(11-11-2013, 02:04 AM)Echo 7-7 Wrote: Piracy demands are not valid unless they're made in local chat. For all intents and purposes, until a demand is made in proximity to you by a ship you can see, you are under no obligation to pay.
Pre-emptive long range piracy does not permit a pirate to shoot you without a demand the next time he encounters you.
I think it's fair to say that if a trader can see a pirate on his scanner and that pirate says clearly in system chat "[Freelancer]Alpha_1-1 you must pay me one million credits or face the consequences", a reasonable demand has been made of that player. Naturally, "2milrdai" coming over the system channel will likely be scoffed at.