I'll jump in here...
As a player who has played Corsairs over past years,I've seen good and bad times for Sairs..
And these are moust likely the worst..
I still do my usaual routine,smuggling artifacts to Trafalgar and Hawaii,sometimes even to Kabuchiko..
Now mainly to Hawaii,other routes are way too long and boring.
And pirate from time to time,and I'm always solo...dangerous enough..
And over past month i've seen very few new players that are interested in playing Corsiars..they simply wan't to try out out ships and tech,and then quit..
I find my self being alone in moust systems under Sair control,few encounters in Omegas are not even remotley enough to say that we have a healthy player base..
I agree with others that changes must be made,particulary in maping...
Those connections between system that are vital for Sairs are simply too long and have done more damage than good..
This is just piece of my mind...there are other things but they are more related to tech problems..