Pardus/Ambushing

Ambushing is the act of concealing one self in a high traffic energy field tile and waiting for innocent people to meander into their trap. Most "pirates" use so-called ambush teleporters to retreat to another point automatically if the armor/shield/hull of the pirate reaches a certain damage threshold.

Ambushing is a horrible act to perform, and after a few attacks the consequences begin to show. Within a few kills you are formally recognized as a pirate and shunned from society. Usually the combination of your victims placing bounties on your head, lawful citizens engaging combat with you on sight, and buidings refusing to trade with you (forcing you to buy items on the black-market (look at black market fuel prices, you'd go broke)) makes life miserable and has led some to even drop their membership and start again with a clean slate.

But It can get you some serious cash...