Discovery Beginner's Guide

[Johnathan Nox Carter]

Agadeer,
First of all - i assume that you were actually carrying Gold (as in, a commodity) when this happened. So if that's true, the pirate meant you should drop your cargo, not your money. In order to do that, you press F7 (or whatever key you have for your inventory), select the Commodity Tab, select the item you want to drop (Gold in this case) and then press the Jettison button, which appears at the top-right corner.

Regarding your second question - what he used were Cruise disruptors. These are a special type of "rocket" that disables a ship's ability to use the Cruise engine. More information may be found here: http://www.discoverygc.com/wiki/Cruise_Disruptors
Also - the CDs can usually be countered with Countermeasures: http://www.discoverygc.com/wiki/Countermeasures

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