Piracy

[Rudo]

Fair point. Nice example.

You can't teach people to have an imagination. I will always remember the Junker who pirated a guy in Cambridge for his shoes. Classic and truly memorable.

I admit to stealing that idea upon hearing of it. Hey, when you can't come up with good ideas, act on someone else's.

And no, we don't need more rules to force people to play nice. They either will or they won't.


Going from my own experience, being the well-known faction leader of the one highly visible Junker faction does not make me immune to piracy. But being in a Salvage Frigate with a Cap 7 armor and three battle razors very often does make lone gunboats and bombers cruise up, only to turn tail and leave without a word said. With those that don't RP unless it involves a prelude to a blue message, often times the simple threat of a harder fight and denial of access to their favorite system for four hours is enough to make them think twice.

The only solution I'd honestly propose regarding all the pirate gunboats would be to bring gunboat and transport defenses closer in line with one another. The disparity is just too big right now. Give the "harder" transports a fighting chance against gunboats.

Keeps rules out and makes life a bit more dangerous for the enterprising gunship captain.



EDIT: As an added bonus, you might even see transports become a choice vessel for piracy -- not just with the RP diehards but with the 10PM PST Liberty unlawful crowds.

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