The few times I went pirating for cargo I rp'd explicitly I wanted their cargo not that they dropped their cargo.
Two very different demands. On the first, if the trader destroys the cargo, blow him up. On the second, thank him for being intelligent and wave him off.
And with all due respect, depending on the situation it makes much more sense to demand the cargo instead of credits. Or do you really expect a liberty rogue to go into Manhattan and ask "Hey, would you be so kind to take this money and go buy me some groceries?"
C'mon. If you need an example, my LR Pirate Transport ran into a trader exporting Kyushu Rice a few days back. What did I do?
Quote:Me: Hey hey hey!
Trader: Hey
Me: Whatcha carrying there? Rice?
Trader: Yeah
Me: Sounds delicious! Mind giving me some?
Trader: Sure
Me: Like, I don't know, half of your cargo?
Trader: What?
Me: You're carrying 5000 units. Throw me 2500 and I'll let you pass.
TRader: Now why would someone need that much rice
Me: Oh, I don't know, Food is scarce this days fella.
Trader: 2500 you say
Trader: Alright
Me: Thanks bud, many will feed from this, heh!
See what I did there? Politely asked for cargo, justified my need for it and gave him the clear objective of my actions: To take the rice. If he even though about destroying the cargo he had to consider getting destroyed afterwards.
Being straight honest here: I play with a Zoner. My docking limits are restricted. If you make me drop my cargo I know how boring it will be to retrace all the way back to the starting line. And I'll still be one to defend cargo piracy - it makes hell of more sense than demand creds.