' Wrote:In real life you don't get pirated as much. I get pirated once every 3 or 4 runs on average, IRL if you get pirated once in your lifetime its already... unlucky.
So if you want to make this 'realistic', then the number of pirates has to decrease to just one or two, and the number of traders increase by 10x, and this brings us back to my thread on realistic distances and planet sizes...
Well, what can I say? Sirius is pretty rough. If you don't have the balls for it, don't fly there. If your life is threatened, try to preserve it. You can run, you can fight, you can plead ... or you can submit to the demands. Your life is at stake, after all.
This is a role-playing game, therefore you should role-play. I know that's a hard concept for you, but you should try it once.
