JMISBEST said:
Would it be a war-crime if a war-ship destroyed A Armed and Armoured Civilian Ship that unknown to its crew is in 1 sides territory and in the hope of making Pirates, Slavers and other criminals too scared of reprisals to attack was masquerading as a previously unknown Warship of the side that's the enemy of the side of the ship that destroyed?
I'm having trouble parsing this sentence, so it is hard to answer this question. So let me get this straight, a pirate ship is mascarading as a warship, what is this supposed to accomplish? Pirate ships typically are not as well armed as a warship, so if another warship blows up the pirate ship it is justified whether it thought it was an enemy warship or if it was a pirate ship. Pirate ships are lawbreakers, and to keep the space lanes safe, it is sometimes necessary to destroy a pirate ship. A pirate ship disguised as a warship is not going to be less of a target, nor do I know why it wants to be disguised as an enemy warship, do they want to die?