Pirating is ruining my game experience

[MrHeadphones]

Blubba is definitely right about the armour. For almost any unarmoured transport if your shield is down against a bomber you're about to die. One SNAC shot is enough to tear you apart no matter how many nanobots you have. With a regular 8, you'll survive the first and be able to nanobot your way through the next few, which (assuming thruster speed of 140, no shield and enough nanos and hull to survive 6 SNAC shots) can get you approximately 5k, and that's not counting shield or the chance to miss with a SNAC. That 5k can get you very close to the next lane, and with shield and against a medium skilled pirate you're likely to get away, or at least call for help.

As for the pirates charging 10 million, 25 million, I honestly can't see why they'd do that: Fine, you want a decent amount of cash, but you want the trader to keep doing the route.

One other thing. how on earth do you get 64 million creditsworth of cargo?