Originally by: Acron Ishtal

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Originally by: Snodgey2004

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While I've seen the responses from CVA concerning consorting with pirates I thought about it a little more......

You say IAC are using pirates for their own gains , in essence IAC are friendly to pirates , if a corp in CVA space were as friendly with the local pirates what what happen to that corp ? Just because it's different space theres no difference in the situation . IAC should choose better allies if they think that they have to bow as low as to hire pirates to do their dirty work , basically they are saying their allies aren't good enough.

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It is really a very simple situation really. You are trying to make something out of nothing.

1. IAC are our friends/allies.
2. IAC requested our help.
3. We honored our agreement and came to help.
4. IAC space is not CVA space. We follow their rules in their space.
5. IAC hired mercs (or pirates if you like, the distinction is not the debate we're having, and it matters little anyway)
6. We may not like their mercs, and they may not like us, but for the purposes of fighting in their space and respecting our agreements, we follow IAC's rules.

Now, to answer your question directly, a corp "friendly" to pirates means nothing to us. Either you pirate, or you don't. If you pirate, or help other pirates pirate, we blow you up. If you just have a NAP with some pirates or whatever, then that's not our concern. In CVA space even pirates allied with IAC are still KOS. It's simply a matter of jurisdiction. Our space, our rules. IAC's space, IAC's rules. That clear it up for you?

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