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' Wrote:Also, if you run headlong into pirates, don't complain when you get pirated.
The man has a point. If I'd been scouting ahead, for whatever you'd care to offer me (for 5k of ore, 5-10 million would be nice; I always let my customer make the first offer) I could have rerouted your transport around that nasty cargo pirate, or better yet held him up or killed him as you flew past.
This is the frontline of the escort argument - people complain about there not being enough escorts, people complain that they charge too much, then people complain when a cargo pirate rips them off for all their ore. When hauling ore, an escort is required. You'd have mined that with others, and if you lose that those others won't be impressed.