In ctc one can kill the transports right next to the station in Bractus C5 or Sedina L2 with no lasting penalty. It seems to me that if I were running a station and a regular client was sending out automated cargo ships that last only about 100 feet I would recognize it was bad for business and punish the perps. I think some amount of permanent faction loss is appropriate.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they don't dock your standing because the serco/itani voys don't have any standing at that faction themselves. That's simply how the faction system works; unless the serco/itani work for standing, they aren't given any priority treatment there, which includes the standing penalty for people that kill them.