As eddie, i have had liberty underlevel fighters chasing me down, shooting at my GUNSHIP, screaming my location, disrupting lanes & my cruise, etc. By a rule, when i had the missile-eddie, i didnt engage under level 40, unless they came in packs (well, when you have 5 lvl 35 fighters engaging you, it can be dangerous..). Really... there are newbies who just ask to get shot in the leg.
A few days ago, a light fighter (over level 30... but below level 40... free to kill but not good etiquete for me) began chasing me, screaming "omg omg ZOMG hacker!" and giving my location.. i almost cried. Of course, two minutes later maverick's gunboat appeared behind me, and i got the hell out of there. Just to find that guy still on my tail... and chased me.. from almost badlands to rochester, in cruise... What did i do? put a obunty on him.
Two credits, a lung, a liver, and who knows what else to the one who got him down.