So after getting bored of trying to gather info on our unfriendly neighbors, my buddy and I decided to just rob them blind at every opportunity. Show 'em what human commanders are really all about. So we have been doing a bait and switch where we let them deploy probes, but not pick up any escape pods or materials yet. Then one of us does a "MAVERICK" on them to get them to follow. The other steals all their probes, all the escape pods and anything else of value and we both regroup and repeat.
We usually get 1-3 probes, 1-3 occupied escape pods, various other nonsense and whatever materials the ships had. It's not like exploit profitable, but I have made as much as 1.5m on a 3 minute encounter in HR 1185 and been able to drop off and get paid and be back out in less than 5 minutes.
It's fun, fairly profitable and we make these alien starfish look like the robbers in Home Alone.
We usually get 1-3 probes, 1-3 occupied escape pods, various other nonsense and whatever materials the ships had. It's not like exploit profitable, but I have made as much as 1.5m on a 3 minute encounter in HR 1185 and been able to drop off and get paid and be back out in less than 5 minutes.
It's fun, fairly profitable and we make these alien starfish look like the robbers in Home Alone.