Piracy Campaign

Jasonft · 05-26-2009, 08:37 AM

A potential big problem for the pirate side of things is that the targeted ship(s) can get off messages to any law enforcement in the area giving critical information for identifying which specific ships were involved in the attack. Once the authorities know exactly which ships were involved, they know exactly who to send the hitmen after.

Sure you could blanket radio comms with static, but inside star systems darn near every ship would have comm lasers as a backup, and that would be damn near impossible to jam.

David Weber's 'Path of the Fury' deals with this problem for piracy on a large scale. One of the recurring problems for the 'pirates' therein is that they absolutely cannot afford to have their ships IDs getting to the Imperial Navy. Once the Imps get this info they can target the people *behind* the pirates - with fleets.

05-26-2009, 08:37 AM	#23
Jasonft Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: Piracy Campaign A potential big problem for the pirate side of things is that the targeted ship(s) can get off messages to any law enforcement in the area giving critical information for identifying which specific ships were involved in the attack. Once the authorities know exactly which ships were involved, they know exactly who to send the hitmen after. Sure you could blanket radio comms with static, but inside star systems darn near every ship would have comm lasers as a backup, and that would be damn near impossible to jam. David Weber's 'Path of the Fury' deals with this problem for piracy on a large scale. One of the recurring problems for the 'pirates' therein is that they absolutely cannot afford to have their ships IDs getting to the Imperial Navy. Once the Imps get this info they can target the people behind the pirates - with fleets.