It's getting a bit ridiculous. If NPCs are supposed to represent everyone else in Sirius, then there's an awful lot of criminals in this galaxy. Something to the tune of 50% good guys and 50% bad guys. The other day trader got lane disrupted three times.. in the same system! You see these constant battles between NPCs to the point where it looks like a constant warzone.
Put in transports, and their escorts sure. Put in the occasional patrols of both lawfuls and unlawfuls, sure. But to the point where going through a system is a chore, and emerging from a jump hole means you get ambushed by 8 Hunters/Outcast/Corsairs/whatever on the other side every time is not realistic.
