In regards to piracy

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And this goes for lawful navy folks stopping smugglers and such. Sure ... the lawfuls should demand these smugglers drop all their cargo ... but that's it. Too often these lawfuls get greedy and impose "fines" for transporting the illegal goods. That's like a pirate demanding the trader's cargo AND credits. Sorry ... one or the other but not both.

In my experience when you're dealing with customs it's either:

a) Drop the cargo and leave faction space
b) Be escorted to a police base (to sell your cargo) and pay a fine

I agree that demanding both is just plain dumb

Transports can afford as much as 10 mil ... especially those who are level 80.

I disagree with this. I don't think a single pirate encounter's credit demand should exceed the the initial cost price of the cargo - that limits it to about 6 mil. I wouldn't dream of trying to get a rule added to make this a strict rule, but it's just OORP to leave the transport pilot with zero profit, as this will discourage them to continue running the route you pirate on.