I am partially with JunkerTown on this one. If you are an independent smuggler and are not trading to or from our bases , be prepared to be pushed around , pirated , and turned into a nice little pile of recyclable scrap.
And even if you are trading with us but are truly alone , why would we pay you for something when we can just take it away from you and haul it back to our bases? *evil chuckle*:P
I seriously didn't think of it that way, and now that you said it I've made up my mind about the Junkers...
Everytime I'm around my Independent trader - maintaining a somewhat hidden and tense relation between Liberty and Rheinland - and I go past a Junker, he's the first to greet me. Everytime I'm on my Freelancer Pirate, exploring or attacking Lawfuls and Transports, if I see a Junker under attack my instinct is always to help him. Everytime I'm on my Gaian and I talk with one of you guys, it seems you're so much helping to clean the universe as I am.
I really hadn't realized you guys seemed that friendly. Baker has new friends to make... perhaps even a faction to join.