To Shoot or not to shoot

[roadrunner]

Hmm i guess i have the floor here.
Today i did a escort job as i can as a merc. and i found a dilemma in the Server rules. I think.
Now if The Ship i was escorting was attacked by a LvL 29 player or less then i as a escort would have to look at what happend and could not go in and fullfill my contrackt, or can i as Am hired Escort do what i am payed to do. Protecket the ship/Pilot that pays me to get him from A to B and take out the Assains
now multiplye the lvl 29 put nasty missiles on them and your client could have a problem, and a escort cant do nada to them.

All your thoughts here and a clear ruling from Admins plz.

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I am not a native English Speaker, so i make grammar errors.
But it annoys me when people make silly comments about that... especially brits who for the most part can't speak their own language let alone anyone elses!

[DBoy1612]

Well in my opinion. If a lvl 29 or under attacks your client, you are to fire back. Its within RP, and its in self defence of both you and your client.

But, I want to also see what an admin would say about this one.

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Retired Admin
What Dustin now spends his free time doing... Don't hurt me... Though EVEMail me if you play. ^_^

[Sonja]

If your convoy gets attacked, you are defending from a lower level player. Therefore, if you are in the employ of the trader who is getting attacked, you have every right to defend him.

However, screen shot him attacking the trader and then engage, so he can't say "You attacked me and up under-level". You were doing your job.

However, that may be a dilemma. Above is what I would do. The admins may say differently.

[Nightfall]

6. PvP General Rules
6.2 If a player is attacked*, he has a right to defend himself regardless of who is attacking. There are no restrictions for self-defense.

6.3 Attacking characters of level 29 and below is prohibited. Characters under level 30 can be attacked only (1) if grouped with another character of level 30 or higher, (2) if spotted on site of a clan battle, and (3) by players of level 29 or lower.

6.4 Characters escorted by another character of level 30 or higher can be attacked regardless of their level.

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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov
The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor

[Knucklehead]

I concur with what has been said so far, but would like to point out that most of the ships that can mount the missiles you mentioned would put the player over the level 30 mark anyway. Theoretically, you could put a mini razor or Nova cannon on a Defender, but you wouldn't have the power needed to fire them. So about the only real threat would be Nuke mines and Sunslayer torps, especially since the Swarm Pod was taken out.

Edit: Nightfall posted while I was writing.

I believe this is the section under question. The big question I see is if "Self Defense" includes those you are escorting or not.

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It's official, I have too few ships now...

[Nightfall]

Well, the group counts as a whole (even the NPCs see it that way, group with someone, let that someone shoot at some green/white NPCs, they'll start attacking everyone in the group) so, since he attacked the ship you had the right to blast him to space dust, be it he was level 29 or 69 no matter, he attacked, you defended.

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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov
The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor

[roadrunner]

thanks all i wantet to know, offcourse i will not blast a lvl5 every trader can do that, But even tho waste the dude that attack your client. you get payed then do the job.
so from this pirates check the group numbers you might get a suprice :cool:

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I am not a native English Speaker, so i make grammar errors.
But it annoys me when people make silly comments about that... especially brits who for the most part can't speak their own language let alone anyone elses!