"can you give me a little donation" actually does NOT meet what is needed to blow a trader up.
"can you give me a little donation - lets say... 500k" does cut it finally.
you must present the trader with a value to buy himself out of it. - so while the first request is fine for a polite introduction. - the pirate must not blow the trader up if the trader says "no". - cause there was no exact demand made so far. - the pirate must ask for something specific - like:
- x units of your cargo, half your cargo, all your cargo
- x cash
- ( or ... and thats up to discussion ) abandon this route maybe or turn around and leave ( for example passengers heading to crete )
just saying "give me a donation" is too vague to be a real demand in any way - ( cause - when you think about it... he could offer you 1 credit ... since your demand wasn t exact. when you THEN decline it cause its not enough, the trader would have met all required rules to be "free to go" - while the pirate had NO right to attack the trader whatsoever )