' Wrote:Not that a cruiser is needed, if you have two or more pirates they can do better in bombers than in a gunboat and a cruiser.
True ... but while you are taking on the lawful helper ... the trader is getting away.
What you need is someone (or group of someones) to take on the BH battle cruisers (or other capships defending the trader) while the pirate in his gunboat actually pirates the trader.