Pirates attack me without asking for cargo

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in elite 1, 2 and 3 my primary income was reclamation of dropped cargo!. i wasnt a pirate mind you but i did collect the stuff that pirates dropped who made the mistake of attacking me or who i came across who had a bounty, , and i wish it was worth doing that in this game, but it really isnt. the time i spent picking stuff up i could be making more money just courering data such is the terrible profits.

Yeah, and even if you do scoop the stuff that pirates drop, it's marked as stolen so it's a pain to get rid of, the other pirates in the res will attack you and try to steal it from you, the cops will fine you for having it, and it's worth less than the bounty for killing a single extra pirate.

 

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New discovery: pirates will now spawn inside the no fire zone at orbital construction sites, are not deterred by the no fire zone, and perhaps most importantly of all, if they turn hostile as a result of being after your tasty cargo and they happen to be the same faction as the construction site, the construction site will aggro against you too.