I'd just like to point out that I, and no doubt many other traders, trade to gain the cash for my other characters. Trading is a necessary evil to be able to afford all those torpedoes, cruisers and such. Trading is boring, monotonous and, frankly, unpleasant. I spent countless hours of my life going from here to there, there to here, here to there, and so on, and so when I get pirated I do get pissed, because every credit I loose to pirates is another hour of my life wasted.