I asked this elsewhere, but didn't get a response. So, I'm asking it again in its own thread.
Suppose I get interdicted by an enemy I can't handle (which is pretty much ANY ship, now). What happens if I simply log off? Press Alt+F4, or quit? What if I do it while being interdicted? What if I do it AFTER the interdiction?
Would I log back in to a dead ship?
Using out of game methods to change stuff in game (by alt+f4 or pulling network plug) is combat logging and your account can be warned, sanctioned or banned. You'd log in to find your ship fine in space but is your ship really worth the risk?
Fly up/down from the star in a loop to your target so you can see if ships follow you, emergency stop if you think you are going to be interdicted. Better to loose a bit of time and health than face a fight.
Use "target next hostile" as soon as interdiction starts to see enemy ship and decide if you want to submit or fight the minigame <- look at ship class and rating, if it's Elite/Deadly or a Viper/DBS you should submit <- manoeuvrable or skilled = bad
I've been told directional thrusters work in the minigame.
If you drop out have another system targeted and high-wake away, use chaff and shields to keep alive whilst this loads.
That's all the advice I have, hopefully it helps. Developers have stated many times that this "ungraceful exit" is 100% against the rules and will be dealt with.
To my knowledge they are developing software to track the players that do it via the server-logs so they can look at accounts of interest <- Based on dev comments, I could be wrong but thats what I read from the comments.