The Interdiction discussion thread.

[Suul Vellumcore]

Sounds like a crappy pirate. Autofabs are worth more than 3k a piece, plus you already said you'd drop. there should be no reason he shouldn't take them. A pirate would be disappointed it's only Autofabs but, he should still take them from a willing target...

Yeah really. I suspect pirating isn't the fastest road to riches in ED, so I think those who do pirate do it for inherent thrills other than making big credits fast. Considering that, you'd think it's the act of pirating itself that is the draw for pirates, and less the value or type of cargo pirated, with the caveat that when they do strike a really valuable load, it just the icing on the cake. Then again, I've never tried pirating, so I may be off.
Talk to us, you loathsome pirate knaves out there experienced in this dark profession. Share your illbegotten wisdom and tell us what this miscreant was up to?

 

[Distance]

Let this be a lesson to traders who run with crappy cargo

I personally only go for high end stuff so will let you go after a scan if I don't like the looks of your cargo, if it means shooting out your thrusters first then I'll usually take anything to pay for my ammo costs.

 

[Mr_Blastman]

Yeah really. I suspect pirating isn't the fastest road to riches in ED, so I think those who do pirate do it for inherent thrills other than making big credits fast. Considering that, you'd think it's the act of pirating itself that is the draw for pirates, and less the value or type of cargo pirated, with the caveat that when they do strike a really valuable load, it just the icing on the cake. Then again, I've never tried pirating, so I may be off.
Talk to us, you loathsome pirate knaves out there experienced in this dark profession. Share your illbegotten wisdom and tell us what this miscreant was up to?

It isn't. We do it for fun. ANd we make a living outta it. Just not a good one. But fun is greater than spacebux, right? At least in my spare time, it is. The great majority of my small millions has come from piracy, and I worked my ass off for every bit of it!

Tax collectin' ain't easy. ARRRR!

 

[Suul Vellumcore]

Let this be a lesson to traders who run with crappy cargo

I personally only go for high end stuff so will let you go after a scan if I don't like the looks of your cargo, if it means shooting out your thrusters first then I'll usually take anything to pay for my ammo costs.

It's interesting that you only go for the high end stuff, which shows I am off on my thinking. I obviously don't fully understand the devious machinations that drive you pirates to do the things that you do. Although, it's obvious that you go about your business with a fair degree of coherent thinking... unlike the pirate this thread was started about. I just don't get that guy.

 

[Distance]

It's interesting that you only go for the high end stuff, which shows I am off on my thinking. I obviously don't fully understand the devious machinations that drive you pirates to do the things that you do. Although, it's obvious that you go about your business with a fair degree of coherent thinking... unlike the pirate this thread was started about. I just don't get that guy.

It does depend a lot on situation. You could have been playing for 3 hours and met nothing but combat loggers so when a trader finally does stop and all they have are fish you'll take it to try to make something towards your ammo and wear and tear costs.

I have a long list of inhabited systems with high end trade routes so I usually stick to them. If a CG pops up I'm usually there for the first day until all the bh turn up

The pirate in op seems typical to me, nothing out of the ordinary. Might have misread the cargo scan or not known the prices on the goods though.

 

[Chaodiurn]

I lately got interdicted by a wing of three commanders, asked to drop 1 ton (no more!) and scoop it up again while they watched.

I never felt that dirty.

 

[KellyR]

I lately got interdicted by a wing of three commanders, asked to drop 1 ton (no more!) and scoop it up again while they watched.

I never felt that dirty.

Why would you feel dirty? It was your cargo in the 1st place. You weren't stealing it. You had bought and paid for it. If they wanted you to drop and then scoop, so what? Just make sure you Abandon, not Jettison. Someone asks me to drop, that's what I do, I abandon it. That way it isn't stolen for the pirate. They do have to make a living, after all. I'd rather not have to drop, but I'm not going to be childishly vindictive and make them sell it on the black market for half price.

And I hadn't dropped any cargo. I was about to go to the cargo screen and abandon when I saw his message saying never mind.

 

[Chaodiurn]

Why would you feel dirty? It was your cargo in the 1st place. You weren't stealing it. You had bought and paid for it. If they wanted you to drop and then scoop, so what? Just make sure you Abandon, not Jettison. Someone asks me to drop, that's what I do, I abandon it. That way it isn't stolen for the pirate. They do have to make a living, after all. I'd rather not have to drop, but I'm not going to be childishly vindictive and make them sell it on the black market for half price.

And I hadn't dropped any cargo. I was about to go to the cargo screen and abandon when I saw his message saying never mind.

Because that falls short off sexual ship harassment, I tell ya, pirates are naughty scum.

 

[Mr_Blastman]

Because that falls short off sexual ship harassment, I tell ya, pirates are naughty scum.

Tee hee.

 

[Cryptex]

It's funny about the roleplay aspect with no slavery. I don't mind Imperial Slaves as much because they willingly choose "slavery" to pay their debts or whatever. If you think of it that way (as that's the way Frontier portrays it), it I feel like they would be treated as regular workers with no pay rather than slaves. Probably the reason it's allowed in the empire in the first place. Regular Slaves are just that, slaves. Those are the one's that I feel morally more obligated NOT to trade in.

As for pirate interdiction - meh. Players have standards. Kinda makes sense. Its the same way that you probably wouldn't take low paying missions from the Bulletin Board? The time it takes for him to take your cargo back to a station and sell it, is time he could be using to find someone that will give him a greater profit. Since low level items will barely pay for fuel, it really isn't worth it for a Pirate to take. Especially when operating a ship with limited cargo space, like the Cobra.

 

[EddyRockSteady]

Simply isn't worth the time. He was looking for higher-end cargo. I interdicted a cobra last night near a rares route that was carrying something like 12 tones of fish (or something.. i forget what).. I couldn't help but laugh. Needless to say, he was free to go.

He's no doubt sporting the new cargo - module. For 200 000 credits that sucker will disguise your precious cargo of palladium and make it look like 100 tons of week - old herring smelly codfish!

Yeah yeah I just made that up but imagine if it were ingame? Would add another layer/dimension to gameplay no doubt.

 

[Shotgun2097]

Haha its not that much profit(well it is for the pirate ;P). They cost 13.5k a ton and make around 2k profit. I'm hauling about 87 tonnes of them 1 stop for around 150k profit. Thats over 1mil credits of cargo a load in my t6(worth more than the ship) so would be extremely risky in open.

how come your ship worth so little my t6 value is 5.5 mill

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I lately got interdicted by a wing of three commanders, asked to drop 1 ton (no more!) and scoop it up again while they watched.

I never felt that dirty.

lmao that is ssooo funny

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

He's no doubt sporting the new cargo - module. For 200 000 credits that sucker will disguise your precious cargo of palladium and make it look like 100 tons of week - old herring smelly codfish!

Yeah yeah I just made that up but imagine if it were ingame? Would add another layer/dimension to gameplay no doubt.

Nah, all that would do is make pirates attack and possibly kill very low value cargo ships. Which If you're hauling fish, you kinda need the money.

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

Yeah really. I suspect pirating isn't the fastest road to riches in ED, so I think those who do pirate do it for inherent thrills other than making big credits fast. Considering that, you'd think it's the act of pirating itself that is the draw for pirates, and less the value or type of cargo pirated, with the caveat that when they do strike a really valuable load, it just the icing on the cake. Then again, I've never tried pirating, so I may be off.
Talk to us, you loathsome pirate knaves out there experienced in this dark profession. Share your illbegotten wisdom and tell us what this miscreant was up to?

The thrill is part of it, but you also put a lot of time and effort between each interdiction. To throw all that away and not take something because it's not worth a lot, is insane to me.

There's also the fact that each interdiction costs money in repair and integrity, so every time you pull someone over and don't get anything, you're losing money.

 

[superflyguy]

Fabulous pirating!

Simialr to my incident last night. Was interdicted near Antal with a hold (128t) full of freshly mined goodies. He scanned me and demanded 10T of Palladium. I was only too happy to oblige considering I had around 30t of Platinum and 15T of Painite! He lost out on over 200K because he didn't know his profession.

happy flying
CMDR <-lightspeed->

 

[Andromalius]

There's actually at least one decent trade route in the empire including autofabs, some stations buy them for 4500.

 

[Abomination]

The thrill is part of it, but you also put a lot of time and effort between each interdiction. To throw all that away and not take something because it's not worth a lot, is insane to me.

There's also the fact that each interdiction costs money in repair and integrity, so every time you pull someone over and don't get anything, you're losing money.

I almost feel sorry for you guys... almost....
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Must say I've had a few interesting meetings with human pirates lately.
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Last one was a clipper against me in a T6. He first aksed for 20T gold.. ok.. was all mined, so wouldn't lose the buying price.
Still, tried to convice him I had 9 kids to feed, but somehow he didn't believe me... heh.. but after I'd dropped them (edit: the cargo, not the kids ), he started asking for more.
That was a bit too much, imo, so I boosted away and hoped for the best.
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Escaped with 1% hull. I'll never get that smell out of my pants anymore.
But it was exciting!
Wish we traders could buy a cloaking device though...

 

[Globusdiablo]

I lately got interdicted by a wing of three commanders, asked to drop 1 ton (no more!) and scoop it up again while they watched.

I never felt that dirty.

Awesome! Didn't see that one coming. Thanks.

 

[KaizoMK]

Huh. The first time I interdicted a ship I got a bounty, so I assumed doing it to clean ships was a crime. You learn something new every day it seems.

 

[Ian Skippy]

It's a bit of a weird one IIRC the patch notes they said something like 'interdiction is sometimes a crime'. Not sure when though!

Interdicting a clean ship that is not lawless or belongs to a different power is a crime. Youll get a fine, not a bounty, so such interdictions do not make you wanted.