(10-25-2014, 03:42 PM)LordVipex Wrote: [...] death is inevitable [...]
It does not really make a difference if your ship gets destroyed by antimatter cannons or by entering planet atmosphere. If the ship is going to die in that fight anyway, why should the captain care if it dies through variant A or B? Might as well try to make any remains impossible to salvage.
edit: Never said that you are after the blue while pirating. That doesn't mean that you leave traders that refuse your demand unharmed, does it?