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Mining permits get special mention because they're part an organized effort. The ''New Order of Highsec'' claims "sovereignty" over all of high security space, and requires that miners purchase a mining permit from them and conform to a standard of behavior, otherwise they will kill you. | Mining permits get special mention because they're part an organized effort. The ''New Order of Highsec'' claims "sovereignty" over all of high security space, and requires that miners purchase a mining permit from them and conform to a standard of behavior, otherwise they will kill you. | ||
====What you see==== | =====What you see===== | ||
Either someone will talk to you in chat about the mining permit, or they may just attack you without warning. | Either someone will talk to you in chat about the mining permit, or they may just attack you without warning. | ||
====How it works==== | =====How it works===== | ||
This is a fairly standard protection racket form of the sale of intangibles, combined with piracy and no small amount of role playing. As with all of the scams of this type, it rests on there being no in-game mechanism to enforce the agreement. | This is a fairly standard protection racket form of the sale of intangibles, combined with piracy and no small amount of role playing. As with all of the scams of this type, it rests on there being no in-game mechanism to enforce the agreement. | ||