@Nighthawk and Swift

[Derkylos]

Wait...so you think you're justified in silently opening up on a pirate as soon as you drop out of the trade lane?...well, as soon as you drop my shields below 50%, I can kill you in self defence (oh, and my friends are gonna join in, too)...not a fun encounter on our end, but I bet it's a sizeable chunk less fun on yours...3 bombers can make a hell of a mess of anything short of a gunboat, and there goes the time and effort you put into that run...

Alternatively, you can drop out of the trade lane, indicate to us that you do not intend to try to run/kill us, RP ensues, and we take a grand total of...up to 500k from you, depending on how well you did and how lenient we're feeling...and it's likely that we'll ignore you next time through, even...

Sure, there are as many stupid pirates as there are stupid traders (I've seen a fair few of each in my time...), but you can at least set an example, even if the other guy is just shouting "2mrdai!EnAGAanging"...

Perpetuating the silent traders or the little-RP pirates just makes a bad situation worse...someone has to make the first moves, why don't you join them?

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