Piracy roleplaying

[Hielor]

my question remains unanswered, i see. so where does that put us? or did anyone perhaps thought it out? in 10 hours?

IT'S 315 AM AND I SHOULD BE SLEEPING BUT I LOVE YOU ALL SO HERE YOU GO.

An example scenario:
I'm cruising along in my IMG Hegemon (which, of course, has 5 spaceship crew onboard for the RPs--can't run that thing just by myself, now can I?) on a trip from Dublin to Liberty, full of gold ore. The other character in this play is a Lane Hacker.

ACT I.
Scene I. California. The middle of a trade lane.

[Hacker sits by the side of a lane. Enter stage left the Miner. Hacker shoots the lane, Miner drops out]

Hacker: Oh, boy!
Miner: Oh, no.
Hacker: Oh, yes. Do me a favor and cut your engines?
[Miner complies.]
Miner: *background* Suit up, guys, we've got trouble.
Hacker: *laughs* Me, trouble? Hardly. Well, depends on you, really.
Miner: You weren't supposed to hear that. Worthless mic switch.
Hacker: Right then. That's a lot of ore you've got there, and freshly mined, too, I take it. What's it worth?
Miner: Uh...Not sure, haven't been this way before. Five million, maybe?
Hacker: *laughs* Nice try.
[Hacker pewpews the miner's shield a bit]
Hacker: Care to try again?
Miner: All right all right, we'll get about twenty for it. I think.
Hacker: Tell me, how do you feel about Ageira?
Miner: Uh...what do you mean?
Hacker: The company. What do you think of them?
Miner: Greedy corporation that exploits its workers to fatten the pocketbooks of the few at the top of the tree.
Miner: Like all corporations.
Hacker: Really now?
Miner: Really. Where's the joy in working for soulless corporate talking heads when you could make a living on your own, in a ship of your own, prying your living from the lifeless rocks of the border worlds?
Miner: At least the rocks don't give themselves fatty bonuses while cutting our pay.
Hacker: We have a lot in common, you and I, Mr...I didn't catch your name?
Miner: Minesalot.
Hacker: Ah, Mr. Minesalot. Yes, a lot in common. I don't suppose I could entreat you for a donation to the worthy cause of ridding Sirius of greedy corporations like Ageira?
Miner: A worthy cause indeed. What are you looking for?
Hacker: Four million should go a long way. And if you throw in another two, I'll make sure the Rogues two lanes down leave you alone.
Miner: Hmmm, where would the money go? That's a pretty big chunk.
Hacker: I'll tell you one place that the money will go--I've got this faulty weapon actuator on one of my guns...
[Hacker pewpews from a gun]
Hacker: Whoops, there it goes again. Sorry about that.
Miner: Ah, I can see the necessity for that. And the Rogues up ahead won't bother me?
Hacker: You have my word as a fellow man who's been slighted by corporations like Ageira.
Miner: Deal.
[Miner uses /givecash Hacker 6000000]
Hacker: Wise choice, Mr. Minesalot. Have a good rest of your trip.
[Miner begins moving back to the lane]
Miner: Good luck with that gun!

[Exeunt stage right the Miner. Curtain.]

INTERMISSION

Of course, maybe I'm an idealist or something, but that's how I'd like to see things go. More often, they go like this:

[Hacker drops the lane, Miner booted out]
Hacker: all cargo, or 20mil
Miner: Uh, what exactly are you going to do with 2700 tons of gold ore? You're flying a gunboat, you can't hold more than a couple hundred.
[Hacker pewpews a bit]
Hacker: PAY UP
Miner: What does it matter? Either way I lose everything.
Hacker: ship?
Miner: That's what insurance is for.
Hacker: life?
Miner: I think you'll make sure I live. Murder carries a much steeper jail term than theft...
Hacker: LAST CHANCE
[Miner starts thrusting]
[Hacker pewpews]
[Miner pops]
Hacker: HAHA I KEEL YOU I R AWESUM AND WILL POST SCRENS ON THE FRUMZ
[Miner facepalms]

Also, it's now nearly 4am, and I no longer love you all. I now hate you all.