Well, to be fair to the Code - a good response to a BGS attack is to let it happen, and then tidy up when the aggressors move on.
And also to be fair, the Code have at their core the toughest and least supported gameplay in Elite.
PvP piracy?
It has so much resistance from players, it is so easy to avoid, it doesn't have much support from Frontier in terms of career and mechanisms, the Code and Kumo Crew were constantly hammered in BGS and PowerPlay. And yet PvP piracy was always a central tenet of Elite's development.
Although Majinvash (the voice of open) was irritating - he was a constant advocate for Open.
That's a good thing. Solo and PG should rightly be seen as somewhat shameful.
SDC push people out of Open for reasons that barely help the game. "Through the canopy Emergent Content to even the most junior of players". My black Asp.
The Code? - If you left Open because you wouldn't give up some cargo to the Code - well your ePeen shrivels like you've jumped in an ice bath.
Respek.