If an Aurora player heads on a collision course with my big expensive ship full of precious cargo, on a suicide run but doesn't arm weapons, am I allowed to shoot at him to protect my ship, or will I automatically be marked a criminal, since I'll technically be "shooting first"?asked by Skuripanda

No, I think in that particular case, we would determine whether that ship was on a collision course, and if you shot him to prevent him ramming you it wouldn't be considered you "shooting first". Of course, you couldn't be heading towards him, and say he was "ramming me". We haven't gotten into the determination of who is the aggressor in conflicts but we'll definitely be taking into consideration fringe cases like ramming people.