What if you come across two ships attacking another ship, and you lend a hand and attack the ships attacking the other one? Does that make you an outlaw, or does the fact that they're already in combat make it legal?asked by Marcus Steele

The enemy of my enemy is my friend? That's a tough question, because it could be two pirates attacking, and then you feel like you're the white knight hero, and then it could be two bounty hunters attacking a pirate. So how do you figure that out?

I guess it all depends on who's involved. If you jump in on the side of, call them bad guys, as far as the UEE is concerned, then yes, your reputation would take a hit. If you jump in against them, then it shouldn't hurt your reputation.

And maybe there'll be some sort of mechanism which will let you know what you're jumping into.

Maybe.