As I warmed the Indiana up for a short patrol of New York, I received reports of pirate activity in California. I re-routed to California and came across three obviously novice pirates.
They attacked my ship without warning...they fell likes flies.
>Joker's Thug.
After destroying those three joker's, I came across an actual Joker. Or rather, one of his thugs.
I asked him to release the civilian, so he did. Before I could tractor the poor civilian in, he opened fire on his pod and killed him. Quite annoyed at this, I decided to take the thug's life in exchange. Not exactly protocol, I know, but these thugs need to be taught that Liberty will not stand for their murderous acts.