Does AI skill scale with player skill?

[DukeIronHand]

We will agree to disagree...slightly.
In a game a "new guy" (= low skill or poor ship) should stay out of anarchy systems, HRES's, and accepting missions that obviously has him/her outclassed, until they get better or a better (equipped) ship.
The same would apply to a veteran who perhaps just likes to trade or mine and not fight. Stay out of harms way and you will stay out of trouble - least that has been my experience.

EDIT: Oops. The above was in response to the post by anikaful.

 

[cmdr_Havalok]

Not sure that it scales per se, there is a random element but I think your rank increases the chance of encountering something around your range for Random Encounters and "Forced" encounters tied to missions. I mean I still get the odd Harmless Eagle interdicting my Python demanding my 100 Ts of cargo.