Seriously what kind of pirate murders a half damaged empty freighter???
More than enough times have I Rp'ed with, then paid a pirate only to get blown up anyway.
There's a reason in some games pirates are considered unwanted players, because traders are the ones putting in hours to earn their pixel credits, certainly more effort than some pirates make. And blowing up a trader full of ore after he has just travelled 30 minutes and even _paid_ off your demand could be quite discouraging. So much that now I don't even do trade lanes anymore, I just set my ship to travel Jump-to-jump and alt-tab out.
No atmosphere? GTFO.
The propeller is the greatest invention of all time.
