Should Pirates/Unlawfuls in RP, use Trade Lanes?

[Fletcher]

Game mechanics though, cruising everywhere is a pain. On my unlawfuls I often take short trips down a lane, jumping out before coming in sight of a base.

Thats why I've always been so passive with pirates using them, this is a game, and a mediocre engine.

So what are you trailing through the forum, then? :P

Okay, seriously (or as much as I can take your psychotic pilots seriously - it seems that the trade lanes primarily only RECORD who travels down them, similar to a Pike Pass. That information is sent up to Aegiera, who then bills the ship owner for the trade lane usage. Quite frankly, I doubt that they honestly care WHO uses their lanes, as long as they get their payment for using them. (And that's how I see the lanes operating - they take a certain sum from your account for using them, which is outside of the status of our little game here. Sort of like the IRS - they really don't care how you make your money, as long as you pay taxes on it.)

Now - the reason why Hackers are so bad is that they don't pay to use the lanes. And that's what makes what the Junkers have done in Gallia so bad as far as Aegiera is concerned, because they're not getting paid for using their lanes. (Oh, and I figure same thing for the Jump Gates, too. They get a little payment everytime someone uses them. That's why they hate jump holes so much.)

Tolls for using the lanes? Genius, too bad I've never seen it implemented, anywhere. I doubt its possible.

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