Newcomer / Intro Question regarding unprovoked NPC attacks.

Why do NPCs interdict and try to destroy me even if I have no cargo/bounty and am not on a mission for any factions - just flying around? I suppose it's widely known that if anyone would be pointlessly killing and destroying, it would be the human players in a game, but even pirates don't attack empty vessels with no possible gain to them - why do NPCs do this randomly? What's the point? Just time make the galaxy seem more Dangerous™? Shouldn't this be achieved by creating a more believable environment?
 
You answered yourself I think:

Randomly. Just one of those things put in there to make the game feel more "alive" I agree though that it happens at the oddest times and usually doesn't make sense even from a pirate standpoint.
 
My guess is that is to help/force you to learn 1 of the aspect of the game even though in real life Pirats doesn't attack without at least a chance of getting a profit...
But this random interdiction is something you'll NEED to learn how to handle otherwise you should find something else to spend your time doing, because sooner or later you will have something in your ship whitch they would want to kill you fore, even if it's just some exploring data that they don't want you to sell... ;)

Anyway fly safe out there Cmdr :D
 
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