Bravery, stupid or despair?

Agree 100%, even without going into general combat maneuvers, NPCs are pretty dumb and don't make smart choices. Making them smarter would add so much additional depth to trading and related activities as it wouldn't simply be a matter of selecting the best profit per tonne but would actually involve your capability to actually make it to the destination in one piece.
 
and when they are down to 20% hull they just throw another: "this all can end for just 15t of your cargo."
same thing happens when you run and easily outdistance them.

what can end, him eating my dust? his shame at bringing a slow 'conda to chase down a speedy Python?
no, let's drag it out for a while longer. see if the penny drops.
 
Give a poor NPC a break, he invested his first and only talent point into "intimidate" skill. Don't blame him for your INT perk being too low to fully comprehend the gravity of that demand. :D
 
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