Here we go with the said "community", one can RP and claim everything as long as he is within the rules. It is quite within the rules to steal tech from any faction, however you need to suffer the power regen nerf described in this table because you need to use the stolen tech with other ID: http://discoverygc.com/wiki/techcompat_table.php
You cannot attack the faction that you stole tech from with their own ID. You just need to act and stay in your ID described possible actions, whatever tech you use is not matter of the rules as long as it is not closed faction tech. The regen nerf is the penalty for using other tech, there is no such rule penalty.
There is no rule that states that you need to inform anyone if you steal his tech. Powergaming is something quite different- it would be to claim things in RP that are not possible to happen in server within the rules- like that you blasted some planet for example or the said up ID attack the same ID using RP claims.
He could use his character in any way that he likes as well.
You have no chance to apply normal logic to the bigger part of the population here as well.
(10-09-2013, 10:51 AM)Knjaz Wrote: Official faction players that are often accused of elitism, never deploy them and have those weird, immersion killing "fair fight/dueling" suicidal hobbies. (yes, i've seen enough of those lolduels, where house military with overwhelming force on the field willingly loses a pilot in a duel. ffs.)