Sorry, but when I'm being shot at by several NPCs + the train im trying to pirate (sometimes) I don't have much time to type up an essay. I mostly pirate in a bomber, which has to keep moving or be blown up.
Stuck, I would ask for "everything that's not bolted down" up to and including the galley silverware. unfortunatly the ingame mechanices won't let me do that. Ingame mechanics also won't let me eat the food I would steal, give my sweetie the billions of diamonds I have taken from exploded traders, build the fleet of warships from all the niobium, wear the clothes, patch up my ship with the engine componants, ect. But money will.
As for "not RPing because I give a fixed demand" Don't make me laugh, I am not a nice pirate, so why should I compromise? inRL I'm a pretty nice guy, so being a hard@$$ ingame is ROLEPLAYING. But I do make some compromises.
1) if the trader stops and doesn't shoot I tell him he has to make me happy with money, or he goes boom. If he gives me like 5 credits I introduce him to Mr. Supernova and tell him that I'm not happy.
2) I will let traders negotiate for x hours of free passage for x amount of money.
3) I let you chose, pay me or die.
Again, Stucuk, if you RP the death of your trader char (deleate char, start over) then I will respect your call for only making demands for cargo. until then, you're just complaing about something you don't like.