Transport Self Defense Tactics

[Quorg]

As I said in a previous post, I have no problem being pirated as long as there is some RP involved. So far the majority of my pirate encounters have just been "5mil or die" when I try and rp the only response I get back is "5mil or die".

When Im being Pirated and not getting any rp response back, I consider 2 things. What are my chances at a straight up fight, and what are my chances of getting away.

In a straight up fight I try to figure out how to the get the most turrets facing him and then just hit thrusters while blasting away, with 1 finger on my battery hotkey and hope for the best.

If I dont think i will win a straight up fight I will try and run. But heres my problem. At first I just tried Cruising away but would always just keeping getting CD'd no matter how many CM's i dumped out. Then I starting just Thrusting straight up and trying to Cruise away, which has worked better, but i still end up getting CD"ed no matter what.

So my question is about evading/fleeing from pirates. What tactics work. How can I get away when every 3 seconds im getting hit with a CD. I thought about using mines, no experience with them but seems if I got a pirate with a mine or 2 it might be enough distraction to hit cruise and get out of distance.

I mostly smuggle and trade so combat is pretty rare for me. So for my biggest tactic is to just "avoid" the pirate traps, but every once in awhile you just cant avoid it.

Thanks for any suggestions, Appreciate it.

If you are gutsy enough to use trade lanes, try the following:

if a lane is disrupted, position yourself as if you were just about to dock with it (right in the center on the correct side, with the front part of your ship sticking through to the other side). Keep the lane targeted while firing at the pirate in turret mode to keep him busy so you can see immediately when it comes back online.

As soon as the lane comes back online, dock with it. There's a good chance you'll get in before the pirate shoots it out (especially since the pirate is often too busy shooting at you to keep a close eye on the lane), and sometimes the pirate even shoots out the lane after you've already gone through it, meaning that to chase you he'll have to thrust (not cruise, since now his cruising would be grounds for a sanction) to the next lane, by which time you'll be long gone.

For added measure, shoot out the last lane behind you as you exit.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

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ATTENTION SMUGGLERS
The Midnight Express: A Slaver <strike>who doesn't completely realize what he's doing.</strike> (video)

Quorg, you're officially a moron.

...mongs like Quorg being like a malignant little cancer...

Way to be useless, Quorg.