Is it "running" if the attacker can't even really hurt you?

[Reverend Del]

I absolutely agree.

A good number of these fines and demands are utterly unrealistic.

Yes they are but not in the way you think. It's unrealistic for them not to drag you out your vessel nick it, your money and your cargo, but fortunately they don't. They tx a few million credits and you can bargain with most of the faction pirates, they'll give you 24hr immunity, an escort to the nerest exit, so on and so forth. Frankly it's better than having to start over again because someone has decided to pirate you ocean style.

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Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.