Hypothetical Scenario: Pirating for cash is no longer done

[Baltar]

Remember, this is both a hypothetical question and scenario. Keep it in mind.

In this scenario, the use of the /givecash or trade via window of credits from trader/smuggler to any pirate is deemed OORP, therefore against the rules. (Extreme yes I know). This way, pirates would be required to pirate cargo and sell it on the black market to carve a living rather then use the universal credit system.

Ok ... but since Manhattan is THE biggest black market planet in all of Sirius. With that in mind, a pirate should be able to land on such a planet (clandestinely) to sell off said cargo. <-- Just following the hypothetical logic you pose.

And its a bit OORP for THE biggest black market planet in Sirius to be a "Police" planet. Change the planet's reputation to "Neutral" ... in fact ... most all planets should be "Neutrally" aligned. If planets were neutral and pirates could actually sell their stuff on the black market planet of Manhattan ... I'd be behind your idea. Even the original storyline supports Manhattan as a black market ... not to mention that the majority of the Cardamine trade is directed at the houses ... with Manhattan as the central distribution for the stuff.

The (extremist) RP backing behind this is that pirates can't access the Sirian Credit System to electronically rob a trader or a smuggler even. This means pirates needs, and I stress needs to do cargo piracy by robbing haulers.

Then we'd need to get rid of bribes as well. After all ... the bribe system is based on paying someone to "hack" into computers to improve your reputation with some. The same "hacking" could be done with the credit system. Setup a clean account and business as a front operation for the pirate/criminal organizations. That is ... if we're gonna micro-role play here. And keep in mind ... we're not in the olden days of Earth ... sophisticated technology is available to all here. And the criminal element is far better at hacking than the good guys.

The likely effect I can see on this is a major drop in fighter and maybe bomber classes resorting to escort duties and reshuffling of the 'lane camp' spots across the map. It all depends on buy and sell points. Sadly, I can see an increase in the number of gunboats due to their cargo space, but I can perhaps see people using pirate transports to acquire large amounts of cargo in one run.
Again, this is an extreme form of RP that I'm actually on the fence on, it promotes RP but may kill the 'stable?' income of pirates and may force a gunboat gank on the pirate side, or even traders losing all of their cargo in one go.

I have no problem with you creating a pirate faction and implementing your idea. Just don't force the rest of us to play along by creating yet another limiting rule set directed ONLY at pirates role play. Something I'd like to see is role play by traders who are ACTUALLY employed by some trade company.

This is a scenario, what is your opinion and your theory of its effects?

Good idea for a faction ... but not good for creating new rules. If this idea were made into a rule ... you can say goodbye to piracy of any kind as role play. You're always gonna have those that do not role play well and demand "2 mil or die" ... can't change it. And I'm always gonna encounter those traders that would "rather die than pay." So ... want realism ... gonna have to be creative in your own role play and stop trying to impose others actions based on what you expect.