I have a Freelance pirate with a Falcata who spends lot of time sneaking around Liberty and Bretonia. He's neutral to most unlawfuls (apart from Corsairs) so it makes for a lot of fun and interesting RP.
Often I'll be pirating solo and slowly end up gathering a small group to hit more ambitious targets. Or else other unlawfuls passing through might call on me for a little help and a percentage of their haul. On the other hand I might get attacked by other pirates because I've wandered into their 'turf'.
Come up with a character, RP with people, move around, explore and interact and there's a lot of fun to be had pirating. I even had one miner yesterday who couldn't afford to pay me (I was only asking 400k) so he gave me ten percent and promised to return with the rest later. Naturally I let him go because I'm not there to ruin anyone's fun. Low and behold he turned up ten minites later with the outstanding 360k.
