I'm agreed with Archelon, pirating is probably the most difficult profession in FL. I have one RP character, becuase I can't be bother running more than that, but I'm a pirate and it's nothing short of frustrating.
I have to find the mark first in the system, get within 4K of them, scan them, order them to halt, ask for payment, at which point they'll have already ran docked at a station and logged off to avoid my levy. There's too many rules to pirating, but I can see why the rules exist, but it's a damn nuisance.