Piracy shouldn ' t be about the ships , it should be about the cargo . At the moment , the pirate has little interest in the cargo , and just kills for fun . There needs to be more valuable commodities to encourage real piracy . On the traders side , transporting valuable cargo shouldn ' t mean they lose 20 m andor go back to a sidewinder . Make it about the cargo , the insurance premium should cover 95 % of the ship cost but none of the cargo cost . You get killed by a pirate , you lose your cargo and a risk worthy excess . That way the pirate gets his bounty , the pirated gets a bit miffed but manages to carry on playing with not much more than a bruised ego and a light cargo bay . <| sep |> If you ' re hotboxing you don ' t care about the smell anyway