Is RP/demand/pirate act possible if target refuses to stop?

[TYHPilot]

When I run into these "ghost" traders who never reply I continue my RPing just so if they do complain I say can say I gave more than fair warning.

Example...

"Cut your engines pilot this is a stick up" (Interestingly after I say this like at least 1 out of 4 transports will start opening fire on me. At which time, I forget the rest of the demands and start firing back in my defense.)

"I order to you halt and (A.) Drop cargo or (B.) Transfer me X amount of credits for safe passage!"

"You have 10 seconds to comply with my demands or speak up!"

Then I will bring his shields down. If he starts talking then I stop and start the RP over again getting what I want. He if fires on me, that's when I take his hull down to 50% or less and issue a last chance kind of offer to him.

This way, if he keeps trying to run you can engage him until he starts talking or something. I always feel it is bad manners when players don't ever reply to pirate conversation or demands. Sometimes I don't even want anything, I just wanna talk to someone and people start running or firing on me.

Summary....even if they don't halt keep talking and talking so that you can prove that you really tried to RP it out and your engagement and destruction of the ship was within the parameters of the rules. The burden then falls to the other party to explain why they didn't bother talking back at all.

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Black|Sails

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