As odd as it may sound, it can be done. You might think that the pirates will never let you land on their planets (without a bribe or demanding tribute) but it is possible to become a pirate, and then you are allowed to land on their planets, and they wont attack you. The trick is to go to the planet, and once you are there bribe all the pirates that are mad at you, and make sure not to shoot any. then you attack, disable and board all the trading ships at the planet. You know...those ones that arent any goverment. After you kill board some of them the pirate planet will let you land. If you are only forbidden from there it only takes about 4 ships before they let you land, but if they are hostle, it will take about 20. This may seem kinda silly, and it is buti have found one good use for it. You can make money insanely fast with this trick. land on the planet until there is a pirate kestrel. fly over next to him, and then shoot him. right after he turns hostle, message him, andoffer him a bribe. pay it, and then continue attacking him. if you were lucky he didn't launch ether lightning yet. once you dis able him, board him, and if you were lucky, he will have 2 lightnings for ammo. thke those, (you can get them if you arent in a kestrel) and then land on the planet. sell then, for 1.6 million credits(you only get 80% back when you sell stuff) with this trick if you are in a desent ship(i havedone it in argorssies, corvets, and rapiers) you can afford to buy a kestel in about 10 minutes. Once you are in it though, it is still good because, you can capture those extra lightnings, and have 3 or 4 or 30 fighters. you can have as many as you want. You can imagine the destructin 30 lightnings would do to a confed cruser:-)(two can kill an argrossie in one stripe)
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