Hey another question :P

[Hielor]

Where does it say that I can only pirate someone once per scanner contact in the rules....as far as I know, I can pirate a trader 40 times in a row, asking for 100k each time, and then blow him up for ish and giggles.

What in the rules stops me from doing that?

Nothing.

The only thing that stops me from doing that is 0.0, but it isn't a sanctionable offense to be a dick.

EDIT: And for the record, I'm not advocating such behaviour, and I wouldn't do that obviously. I'm just saying there is nothing in the rules stopping me from doing so, and 0.0 is really an OOC rule. I don't HAVE to be excellent to anyone in-RP if I don't want to be.

Just don't rp a dumbass of a trader, and you won't encounter such issues, as any captain worth his weight in ish should be able to avoid being pirated twice.

Cannon has stated that doing this is sanctionable:
http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?sh...86251&st=10

The above is true.
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May pirate immediately make another demand?

No, people have been sanctioned for doing this although it all depends on the situation.

"The above" in Cannon's post refers to:

It is against rules,and admins have stated in the past if a trader pays the pirate he can go.If the pirate shoots him after that before he has left the system he will be santioned for it rather harshly. Now after trader leaves system,and decides to come back? then he is again fair game.
So if trader pays then insults you? to bloody bad(not a nice thing to do) If you make another demand,or shoot him it is you that will get sanctioned. It is why i screen every pirate encounter from start to finish with time stamps,including payment. I have had a pirate state he did not ecieve payment/demand more/and kill me. Was over a year ago,but it cost the pirate 500mil from several ships/accounts.