Dakun and Uzed, creating instant thunderstorms since 2010.
I'm gonna add my two cents to it:
I do not interfere in a snubcraft-fight, unless:
My faction need support (e.g. outnumbered or losing)
An enemy capital vessel joins the fight
The enemies are harming civilians (iRP, ya know)
I am called in to fight
Yesterday for example there was a nice fight in NY at West Point, in which multiple LN crafts were engaged. We have then engaged the enemy snubs, two of which Dakun managed to kill. At some point this fight basically turned into a enemies vs enemies fight, the LN was no longer involved. However, an LN-88th Ship was being attacked by some bombers, which we tried to defend. It was eventually killed, and i returned to west point afterwards. Dakun was about 4k below the still ongoing fight.
Note at this point: The 5th was just watching it the whole time.
Afterwards, as i was disengaged in the fight and dakun was flying towards Manhattan, the enemy ships engaged dakun at first, and when i tried to help me as well.
At this point, it was 6 enemy snubcrafts vs. two Navy caps. Then, two enemy ships, a capital and a gunboat, came out of nowhere, and attacked me. I then retreated towards westpoint, dakun still under attack by 6 enemy snubs. So by this time it was a 8 vs 2 fight, and it was obvious that we were losing it. But still, the 5th as well as a few navy ships (including a gunboat and a cruiser) were still just standing by and watching as two navy vessels were destroyed not even 1K away.
So, regarding your fair fight Q_Q: It was never a fair fight, as the enemy ships were always there in stronger numbers, but our cheerleader-faction, the 5th, were just standing by, instead of engaging enemy snubcrafts, thus helping out a navy ship.
And im not even starting on the iRP-"consequences" of a Navy carrier and -Dreadnough being destroyed in front of West Point with navy vessels just watching it.
There you have it.
Rethink your own policy on "fair fight" and "RP".
May the metagaming begin.
Plenty of words to use that don't break the rules. Keep your mouth under control, eh? ~Wildkins