In regards to piracy

[Baltar]

Oh, shut it, will you? And I never said that only pirates had to roleplay. I expect it from everyone, and so does every other person with half a brain on this server.

Congrats ... you've just delved into "personal" arguments over "idea" arguments. That's precisely why my signature block is the way it is ... I'm highlighting the fact that people either CANNOT or WILL NOT engage in arguing ideas INSTEAD OF personal attacks. Your telling me to "shut up" provides nothing to this discussion other than to highlight me and to utter some ridiculous non-argument. Grow up and debate.

Seriously?
Calling other people's legitimate thoughts drivel?
You call this civil?
Wildly assuming that other people's tiny snippets are intended to completely discount the entire rest of the universe is not only condescending, but insane.

Now, MY signature doesnt say anyting at all about civility....So...
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Nah, aint worth it.
Go back under your bridge and bother some goats.
No wonder you beg for civility. Im sure you inspire consternation wherever you go.

Gain a bit of context, will you please TFinnegan. Take into context what my signature represents. The individual called me out by name specifically to insult or harass me. Similarly, Kurosora, has chosen to insult me personally. He's not debating WHAT I've said ... he's attacking me as a person. "Shut up" is by no means part of any debate. Learn some context when you post, sir.


... Now back to the discussion ...

Pirates may stop a ship, cruise disruptor, and fire a couple warning shots at the person being pirated but not enough to engage them, half shields.

The pirate must engage in RP, more then 'Give two mil' or 'My faction hates yours DIE'.

If Trader does not respond within thirty seconds then they may be destroyed by the pirate, or if they respond slowly and they seem to be procrastinating, then the pirate may destroy them.

Demands may not be excessive, take into account their ship and cargo and make your demands from that. If you are a pirate don't take more then a fourth of the cargo, if you are police or policing(Xeno or in ZoI) then you may demand all cargo. / Keep it into RP if you hate a faction pirate them a little more or destroy their cargo to hurt their economy. RP and have fun with it but don't make it not fun for the other.

May only pirate a person again if they dock and relieve their cargo or if they leave the system. Look at times and it's at your own discretion if it's unfair or not.

Traders may use pirate lanes but are at risk of being 'taxed' heavily for it.

Above all else be civil, as can be, and keep in RP and character. If you break it and go OORP you may be destroyed, if you make the Pirate mad he may destroy you, but he may not destroy you for seemingly no reason and especially not if you payed him.

Pirates can demand whatever they want ... get over that fact. I've said it many times before ... if a trader can post a bounty on a pirate for 10 mil then the trader has no business complaining when the pirate demands 5 mil (or whatever). I've seen 50 mil bounties by traders who whine about being taxed 2 mil.

Pirates can pirate the same trader as often as he likes. If the trader is destroyed, he respawns and "reloads" new cargo. If he pays, he continues along his way and "docks and sells" his cargo and then "buys new cargo" and ... ahem ... he then returns to the same system where he was pirated in the first place. Where's the role play in a trader who "willingly" returns to the scene he was pirated? So ... lets not talk about role play of a pirate if we're not gonna discuss the role play of a trader.