I think perhaps at the very least one ought to allow good RP to override the strict letter of the rules in these cases.
e.g. Queen Carina's liner is attacked by 5 corsair Ptransports. Can the BAF destroyers defend it? I would defy anyone to say not. Preventing utterly abhorrant RP must surely take precedent
EDIT: @ Quorg - The situations are not all that different. Whether the destroyers were escorting the trade ship, randomly following it along or happened to show up as it was being pirated are not situations which it is reasonable to draw an arbitrary line between. Though I agree destroyers should not be used for escort except under exceptional circumstances
I really think this rule should be id based and not shipclass. There are quite a few rats using the p-trans and others. I have seen a few of them not engage but feed regens to the pirates as well, this would qualify for a spanking as well. replenishing bombers swarms means death to almost any capital.
I concur, it should be based on ID and not shipclass. However, at the moment, if you run over and blow up a pirate transport in your cruiser there will be issues.
Legal issues.
With the law.
But I'll tell you what, I'll post a huge nice fat end all be all notification on the subject before the end of the day my time. Sound good?
That's a point. Do repair ships class as transport ships? If so then surely they are exempt from this rule at the very least, or else invulnerable repair ship escorts would tip the balance of any battleship duel. And by the same logic other transports being used as repair ships (i.e. bat/bot feeding)?
EDIT: And yes, thank's for looking into this Dusty.