Pirates & Traders

[MrHeadphones]

Quite honestly, it's not about the cost of the cargo when you bought it, it's the amount you can sell it for, as has been said before. Of course you can just let the pirate destroy your ship, but then you lose another valuable commodity: time. I can make 5 million in approx 15 minutes on my trader, but if I was to meet a pirate one or two systems away from my destination asking for 2 million and I decided to have my ship destroyed, that's 10 minutes (or approx 3.3 million credits) lost from the time wasted, plus the pirate is likely to find me again. Also, there's the sadistic kind of pirate, who, if you don't pay, will blast all the guns off your ship, remove it's shield and thruster and leave it at 1% health, leaving you with either a long journey to the nearest sun or a huge repair/resupply bill.