TRADERS! When initiating a pirate encounter, what do you want?

[Thexare]

What a nice line to start an argument.

I may have still been a bit sore about the recent rash of traders that refuse to even consider stopping.

Piracy in a heavy fighter is a right pain in the ass. It's bad enough when I'm in the northern Independent Worlds where there's almost never anyone anyway...

The problem is the way you phrased it, and also a prevailing attitude on Discovery. In particular,

If you are a pirate who is generally a person that is worth talking to

If it is one of the Argh-I-are-so-bad-Piiieerat who would - if he could - take all money, all ship, rape then murder the crew and live happily ever after, then please make it quick. I am not interested in your stories. I'll pay your (likely too high) demand and just move on, or gun you down or die trying.

These both carry the implication that you expect a conversation of, well, approximately this length to be involved in any piracy attempt. My objection is that for many pirates that simply doesn't make proper RP sense, and, having played several of those (including one currently), I'd rather not be lumped in with the lolwuts simply because I'm playing my role properly.

(which is not a condemnation of the wordier ones; it makes perfect sense for, for example, a Gaian to start preaching about the cause in the middle of the robbery)