Can't get rid of Pirates

[stephen.oglejr]

When I go through the setup for a new game I select no pirates, but I still get pirates. Anyone having this issue??

[Custer701]

Yeah, I experienced the same thing. Tried it twice, May be a bug or the game is just setup that way.

[stephen.oglejr]

It's really annoying and it seems to be getting worse. Maybe I pissed off the AI Pirates, because they attack earlier every game. :-)

[graphitepaddle]

You probably enabled story events, which brings both the Pirates AND monsters in.

BTW, whole heartedly agree w. you: 'No' should mean 'No', for both Pirates & Monsters.

[I Throw Spears.]

Some races have pirates tied with their story events (Human and Zenox IIRC, probably more.)

[AK_icebear]

Simple solution (for the player): disable pirates and story events
Complicated solution (for the developer): somehow disable pirates that are integral to story events for some races.

Seems pretty obvious the first is the most likely only solution for now.

[FarAwayBuyer]

The only issue I'll add to the pirate stuff is that, if I am investigating a derelict ship, and it turns out to be a beacon for pirates, they often seem to be affiliated with a Pirate Faction with whom I already have a Non-Aggression treaty.

But triggering the pirate "trap" cancels that pact and sends us back to a wartime footing, which can often result in bloody shoot-outs very quickly. At which stage, they never forgive me again and I'm left fighting for my life against a pirate faction with whom I already made good friends (and gave lots of money to in the process).

I'm okay if some kind of political incident were to trigger a misunderstanding with pirates from time to time, But that particular event just should trigger something that happens with a pirate faction I've not met yet.

[Nightskies]

I haven't tested to be sure, but I believe that if you have *a* pirate faction known to you that you are hostile with, the triggered spawn will join that faction instead of one that you have agreements with.

[stephen.oglejr]

I've had Pirates disabled and that doesn't appear to make any difference. I just disabled the race specific events, so we'll see what happens.