Non combat vessels in combat situations

[Jinx]

in the past ( or even in the present ) - there are situations that pvp immune players can still be shot, shot down or intentionally targetted.

for example - when a lvl10 starflier flies into a battlezone where several heavy ships or even capital warships dish out damage. - it is his own fault when he gets shot down. - by flying into a warzone - he became a valid target - as ... and so the argument: - "a civilian would not fly into such a place"

now - if we transfer that to a transport....

a transport being in a warzone should enjoy the same treatment - for one, it is not really likely that a transport has declared someone "hostile" and still sticks around - usually he d be legging it away asap. - if he s still around and even activly assisting the attack of ships that are an actual danger - it is a behaviour that earns himself to become a valid target.

the basis question is - what is a decent and believable behaviour for a transport? - would a transport activly give away tactical informations ( in a way that the hostile player can see it ) - when he is in immanent danger? - it would need to be a very hardened and daring captain for sure.

the other question is - would a warship target the transport that if there are more dangerous ships around? - probably not.

when we take the term "non-combat" vessels literally - such vessels try to stay out of combat - and that would include any involvement in combat ( giving away tactical informations, taunts - etc. )


* the difference between the two incidents is - one can be considered an accident, the other an intentional kill. - however...

there were also admins that stated that - if a starflier got too annoying - one could accidently drop a mine - which happens to seek out a random target ( which by coincidence might be the starflier ) and blows it up. - while not official - still stated as an alternative.

now the problem is - it is a kill, it is intentional - and the player killed was protected by the rules in an ooRP way ( much like transports are protected from capital warships, which has nothing to do with RP and all with ooRP )

the real difference is a fine line - and much up to interpretation. in my opinion - a transport that is activly assisting other players to score a blue message is de facto involved in pvp - and should these other ships drain my shields by 50% - ( no ... i d not fire on the transport, cause i know its not allowed ) but i d get really really angry about the silly rules.

** the above does not describe how recent events happened, but only a hypothetical event, cause only those that were involved know how it really happened, and i dare say - even the ones involved have a somewhat twisted point of view.

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