheron or shire type ) - flying into kusari controlled territory. - he is carrying material that can be used for bretonians war effords ( lets say - plutonium ) and is most certainly heading towards bretonia.

a destroyer is NOT activly intercepting that trader - but simply happens to meet him, cause he is doing border duties at some jumpgate.

so far - none of the ships made an attempt to really run into one another - so no one is to blame.

the trader is asked ( in RP, maybe even harshly - but that is to be expected ) to drop the cargo or turn into a living torch. ( due to the "we have little kiddies on the server" - the kusari captain will of course not swear and insult the bretonian - although.... i am sure he "should" do it )

the trader point blank refuses - but both sides are roleplaying the situation. - none of them goes "you know the rules, you must not touch me" or rubbish like that.



if the destroyer - after giving a lot more roleplay than a normal engagement would require, giving reason and making his intention more than clear - started to put some holes into the transport.

i would be very disappointed if he got sanctioned or even warned for that. - if that was the case - we should remove the "RP" tag from the server. ( seriously ) - but i do not think that such a perfectly RPed occasion would be sanctioned. - actually, i would not even expect the participants of such an incident to even THINK of reporting - but both parties to be fully satisfied with a small RP incident "well done".

this situation is still a delicate one. - both sides must know what they are about. - a bretonian caught in kusari space must know that he is in about as much danger as an outcast tagged and IDed adv. train approaching Crete.

sometimes a trader isn t aware of what he is doing - in that case, its important to explain the matter "in RP" - so players need to take their time. - sometimes the law enforcer isn t too patient - in which case the trader might make clear that *he is willing to RP it and not F1 or cruise away* - when both sides know that there is time and no need to "rush things" - both sides should be able to proceed to BOTH sides satisfaction.



a trader that is blown up by a lawful should always know "why" that happened. nothing is more frustrating than an impatient lawful ( somehow - an impatient pirate isn t as frustrating as an impatient police - don t ask me why... its just my opinion )

what such a situation cannot need is a lawful that wishes to see a blue message - and / or a trader that only wants to make money.... if possible without any interference. if one side shows a slight unwillingness to RP it out, the situation can quickly escalate and go terribly wrong.

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