Hypothetical Scenario: Pirating for cash is no longer done

[Lucend]

As long as you have a friend to jump into a little supernova-throwing insect, cargo piracy is always better than "cred" piracy. For one, you get paid even if the trader refuses and you blow him up. And secondly you're dealing with real material here, not phantom credits.

Also, I believe it's simply more fun. "2 mil or dai" turns into "That dueterium is helping our enemies, drop it now."

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"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."

Osaika Moto, the Fall and Rise of a Kusari Farmer

Juan Lucendez, √ Corsair