I think a SNAC up da arse is worse than a gunboat. Won't worry too much about it, gunboats are just easy target for law enforcement people.
The pirates we really gotta fear are the bomberwhores. My capship can't track them, fighters have a hard time hittin since they just run around till ready to snac again. In other words, even if you have 10 escorts, its useless. Rush in, snac you, 'EVERYONE FREEZE!!!' pay up or one more snac ur dead.
Not very RPish but hey its not the RP pirates we gotta worry about...