Yes it is entirely fair. We kill innocent NPCs - and certainly thousands of NPCs that haven't even taken a pot-shot at us. We smuggle, we pirate, we slave-run - why are "players" exempt? Ask how many people with engineered ships haven't gleefully reaped their way through Convoy Beacons killing dozens upon dozens of Type-9 pilots...



There is a much more legitimate question as to whether the punishments the game doles out are appropriate. They are not. I am not sure the alleged Karma system is the right fix either.



It is a game. There should be danger. It is only a rebuy and some (very easily earned) credits. It is called Elite: Dangerous, after all!