Taxes, the Imperium, and You!

[actionman]

You do you

Cool, let's not bother each other over this triviality.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Cool, let's not bother each other over this triviality.

Agreed.

 

[CordwainerFish]

It would make the most sense for the systems themselves to be Red zones for no travel - or Amber if they are needed for civilian traffic to get through the sector.

Include it in the Instructions to Traffic squawked by the starports in the adjacent hexes. "Civilian traffic to Depot shall jump directly to the gas giant at insert orbital elements here and comply exactly with all instructions from insystem authority."

 

[phavoc]

Include it in the Instructions to Traffic squawked by the starports in the adjacent hexes. "Civilian traffic to Depot shall jump directly to the gas giant at insert orbital elements here and comply exactly with all instructions from insystem authority."

Very much so. Astro charts would have the pre-approved arrival and departure zones for the gas giant. Arriving in the system (or getting their under normal M-drive) would be verboten and subject to penalties - up to and including being fired upon.

For the most part I do not expect Imperial ships to open fire without warning on a ship outside of normal areas. Much, of course, depends on where it is, the type of ship, and what kind of alert level they are at. Under normal circumstances I'd expect a naval patrol vessel to escort the ship somewhere for further investigation and/or board it. I don't personally ascribe to the idea that the Imperium is an tyrant-esque edifice that goes around imprisoning and blowing ships up merely because it can. If this were Renegade Legion and they were TOG, well, sure, then that would be more believable.

 

[CordwainerFish]

Made me look, and it turns out at least half of the Depots are the only way for a jump 1 ship to get from one arm of a main - sometimes a sizable main - to the other. So (my) logic demands there must be some approved arrangement for civilian traffic to refuel in them. (I dislike fuel bladders, distrust drop tanks, and completely disallow external fuel pods.)

 

[Condottiere]

Specific spacestation(s), positioned that allow no surveillance of naval activities, either coming or going.

At a minimum, about the same as Area Fifty One.

 

[MarcusIII]

(I dislike fuel bladders, distrust drop tanks, and completely disallow external fuel pods.)

One a J1 main they'd just use fuel bladder holding enough for a J1. Faster than jumping into the system and refueling plus dirt cheap to buy a J1 sized bladder.

 

[rinku]

Specific spacestation(s), positioned that allow no surveillance of naval activities, either coming or going.

At a minimum, about the same as Area Fifty One.

Mind you, a 2 1/2 hour drive from Las Vegas isn't exactly remote.

 

[CordwainerFish]

Mind you, a 2 1/2 hour drive from Las Vegas isn't exactly remote.

I used to drive almost that far to get away from light pollution for an evening.

(Not sure that's enough drive to get away from Vegas' light dome. Or even just the Luxor all by itself.)