in the wrong neighbor hood

[Broken_Wolf]

you drop from super cruise to check out a debris field, but this one is different. at the center of it there looks to be the wreckage of a capital ship, gotta move in closer get a better look at this. suddenly ships come from the wreckage and begin attacking you! ITS A PIRATE BASE!!! you turn about make a dash through the field and jump back to super cruise, but as you escape you wonder what treasures, a black market to buy to buy from or maybe rare/illegal tech these pirates have scavenged? do you get in better standing with the systems pirates to dock at this base and check it out, or come back with a wing of fighters to destroy the pirates and silence the remaining guns of that capital class?


basic idea:

1. hidden pirate bases in some debris fields
2. increasing standing with pirates could grant permits to dock at their base
3. a black market that allows you to buy and sell at
4. possible source of rare ship equipment
5. better immersion because why would pirates make a station their home and announce that to everyone.

 

[Psycho Romeo]

Neat take on the idea, but I don't see how you can hide something capital ship sized from your sensors. You can see individual rocks at an RES in supercruise, surely you could see a static capital ship, even if it's only barely intact.

Taking out the hidden aspects of it makes everything work in my eyes.

Pirates serve themselves up to us on a silver platter at RES anyway, it's not like they're trying to hide.