Engagement Notice

[Jinx]

i think we can make it clear:

the player that is being attacked has to be given a notice of that attack. - you must not be "jumped" unaware. - when that notice is given by another player that KNOWS that he can command players NEAR you and make them attack you. - you "have been informed of an immediete attack" haven t you?

i think....even when you are not in range of ANY player at the time, but a bunch of players is searching for you - making it clear that .... in the very case they catch you, you ll have to expect an attack.... you have been made aware of an immediete attack, henceforth, you are not "jumped" and been attacked "unaware"

here is an example:

a smuggler enters a system. he has NO lawful near - but his hold is full of cardamine. - a lawful trader passes him in sensor range and gives a silent call to the lawfuls ( all the time, you, the smuggler are totally unaware that processes have already started )

then - through system call, you hear "to all officers, the ship [your name] is suspected to be smuggling contraband and is to be stopped at all costs!"

still, no lawful in your range BUT you know that you are being searched.

the police is flying search patterns - and finally, you are being spotted by a gunboat. of course you re cruising... so the gunboat fires a CD and immedietely attacks.



is that a correct behaviour?

i do think "yes". an attack notice has been given, you know that an attack is to be expected once you are spotted. it was also RPed and not just a silly ooc notice. - but the actual attack was NOT announced.

yes, the gunboat could say "sir, i have spotted the enemy and i am opening weaponfire to stop the smuggler" - that would have been "nice" ... but still, you cannot say that the attack came out of no where.



why we have this rule anyway?

- BHGs and especially freelancers / mercs used to jump players that had NO way to know about an immediete attack, giving the hunters a great advantage. - nothing is worse than sitting in your usual spot as a lawful for example - and suddenly your s hield is down to two deb salvos and a SN is about 0.0001 seconds from impact in your hull.

so - an engagement notice must be given so even the chances.

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