Pirates & Traders

[Laura C.]

A transport has no need for bots, bats and munitions. You don't fight as a lonely transport. Your shields are strong enough to defend yourself from NPCs and you won't stand any chance in an encounter with a pirate, no matter how much bats and bots you have.

Depends on where the encounter happens, what you fly and how good you are in turret steering. Especially battletransports can be tough nut for a lone pirate (unless he sits in a cruiser) long enough so you can make it to the nearest base.

You know what, even the reverse is true too. I've recently started playing the game after a two year absence. I was in a corvo (This character is an explorer) and I was in Dublin scouting out jumpholes. When I was messaged by someone asking if I was a miner/trader. To which I responded no. Anyway, shortly thereafter two pirates showed up, one a bomber the other a heavy fighter.

The extent of roleplay was this:

Pirate: 20 millions or die

I roleplayed, stating this was an exploration vessel and that I was carrying no cargo, not trading or mining.

Pirate: 20 millions or die

Again, I tried to engage him in some RP, trying to make him rethink his strategy.

Pirate: I open fire

With that, *I* opened fire and razored his ass.

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Aye, these types of pirates are same problem like kill me traders. 20 million demand to empty ship, that´s likely even sanctionable and totally scumbag move.

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On a ragebreak. Or ragequit. Time will tell.