Darn it man, alright, on the pirate thing I wasn't asking whether they would use these tactics against us, but rather how they would have worked in general.
And, I mean I was kind of expecting a casualty rate among the ships sneaking into their systems to attack their merchants, but much like submarines attacking regular shipping, it should still kill them at least some of the time, hopefully enough of the time to work as a tactic.
@Durin
1. How do pirates capture(or destroy) ships then get away without being destroyed?
I mean it's not like they can contest local space dominance either, especially when they were opposed by the imperial navy.
2. What tactics do they use to do so?
Edit 3. Can we use those tactics against Turoq?
4. How do pirates get basing done in what is nominally hostile territory?
In order to exist as a part of the setting they have to get a good enough exchange rate on commerce raiding to support themselves.
I'm going to assume that the difficulty in towing things long distance has to do with the dissapearence of the Astronomicon, because that's the only way Ramilles starforts get around and the Imperium towed those from one end of it to the other, so multi year distances.
5. How far can we tow orbital defences?
6. Can Ramlles starforts be towed any further than that?
Edit2 The basic idea of the strategem isn't wholly dependent on seating a fortification inside of their territory, though that could help a great deal by provoking feelings of territoriality, maybe taking over a neutral system could produce a similar effect?
7. Are there any imperial remnant systems off in their general direction that could be heavily fortified and used to base efforts to piss them off?
7.i. Or easily conquered Ork worlds for the same purpose?
