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[McNeo]

Trader's aren't supposed to have a chance if they don't have escorts. Even in the other version, 4.83, once I organised a convoy of 8 traders in my IND Trader, guarded by a gunboat and a cruiser. We raped all the pirates in Omega 41. I mean, really, we destroyed them so utterly. Our Escort swarmed in (all 2 of them) and we followed, in LTrains and CTransports. We provided fire support while the pirates were duking it out with the escort. I don't understand why you can't just do the same.

And if you don't want to use real world comparisons, which is fair enough, as this IS a game, then look above at Stratus' post.