Traders, opinions from a pirate

[johnpeter]

1. Do they have crew? Does your ship have a single life-form on it? Who manages the helm, who is the cargo master?
People are driving around in 3k+ cargo ships and have little room for a couple of space ship crew...sad when there are thousands of young "Mr. Crushers" on planets all across Sirius.

Of course they do... But their in the crew galleries, which have lead stopping both cargo scanners and dark matter storms from penetrating.

2. So some crew, no food?
Goodness, we're HUNGRY! your crew is happy rich and loves their fish eggs? Give me some, I'll feel more obliged to take food from a trader than cargo, because I have a crew, they have family, we need to eat. (especially my woman, she can eat more than most, she's got a neck so thick she could eat a brick if it was made by frito-lay)

Again, dark matter shielding, and their in the kitchen.

3. Most profitable cargo wins eh?
I rarely see the lesser cargo, it's most a full load of one thing, one profitable thing that makes the most money in the shortest time. This tells me that, like a lot of traders, this guy will only trade until he/she has enough credits and more to purchase a super cruiser, battleship, and whatnot- so the few times to "get em" will be all there is before that money tree goes *poof* into a shiny new ship bent on destruction.

It's in my roleplay to be as profitable as possible.

4. Complaints in space, "why don't you guys go and trade to make your money?"
I know, that's sad, a lack of understanding of out RP, as most all (and better be all) of us in OPG "trade ships" give our cargo to corsair and corsair allied bases. It's in our role to play. Sure, with our lovely OTC we could have a hand off to 'legal" traders and make uber cash by completing the runs for the trader we steal from but that fails the whole role play system.
I have enough money, I've had enough money, I do not do this for money, lately my cash has been going to banks to finance new recruits.

I never whine about how people should do their own trading... If the pirate is polite to me, I'll throw in an extra million on top of what he's asking.

5. Faction alignment, ID...etc.
Bretonia corporations, they get it easy...wait no, we hate Bretonia, Rheinland, well, just a lot of people. So when I see a bounty hunter IDed ship come rolling in doing the mass cargo trading, I hit them a lil harder than normal, (yes I have seen that, and to send out reports all day is not a fun way to play)
Zoners, well, zoners seem even more popular than before, I give em a chance, and if I get "ur stupidd" or somewhat of the similar, bah, they get hit even more.

See above. My zoner trader does like to profit, but typiclly stops, immediately pays the pirate, then while continuing to my next stop keeps roleplaying.


EDIT: Also, don't the OPG have a whining filter?

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