' Wrote:So, the only reasonable option for a trader when facing a cruiser is pay or die?
Picture this scenario.
Player Ore-Laden.Stork cruises up to the Mojave/NY lane. He goes three rings down, and cuts out because he sees a hostile target. Upon further examination, he sees he was about to be ambushed by a Rogue Barghest! How clever he was for avoiding it.
Suddenly, Player Ellenness-Not.A.Scylla uncloaks his Scylla and demands F[color=#BECF5B]IVEMILLIONCREDITS!!1!ONEELEVENTY!!X
Should player Ore-Laden.Stork
Pay the pirate and be on his merry way, and still receive a total profit of approximately 35 million credits?
Be destroyed and have the past half hour wasted, and ruin the fun of the other player, who gains nothing from his death?