To be honest it's not very often i actually pay the pirate whenever i'm stopped unless i see the degree of roleplay acceptable. I.e "Ooooh. You have ore, gimme two millions or be turned to space dust.." - No. I fly around an armoured Bison. I will just open fire seeing as how i have a pretty good shot at killing a lone pirate. However supposing the roleplay is actually commendable, actually one time i recall being pirated by a Junker, this then turned into something else where the Junker asked to be hired to escort me, THIS i would happily give the person 5M just for putting the effort in. Call me picky but i'm trying to encourage some depth around here.
