Is that legal?

[EisenSeele]

Use common sense.

The rules are delineated for a reason; because they have to be objective and enforceable. What if it was a bomber that made a pirate demand of a gunboat? If a starflea demanding things from a dread is not valid since the starflea is no threat to the dread, wouldn't the same apply to this situation since balance dictates that a single bomber would have a hard time defeating a gunboat? What is the bomber is good and could have easily taken the gunboat out - making the demand carry weight? Is individual player skill weighed into this?

Having all engagements require only a 50% drop in shield is screenshotable and easily processed - the contexts of who had what with how many other people with the 'I could have taken that out' type of background leads to very large gray areas that would be almost impossible to completely objectively enforce. That, along with the fact that there is no actual rule saying that demands constitute engagements while there is a clear rule stating that 50% shield damage does.

Unwritten rules are only good for matters of courtesy and tradition, and serve no good purpose as a medium for solid rules. If it isn't explicitly stated, one should not be obligated to abide (though there's always that expectation).

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