Piracy

[captainjack]

It seems that I have been quite fortunate with the pirates I have met so far. There have been a few with excellent roleplay (Corsairs, if I remember correctly). One of them would offer you a game to play. If you didn't want to play the game, you had to pay 2 mil. If you did, then you would pick two numbers and he would roll a die using the /dice command. If it landed on one of the numbers that you picked, he would let you go absolutely free. If it didn't land on one of your numbers, he would make you pay 3 mil. I found this quite enjoyable as it added a lot to the RP and the suspense of the situation. The nice thing was that when I did pick a correct number, he let me pass without paying anything. Another pirate I encountered once did a similar game, using a form of "Twenty Questions." These were both good experiences and I would strongly suggest that pirates use something like these to make the encounter enjoyable for both parties involved.

As for being pirated, when you're in a 40 mil ship and the pirate asks you for 1 mil, it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to give him the money. Sure, he may be taking away some of your profit, but how much is he really making in an hour compared to you? Even if you only make 10 mil an hour, a rather small amount for a trader, it seems unlikely that he can make that same profit. He would have to pirate a transport for 1 mil every 6 minutes to get that income rate. Unless he is constantly changing spots or sees a lot of activity in his area, it seems rather unlikely.

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