Peoples mentality about Piracy demands baffles me..

[Ceoran]

Then there are the fools that start shooting before you can even type a response. We all know they are just cowards looking for an easy blue message from a trader,as they suck to much to fight a combat ship.

That's another generalization, though I can see where it's coming from. Pirates willing to interact shouldn't pull the trigger before the trader actually attempts to escape (CD obviously excluded). Because a trader who has been spending the last x minutes doing nothing but docking lane after lane after gate, etc will not be able to process the incoming adrenalin-rush when getting under fire. As a result he'll only follow his instinct which for most people means to attempt to run for it.
Looking at it from a calm state it's a valid measure to intimidate the trader. It just doesn't work as intended very often.

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