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"Can demand cargo and credits from lawful and unlawful ships, and attack them if they do not comply within their Zone of Influence."
This should probably really read: "Can demand cargo and credits within their Zone of Influence from lawful and unlawful ships, and attack them if they do not comply."
The first form links the zone of influence to the location of the attack (by which I mean destruction of the target), while the latter form links zone of influence to the demand for cargo and credits. The difference is between whether the rule indicates that piracy must begin within the ZOI but can continue wherever the target flees to (my version), or that piracy in its entirety (including possible destruction of the target) must take place only within the pirate's ZOI and not allowing for a pirate to pursue a target once the target leaves the pirate's ZOI (your version). My understanding of Disco's rules has always been that a pirate can pursue a target anywhere so long as the piracy attempt begins within the pirate's ZOI. My rewrite makes that clearer by directly linking the ZOI to the critical factor in piracy: location of the initial piracy attempt rather than location of the ensuing pursuit.
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