Piracy in House Systems

[Wuselkobold]

Hello folks.

before i start on the topic i want to talk about, i want to clarify a few things.
At first, i have no intention to start a flame war of any kind. I will not point on any players/chars and any specific situations nor do i want any of this to pop up here, it is really just a general discussion and i want to pick up some opinions from more experienced players.
I don't want to talk about server rules or game mechanics, this is about RP only.

Alright, lets start now. I have been playing Discovery for two weeks now, and i am really enjoying it, especially the RP with many of you fabulous ladys and gents.
But there are a few, in my opineon, issues i experienced in that time and i want to talk about them.

Lets start with the gunboats and cruisers. I have no problems with them being used for piracy in idependend worlds or the border/edgeworlds, this is really ok. Used in a House system, there are a whole lot of RP conequences that should be concidered though. A Gunboat is a ship build for war. Following this, moving a gunboat inside a System which is not allied/friendly with my faction is an act of war and agression. In addition to this, using a gunboat draws a whole lot of additional attention to a pirate.
To throw in a real life example, what do you think what would happen if i steal a tank from an army depotot (or buy one on the black market) and put myself, let's say on a highway leading to New York City, robbing people driving by and blowing them to bits if they don't pay up? Right, the National Guard would move out in a matter of minutes and pewpew me to kingdom come.
What is my point with all of this? The core House Systems are supposed to be heavily guarded. If there are not always twenty LN, BAF or whatever people online or there isn't a NPC Cruiser patrol around when the server is full, people should act if the where there never the less in RP. This goes especially for Gunboats: These are concidered a main thread and would usually result in an appropriate response, like the use of Cruisers or larger ships to get rid of them. Just because Battleship Suffolk in New London is a base and cannot move, it doesn't mean it wouldn't in RP i mean, hell it is just a few klicks away from the Planet, don't you think it would move in to engage an Corsair Cruiser sitting in Orbit of Planet New London?
Concidering this, using Gunboats or Cruisers for piracy in House space is a creative and effective way of suicide in my opinion and in RP.
In opposition to that, fighters or bombers are something completely different, the can run, hide away or evade patrols more easily and don't draw nearly as much attention.

My next point is the Base camping done by unlawfuls many times (this goes vice versa for lawfuls, but we already had a thread about this not a long time ago, so i won't talk about this matter now).
Why do pirates sit in Orbit of Manhatten or camping around at Westpoint or Fort Bush (Same goes for other Houses of course)? These places are the Home of the House Police and military forces and should have a squadron of fighters stationed on them (or not?). Just because game mechanics allow to sit there in a fighter and survive for 15 minuts and more it doesn't mean it would work in RP. Being pirated in a trader next to Fort Bush is just ridiculous and totally oorp. There are plenty of trade lanes to interrupt around, so why sit directly in front of a police station (again, what would happen if i took my shiny tank and rob people in front of the NYPD building)?

Again, i don't want to start a flame war or insult anyone. What i want however are your opineons, from all partys involved, may it be pirates, cops, traders, you name it.
I don't want to change things (i can't anyways) but i want to be able to understand why people are doing this, maybe i am completely mistaken in this matter. Please share your thoughts and anlighten me little noob :$

At least: Please apologise if my spelling and grammar aren't always correct, english is not my native language, but i am trying to better myself.

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