So you want to be a Pirate / Nomad?

[Deathstalker]

Don't know if this will help, but for the 'swashbuckler pod' for fighters, just take the 'alligence subverter' and make it useable for fighters. Rename it something like 'troop transporters' (like moo2) and change the picture to a 'troop type'. That way you can use fighters as a sort of 'assault shuttle'. You could even change the rate of fire and takeover percentages to what you desire/find 'realistic'.

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

[Suicide Junkie]

Problem is, they go through shields & don't affect MCs & security stations don't defend against them.

I'm just gonna leave it & hope MM gets SE4 to check small vehicles for capture components before denying you a capture attempt.

[geoschmo]

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-Try stealing resources. Fly in with a large robo-miner ship & strip mine alien colonies until the fleet shows up, then run

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S.J. ,

This works? I thought a robo-miner only worked on an uncolonized planet, friend or foe. (I will admit that I have not read the entire "War & Peace" thread, er, I mean "Pirate" thread cover to cover. So if this is answered there, I appologize)

Geo

[Suicide Junkie]

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I will admit that I have not read the entire "War & Peace" thread, er, I mean "Pirate" thread cover to cover. So if this is answered there, I appologize

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Hehehe It is a bit long.

Well, its a given that you're gonna have to wipe out the planet. What you can do though, is drop troops to take over, then scrap everything for more $$$, and abandon the planet all in the same turn. You then get to strip mine the sucker for even more resources.
When you cap colonists, you should probably take them home to work the slave labour camps. Since real pirates have max negative population growth, you need slaves.