Silent traders, I'll have to read this thread but first I want to post. I have a petpeeve with silent traders myself. I always liked to stay in char while hauling and for yrs my primary character was captain of a 5k. I never made a money seeking pirate, nor do I ever plan on it. I did make a Gaian but didn't pirate for money. I pirated for time. If I met a silent trader I'd pop off it's thrusters, stuck near it with CDs, never killing it and just fill the system with Gaian related spam. Forcing the silent trader to inch it's way to the closest dock or star. I can usually finally get the silent trader to talk, mostly in some form of "Kill me you ******, KILL ME NOW!"