Yes, but you can also go through the Sigmas and haul your plutonium that way too.
We will, in the coming days, be re-discussing Zone of Activity (Not to be confused with Zone of Influence) on where the Privateers can, should, and do go for their interdiction duties as well as where they can, should, and do dock.
Also, for those of you cranky about being interdicted by us, let me remind you that Kusari is very clearly winning this war. Upper Leeds is part of Kusari as well as the lower Taus. Privateers' job has become more important of late to interdict as much war material from reaching the front lines as possible. This means that yes, indirectly, the traders that are "just passing through" are going to get hit just as hard as that Kishiro/Samura tagged trader.
@Mudd. Invalid. The trader/miner/whatever can easily hit "o" and check our ID while we're making our way within 50m of their ship, RPing the whole way. While not all of us are the "Say there lad, fine day for a jaunt in space eh? Seems your wallet is a little heavy. The Queens Most Diligent Interdiction Wing (in Exile) require a donation" type of privateer, we ALL, every one of us, give more than sufficient time for you to scan our ID while we're flying around you.
@Akura. You're G D right we're going off of IFF. You go off of our IFF don't you? Why shouldn't we go off of yours? That's what an IFF is. "Identification Friend / Foe". Do you think that we would go around the middle of Kusari spouting off that we're part of the BAF Guard? H to the No we wouldn't! I personally would be spouting a Kishiro tag bought illicitly from a ne'er-do-well and put on my ship.
@Cargo-piracy. Only other Privateer Shire that I know of was Unseelie's Bowex Privateer Shire. But I'm fairly positive she hasn't flown that in months and months, if it's even around. roly at the moment is the only cargo-pirate we have.
We also, only have two gunboats, the T'zaht and the Absolution (?Aiden is that yours?), the rest of us fly Challengers, Templars, Rocs and Eagles. Perhaps you just seem to run into the same two gunboats constantly. It wouldn't surprise me, as Katz is very active on his, and traders tend to be incredibly uncreative in avoiding pirates along the same route.
I agree with Stoat in the other thread. It's nice to be back. Dieter does have a point though, perhaps, and I'd suggest that all Privateers make a setmsg that can be PM'd to a target, ooc, telling them a paraphrase of what Dieter said. "//Hey, we're Bretonian Privateers, licensed by the Queen of Bretonia to interdict trade in Kusari. It's in our ID." would work just fine with a /t9
