Small accident this evening - I was docking with a rock hermit and my finger brushed the trigger button so I accidentally fired my laser into its dock. I then collided with a Cobra that was suddenly in the airlock and coming out, fortunately without damage since I was fairly slow. I noticed that all of the ships in view were showing as enemies as I finally entered the docking tunnel - to my surprise I then docked normally, and my status was shown as clean...
Considering I was once declared a fugitive for accidentally hitting a viper ONCE during a fight with Thargoids, this seems a little weird. Any thoughts?
This counts as "Clean?"
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Re: This counts as "Clean?"
I believe the accidental friendly-fire code has had an overhaul in 1.80.. that might account for it.
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Re: This counts as "Clean?"
Also, Hermits are not GalCop stations, so you can expect a less Anal response to 'accidents', particularly if the Cobra had just dropped off a shipment of booze or narcs 
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Re: This counts as "Clean?"
Always do your docking approach with weapons offline. Life is much simpler then.
Re: This counts as "Clean?"
It's a bit more sympathetic than before. You can even friendly-fire police ships a little bit without penalty in some situations. (You have to have a good enough record, clearly have been aiming at a legitimate target, and only give them a glancing blow)Diziet Sma wrote:I believe the accidental friendly-fire code has had an overhaul in 1.80.. that might account for it.
The original situation ... it's unlikely that there was any ship around with Galcop authority to give you an offender status.
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Re: This counts as "Clean?"
OK, thanks, that makes sense.
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Re: This counts as "Clean?"
standard reply.. " Its only illegal if you get caught. "... lolffutures wrote:OK, thanks, that makes sense.
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