Piracy 101

[maclypse]

A few days ago, the "Bafflin'.Express" was asked for a 500K donation by a polite young Outcast in Tau 29.
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HAHA! That was me, you crazy nut!:)I never had a target demand I give part of my "tax" to charity before. Very surprised, I really did scratch my noodle - and laughed hard enough to squirt coffee through my nose! I couldn't resist - so I sent you the money (and some!) for brightening my day with some and unusual fun RP. Good luck with your temple, mate! Hihihi.

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Where does the Xeno practice of demanding that the bulk of their prey dump the entirety of their cargo or face all manner of bad times fit into your worldview?

Well, Xenos have this nasty ID-description forbidding them to demand credits. That leaves demanding cargo as a way to make a living. Now, being xenophobic nuts who hate all trade and communication - it makes RP sense for them to demand all cargo, even when they can't carry it.

From a player's point of view - I dont enjoy this... Once on my way up through colorad from NY - I lost my cargo to xenos and had to return and buy a new one. That's not so bad - but if I had been coming the other way from New Tokyo, I'd have lost 15 minutes of travel and 4 million worth of goods. That's way overkill.

Personally, I think Xenos should take what they can carry in their fighters and let us go with the rest, just so we don't have to suffer a massive loss like that. Not as good RP-wise perhaps... but it'll stop traders from throwing their monitors across the room.

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Another idea: Wait for a trader to pop into your scanners (that's a good 14k warning), and then kill the lane.

Ah yes, the advanced lane-hack. I should add that. Thanks for pointing this out - I'll edit the OP.


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Thank you for the comments everyone.