Should Pirates/Unlawfuls in RP, use Trade Lanes?

[Baltar]

This is a poll on your opinion about roleplay, forget PvP for a moment.

Would, or should unlawful pilots be able to utilize the House Trade lanes when roleplaying? I can accept certain hacking from the Lane Hackers and The Order, maybe a few other factions I am forgetting.

But for now, what do you think?

This is not a bash, this is not a trail by forum. This is simply an opinion thread.

Why do you guys gotta start fights? Really ... why? You know this is one of my hot topics and you know that its a ridiculous self-centered request.

Pirates can gain access to hacked lanes by way of the Lane Hackers. If the Lane Hackers can hack into the lanes ... then IN ROLE PLAY ... they can sell those codes to pirates. Not that much of a leap to figure that out.

Fletcher ... why don't you start a poll about whether traders should be allowed (in role play) to use jump holes ... or to even venture away from "trade" lanes? Or how about traders docking on unlawful bases?

Well, in RP, there is no reason for a pirate to ever actually use a lane. In RP, the lane goes down, they wait. They wait a long time. Either a convoy comes through in a couple of hours, or in a bit of time an Ageira Repair Crew comes through. Either way, the pirates just wait.

Also, Houses can track who goes through lanes and what they're carrying, so, going through lanes as a smuggler, pirate, haberdasher, big no-no.

That's right Baconsoda ... kill the role play of a pirate by boring him to death waiting for something that will never come along. How about those traders that venture away from "trade" lanes? Isn't that against "role play?" I mean ... they are supposed to stick to the trade lanes ... that's why they're called "trade" lanes. Heck ... military, police and anyone else that is NOT a "trader" should avoid these "trade" lanes. They are for "trading." Lets also consider traders who trade for Bretonia moving about on Kusari trade lanes shall we? Or how about Liberty traders moving about on Rheinland trade lanes? Traders using their enemy's trade lanes? Don't see that in the options listed above.

Admins / mods ... better lock this one quick ... its a redundant thread ... been cussed and discussed many times. All it does is bring out anger in we pirates. Getting REALLY tired of these anti-pirate-lets-see-how-far-we-can-limit-them-and-call-it-role-pay threads.

EDIT: I vote that we delete all trade lanes from all systems and force everyone to cruise from point to point. Increase cruise speed if you like ... but get rid of these unrealistic things that traders exploit and that traders whine about when pirates and other unlawfuls use them.