  We study the dependence of the electromagnetic luminosity --produced by
interactions of force-free magnetospheres-- on dipole inclinations in binary
neutron star systems. We show that this interaction extracts kinetic energy
from the system and powers a Poynting flux with a strong dependence on the
dipole orientations. This dependence can be linked to the reconnection and
redistribution of magnetic field as the stars interact. Although the details of
the Poynting luminosity are very much dependent on the orientation, all the
cases considered here nevertheless radiate a large Poynting flux. This robust
emission suggests that the pre-merger stage of binary neutron star systems can
yield interesting electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events.
