I just thought of a wonderful idea.

[Zeb Harley]

When a pirate asks your 3k+ transport for 500 ore, give him the 500 instead of being forced to give him all.

Or pay him 2 million to avoid losing your cargo. Seriously, I've made way more money on my Pirate Hogosha Transport than I should be.

You know something? Paying pirates is quite lame. It's no fun at all.
I could as well tell everyone my cashcode and run around Sirius unheeded. I think you as a pirate have to earn your money.
If the trader dies in the process, well, he made the wrong choice. But that's his problem, not yours.

Today I actually had an encounter with a Hogosha pirate trans between New Tokyo and Shinagawa. I did not even bother to turn my ship around to go back, because I was perfectly sure to be able to get to Shinagawa.

It got a little more hairy when a second P-trans came to support the first one, but I still docked with over 200 Botts on my Firefly.

None of the Pirates even had time to make a demand, they were too busy persuing my transport.
That chase was fun! Why should I, as a trader, surrender my ship until the pirate poses a threat to it?

Give me a break and enjoy it when you earn more from getting a hand on other people's cargo than from them paying your fee.

Are you pirating for money? I am not trading for money but for the fun of pirates around. I would not trade at all if there were no pirates worth trading.

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for those who missed it: the moral of it all is ----> traders with teeth are fun for pirates. - within reason.