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[[File:PirateScanMsg.jpg|thumb|300px|A pirate scanning for cargo in LHS 3262|right]]
[[File:PirateScanMsg.jpg|thumb|300px|A pirate scanning for cargo in LHS 3262|right]]


'''Interdiction''' is a term for when a [[Ships|ship]] is intercepted by another vessel during [[Supercruise|supercruise]] mode. When a ship is interdicted, it starts a small minigame, were the ship being interdicted must fly towards an escape vector to run away. The interdictor must follow the ship and try to fill up its progress bar before the interdicted fills up his, or he will simply fail and the person will get away. The interdicted may choose to submit to interdiction by lowering throttle to zero, resulting in a much shorter [[Frame Shift Drive]] (FSD) cooldown and no heat or hull damage compared to forced interdiction.
'''Interdiction''' is a term for when a [[Ships|ship]] is intercepted by another vessel during [[Supercruise|supercruise]] mode. When a ship is interdicted, it starts a small minigame, were the ship being interdicted must fly towards an escape vector to run away. The interdictor must follow the ship and try to fill up its progress bar against the efforts of the interdicted player, or he will simply fail and the person will get away. The interdicted may choose to submit to interdiction by lowering throttle to zero, resulting in a much shorter [[Frame Shift Drive]] (FSD) cooldown and no heat or hull damage compared to forced interdiction.


Upon successfully interdicting the person who was interdicted drops out of supercruise mode and into normal flight mode and takes small heat damage and their FSD taking a long cooldown. Interdictions can be caused by System Authority Vessels, [[Bounty Hunter]]s, [[Pirate]]s, and other players.
Upon successfully interdicting the person who was interdicted drops out of supercruise mode and into normal flight mode and takes small heat damage and their FSD taking a long cooldown. Interdictions can be caused by System Authority Vessels, [[Bounty Hunter]]s, [[Pirate]]s, and other players.


System Authority Vessels will generally interdict only to scan for criminal status ([[Bounty|Bounties]]) and activities ([[Illegal Goods]]/[[Stolen Goods]]. If either scan turns out positive then they will begin to open fire on your ship otherwise they will send you a message to continue on your way.
System Authority Vessels will generally interdict only to scan for criminal status ([[Bounty|Bounties]]) and activities ([[Illegal Goods]]/[[Stolen Goods]]. If either scan turns out positive then they will begin to open fire on your ship otherwise they will send you a message to continue on your way.


When [[Bounty Hunter]]s interdict you they will generally scan your ship to determine your criminal status and if their scan reveals a bounty they will open fire.
When [[Bounty Hunter]]s interdict you they will generally scan your ship to determine your criminal status and if their scan reveals a bounty they will open fire.