Some of us are either too nice to be pirates or too bad at PvP to be bounty hunters, so we have to make money somehow.
This makes me a nonperson as I do uncut diamonds to resupply my quickly lowered reserves(stop buying ships and codenames and you won't lose any, dummy! Also stop dying via planets.)
I have tried RP-related trade but it lost profitability fast when I noticed pirate groups stalking me from Alpha to 19, where I was, then chasing me down to Liberty.
Eh, I also played as blockade at Z21, but only saw one ship(which got torn to shreds via Navy Guard LABC NPC) in the area.
All in all, maybe lower the profit values during server downtimes? Sounds way too complex to actually carry out.