In regards to piracy

[Baltar]

So, what should we do about those unbalanced bounties against pirates? Is there any way we might go about solving that issue?

First ... one bounty = one hit. Too many bounties out there have clauses that allow bounty hunters to hit the same pirate multiple times (sometimes indefinite hits). Similar to the multiple hits a pirate does with traders. If a trader doesn't wanna get hit multiple times by the same pirate ... that trader better not be posting any multiple hits on the pirate.

Second ... bounties should be in proportion to the loss the trader experiences. If a pirate demands 2 mil ... the trader could easily post a bounty on that pirate for 4 mil with nobody objecting. If a pirate demands 500k ... the trader would be going a bit overboard by posting a 50 mil bounty on that pirate.

Third ... bounties need to be posted on a pirate that's actually pirated that trader. Nothing annoys me more than a trader that posts a generic bounty on all pirates. If my pirate sticks to the Sigma systems and you've never been to the Sigmas and you've never encountered me ... but you post a bounty on me or on pirates in general that eventually get me hunted down ... you're going overboard. My pirate is selective in who he pirate, under what circumstances ... and in many cases it really depends on what the cargo is. My pirate takes great offense to any trade vessel moving prisoners, military equipment and pilots friendly to pirates. So any trade vessel carrying said cargo would be required to release all prisoners and drop all military equipment instead of cash.