Peoples mentality about Piracy demands baffles me..

[Anaximander]

Well sometimes you have to say "2milordai" because simple questions such as "How much is your life/cargo worth to you" baffle a lot of traders. "2milordai" is ALWAYS my opening line, for the sake of simplicity and declaring my intentions clearly.

What bothers me though are those traders that refuse to pay out of principle, because that forces me as a pirate to either do douchy things (such as blowing up the insolent trader) or suspend all roleplay and let the guy go out of my good (player) heart.

As for the 12 million and full cargo in the original post; yeah a trader isn't likely to pay 12 million based on just his expectation of profit when he reaches his destination - what if another pirate is waiting in the next system asking for another 12 million?