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'I would like to be half as clever as some people like to believe they are' Life is full of disappointments, it is how we handle them that helps to define us, as a person
Evidence received. I don't acknowledge this as valid.
The target in question was in a freighter, was caught and attempted cruising. It has always been a Discovery staple that if you intercept someone, you get to shoot him if he tries to run away. After being told to hold, the enemy ship attempted cruising with CMs twice. There were ten seconds between the messages of "Hold" and "Fire", and further ten seconds before I actually started shooting. The target had plenty of time to stop and attempt RP. The fact that he did not and continued to attempt to run away is not my fault.
Quote:Orders to halt/stop are not a demand; if the target chooses to ignore the order, it can be engaged without further demands.
Furthermore, I find the claim that "three words is not enough" invalid in the context of this character. Fairchild delegates the part of her brain responsible for formulating speech to a neural network (as described in this vignette). Thus it normally follows that in moments of focus, especially paired with intense hatred she feels towards any Cardamine users, the feelings would be rather one-dimensional and curt, leading to short output phrases. I don't see how this RP encounter would have benefitted if I happened to have a setmsg set with five words instead of typing one. Regardless of this, though, the enemy would have opportunity for more RP if he decided to stop instead of trying to run away.
After reviewing the evidence and reading what you wrote the original decision is upheld.
Your ID is a modified Freelancer ID and therefore you 'asking' someone to hold has no credence as a viable demand. Otherwise Freelancers could shout 'hold' to any ship and if they ignored it, just shoot them down.
As for the defence that your Character saying very little, when it gets worked up, this is a RP Server and the requirements are set down. It wouldn't matter if they were a total mute, you would just have to be a bit more creative in giving the required RP.
'I would like to be half as clever as some people like to believe they are' Life is full of disappointments, it is how we handle them that helps to define us, as a person
Nonsense. It is a modified Freelancer ID, albeit with a line allowing to shoot any GC (among other factions). Freelancer ID cannot normally shoot anyone unless in defence or in pursuit of a contract, so your point about somehow this setting a precedent that freelancers can demand anything from anyone does not make sense. A Rogue can demand a Freelancer to stop, shoot him if he doesn't, because Rogue ID allows him to shoot any ship except transports. Within ID lines, this was a perfectly valid target.
If you say that three words is not enough, then I want to know what is? Is the groupfight staple "Target spotted. Weapons online." good enough? So three words is not enough but four is? Can I then report anyone who shoots with less? What exactly are the rules?
The rule states that you can't shoot without RP. Clearly the quantity is not specified. Perhaps it should be if you are going to make a claim that a certain amount is not enough, because right now it's just, like, your opinion, man.
How many words of roleplay am I required to write to shoot a target that I can kill based on my ID lines?