' Wrote:I've done some pirating for goods the last few days, and when I've demanded cargo from the trader, they've dropped it and destroyed it before it could be tractored in. Pirates have limited possibilities to trade, and would normally supply their own bases by stealing other traders goods. But with this happening all the time, I don't see how pirates can sustain their own bases without using lawful chars OoRPly. Since pirates need to make a demand before shooting a trader, and the trader complies by dropping, you can't shoot him. Is the solution to demand an amount that is so high, that the trader will refuse, and you therefore get a reason to pop him? Sounds wrong to me!
Destroying the cargo would also make sense InRP, so blaming it on lolwut-indies doesn't work here. How do we deal with this? Are we to stop making demands for goods or what?
You're kinda wrong here.
If he destroyed the cargo, you're perfectly within your rights to blow him up.
The aim of piracy is to /take/ said cargo or credits, if he denies you the ability to take it, then he's failed to meet the demand.
PS: High demands beyond reason are a rules violation. I got sanctioned for it.