A) You broke the rules.
B) You are not getting your credits nor your equipment back.
C) You are not to engage any transport or liner regardless of ID in your Cruiser or Battleship unless very specifically stated as being an exception in the rules.
This rule is not new. You were aware of it. You were not aware of the loophole that you cited.
You -just- noticed. While scouring the rules looking for a means by which to pen your escape.
There is no apology forthcoming.
If there is a transport or a liner beating on your friends you have two options:
A) Open discussion on the desire by some to turn Omega 49 into a local in which Zoners may employ cruisers and battleships to destroy transports similar to other systems.
B) Dock and get Gunboat/Bomber/Fighter
Good day.
As I said to you I am not a cheat I did not intentionaly break the rules, I was simply assisting a UNARMED trader, a fellow Zoner that was under attack, there was no reason to remove all my guns and credits you could have simply warned me.