Mule, something which can be abused will be abused. Cynicism aside, good faith doesn't hold much water here.
The core community can be trusted, there's no argument, in the main, but a good 60% of our server population doesn't frequent these boards even after they get a sanction (if they ever do). It's some of those I worry about.
As for expanding on the comcept of stalking the player. I wait for Player B to undock on his trade route. I check his cargo and figure out where it's going. I log my char at his intended destination and when he comes to dock, I concoct some RP excuse to deny him the right to dock. Every base he tries I can have a disposable char ready to do the same trick again and again. In short I am abusing the system and so long as I'm using seperate FAM accounts I can do it to a less savvy person ad infinitum.
And pirate E in this case is a Rogue, the pirate being chased is a hacker. I can make the Rogue base hostile to the player as soon as he enters the apropriate range. If I'm really mean I'll do it just before he docks. Because that's how evil I am.
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