Quote: 3.1 An attack is any hostile action that drains shields to less than 50%. Saying "Engaging" is not sufficient and aggressors are not allowed to destroy a ship before allowing sufficient time to respond. If a player is attacked he has the right to defend himself regardless of who is attacking. Trading nanobots, shieldbatteries or other ammo and equipment during a fight is also considered taking an active role in the engagement.
Consequences:
Ok, so the Junker dropped a mine on your trade lane. It's annoying and all that when you have to engage ruise and fly to the next one. I can understand that you might not want to spend time chatting with the Junker over why he did that and all, but that still doesn't give you the right to just shoot him without saying a word. Since you have very little money and everything of value has been removed from the ship, I just deleted the ship.
