Why did he steal my stuff?

[grävling]

I am a Steel Song Explorer. I have a level 2 trade permit with SS. I do not have any trade permits with anybody else.
I went to an Indie world and loaded up with things.
I went and did a mission that took me to a Cadari planet. I decided to Patrol it once, as the conditions seemed good.
Alas, I drew a 'Hostile Military Encounter' card.
Along comes an Independent Military Officer, in a great big ship. My green crew will get slaughtered if I fight, so I surrender.

It happened here.



Why did this guy steal my stuff? Bug, or something I don't understand.

and, in the preamble s/Independents/Independent/

[fallen]

Because he was hostile and indie.

[athios]

The text doesn't make sense in this case... TP should not make any difference because Indies don't observe them, so how can it protect mission cargo?

[grävling]

And, it wasn't as if he stole all my stuff -- the Polymer Ingots were fine. Why did he just take things that you need a trade permit to move in faction space when he doesn't care about trade permits?

[resistor]

May 1, 2017 0:50:50 GMT -5 grävling said:

...Why did he just take things that you need a trade permit to move in faction space when he doesn't care about trade permits?

This has been a mystery since ST1