Got pirated today, first time. Was a classy one!

[Phaedrus Rynith]

do you also say "this could have been so much easier" ...i think i recognise your name, Yembo... maybe 2/3 nights ago?
i ran with my T-6 on 15% hull, lost 4 tonnes of palladium. repairs still came to less than if i'd dropped all you asked for ;-)
so it was worthwhile running for me. that time.

Nope, I have yet to make my way to Yembo.

 

[Gédéon_Lecanard]

Well I guess you've never met a true pirate, then. True pirates are gentlemen through and through. They're only in the business for profit, like yourself, probably, trying to make an honest days work. Frankly they'd rather not kill you as much as you'd rather not be shot. Most are friendly chaps who'll wish you a good day and would even share a cup of tea or a bottle of brew with you in the local pub.

They might be looked upon as wiley rascals but most are quite fair. Hand over what they ask and you can be on your merry way. Think of it as a friendly break from your daily monotony. They give you adventure, action, intrigue and excitement, all wrapped into one.

Truth be told the life of a pirate is neither glamorous nor very profitable. It's fraught with danger, risk and living on the razor's edge of death never knowing what lurks around the next corner. Yet, they do it--for you. Not themselves.

Now, you might think, preposterous! They're murderous thieves! But they aren't. They are brigands that serve. For without them, your piping hot run of cargo wouldn't be a fillet mignon, nay, it'd be a plate of hog noses or worse, perhaps grub souffle.

So next time you encounter one of our ilk, thank them for what they do. Most are personable chaps and would enjoy a nice conversation. Few will swear at you and even fewer want to hurt you (badly). It's a highly misunderstood profession, be sure. We might seem like wily sonsofguns and all but we really are a loveable bunch once you get to know us.

I... I see the truth, now! You showed me the errors of my way and completely changed my view on pirates. They deserve respect and gentle wording, for they are pure, free minds devoided of corruption. They rob us dry for our salvation. I can see it now!

Next time I fry one of them with beam cookers until all is left is a crispy black piece of coal, I shall do it most politely.

 

[DerpyRich]

A little more class would be "Stand and delivery, cargo or your live".

Maybe a fine line between highway men and pirates.

Damn I now have a certain 80's song in my head now.

the truth of my fair experience Is that good customer service makes a better experience for the consumer group. if the pirates want more customers then making the whole aspect of freebooting more pleasant will mean more customers coming to them and more willing to pay in their invoices in the form of palladium and resonating separators

 

[Jack Schmit]

I've only once given cargo, at that was on the 1st day of play. (It was also to a NPC)

I always just run and never drop cargo, never once has a pirate asking for cargo killed me. Although I was once killed in a sidewinder (I think this was day 2) by someone who just interdicted and opened fire. Didn't even have cargo or a bounty.

I just run if I fail to evade interdiction, I consider pirates aggressive panhandlers: more of a nuisance then a threat.

If somebody actually ever took the time to scan my cargo and made a demand that was reasonable I may consider it, but "drop cargo" ain't gonna cut it. Having said that I'm not going to stand there and wait for you to scan me because I must assume that you want to kill me.