Just out of curiousity. What's the current strength setting on the guns in Gallia?
Honestly to me they seem a bit way too strong to encourage much (if any) piracy, not that I don't mind the challenge, but guns being able to instakill a HF just seem a bit, much.
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Junes has a point, all Gallic trade lanes are like donuts, there is a hole in the middle of them if you look at them from the top and they can comfortably fit mid sized ships inside and shield you from fire from all directions save straight up and down. I pirate the lanes by hiding in them and only zipping out if the trader tries to do something stupid, but so far they have behaved themselves.