[Diaspora] Piracy in the Space Combat game

[C. W. Marshall]

Exactly. And it can be toned down and still be plausible. Not every  
ref would accept "huge ore carrier", and I'd be cautious about the  
compels against the pirate's "massive overkill lasers" -- I'll bet  
they wreck havoc on the heat track! (That would be an advantage of  
torpedoes over beams, incidentally). But that's the idea exactly.

As I see it, the economics of piracy in Diaspora are such that a ship  
needs to take a ship cleanly only once every six months or so. That  
should be enough for a crew to live well. So that just means being  
there, waiting, for the least-guarded-most-vulnerable attractive  
target. It's a long term wait not looking like a pirate, and being  
able to strike quickly when the opportunity arises. Then the ability  
to slip away quickly.

Hope this helps.

On 12-Oct-09, at 8:16 AM, Bruguier, Daniel wrote:

> Great - thanks.  That wasn't the way I was thinking but it makes a  
> lot of sense now.
>
> I suppose if you can get your hands on a Beam 5 T3 ship, invoke  
> "Massive Overkill Lasers" and tag "Huge Ore Carrier" and "Lurking  
> in the Asteroid belt" then you've got a base of 11 which should  
> force a concession nearly every time.  Nice.