Pirate: Difference between revisions

'''Piracy''' is a [[career]] that involves [[Crime & Punishment|stealing]] [[Commodities]] from other [[ships]] and then [[Trader|selling]] the goods for profit. When stolen Commodities need to be sold on the [[Black Market]], piracy also overlaps with [[Smuggler|smuggling]]. Conventional pirates leverage their superior firepower into quick and easy financial rewards by intimidating traders and [[miner]]s, who acquire their cargo at their own expense and often forego weapons and defences for the sake of cargo space or mining tools, into giving up a portion or all of their cargo in exchange for being allowed to leave the scene intact. However, many pirates also [[Combat|destroy]] their victims while robbing them, either in self-defence or out of malice, which draws the attention of local security forces and [[bounty hunter]]s. A pirate can be considered successful when they make more credits than they expend on maintaining and upgrading their ship.

* Only visit high, medium, low security systems for piracy excursions, then return to Anarchy to offload goods.

* Beware that all pirates scale to your combat rank ''not'' your trader rank; higher ranks will inadvertently make trading much harder.

==Looting Settlements==

Pirates who [[On Foot|disembark]] from their ships can also loot [[Settlement]]s. The [[Maverick Suit]] is ideal for this task as its [[Arc Cutter]] can be used to cut open metal panels and maglocks to access [[Goods]] and [[Components]].

== Trivia ==

* As of Update 1.5, Piracy in Elite was overhauled and the definition of "piracy" broadened. Previously, the term "pirate" was normally reserved only for players who would actively seek out and prey on other CMDRs hauling valuable cargo, as well as the generic term for any ''Wanted'' NPCs that interdict players and that populate [[Nav Beacon|Nav Beacons]], [[Resource Extraction Site|RES]], [[Unidentified Signal Source|USS]] sites, and other locations. After the changes implemented in update 1.5, NPC ships entering and leaving Stations now carry cargo more reflective of each Station's economy and its respective Imports and Exports. These NPC ships may also carry an array of expensive rare commodities.<ref name=":0">http://imgur.com/zZOHoOp</ref> This means that players can now choose to pirate the shipping lanes between wealthy Starports and Outposts that import or export expensive goods - sometimes even laying in wait just beyond No Fire Zones of Stations or following the wakes of trade ships. New and updated piracy missions were also added to the [[Bulletin Board]]. These changes provided a more open-ended path with more choices for players choosing piracy. Players can now engage in a form of piracy that is reliable, lucrative, and well-paying without having to rely on only attacking other players directly; this also had a secondary effect of lessening the social stigma and impact of the term "pirate." Since it is possible to carry out the activities of a pirate without having to attack other players many are more likely openly admit to pirating, leading to open discussion about the profession between players and helping to further piracy as a career. Piracy has become a more lucrative career choice with the potential for a much larger income less reliant on PvP than it had been previously.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/ships-1-5-beta-update-patch-notes.199470/ Frontier Forums: Ships 1.5 beta update - Patch notes]</ref><ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/ships-beta-1-5-3-incoming.201170/ Frontier Forums: Ships beta 1.5.3 incoming]</ref>