If you can't kill a Salvager, you're using the wrong ship. Literally, everyone in this thread who is complaining about the regens is bad, or is flying the incorrect ship for piracy. Small transports are the god ships for piracy right now. I love shooting Salvagers, especially new ones. They turret zoom all the way out, and wonder why they can't hit me with their 500m range guns while I ruin their bootyholes with my 1100m range Charons. :]