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One of the activities you can enjoy while playing Vendetta is '''pirating'''. Pirating is an accepted aspect of Vendetta. Pirating people in a nations space is not wise, as this will cause your standing to plummet. Pirating happens most often in sectors that have a wormhole but don't have a station. When you partake in pirating, you need to consider what ships to pirate, and what ship to pirate in.
==Going on Account==
First off, pirating is far from easy in Vendetta. I myself gave it up for a short time due to the fact that I wanted more money then it paid. However, all that aside, it has to be one of the most fun occupations to have in VO. Here are some tips to getting started that should help out you young land lubbers want'n to test yer mettle. So without any further adue... Arr!
* '''Never pirate a trader more than once in one log in'''. This helps those greedy traders from feeling like you are taking all their money and helps make sure they pay you next time.
* '''Make a funny hail massage'''. This just helps make you stand out from the n00b in a bus over there with an eye patch and a bird who has a funny dye job.
* '''Never charge more then the ship and or cargo is worth'''. I used to have mutiple hail messages for different ships. My policy was to make my price around 5k less than what the ship was worth. So, for like a centa (Centaur) I would charge around 25k, where as a hog (Warthog) would be around 15k. Just get a feel for it. If more then 1 out of every 10 people you see are running rather than paying, you may want to think about lowering your price.
* '''Never go back on a deal'''. You're telling people who already think you are scum that if they give you money you will let them live. They have no guarantee you will, so you need to build up a rep. So if they ask all their little trader buddies (traders are cliquey, and due to them being so rich they have many "friends"). If you are good for your word, they will get a yes back.
* '''Find a way to make your name stand out'''. Now you have some pirates who do this by killing everything, kicking dogs, and biting flowers. These guys are often hated and almost never make any money. (Though there is something to be said for being able to log in and kill anything you want and then make the people you killed cry by peeing on their cats.) Then you have pirates that are kinda nice; these guys are often thought of with a warm fuzzy feeling, and people like to thank them for making the game fun. Then, you got guys like me who are known for doing anything for money. Which ends up leading me away from piracy and into other fields of work.
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==Ships to Pirate [[image:GTS_symbol_ship.png]][[image:GTS_symbol_to.png]][[image:GTS_symbol_pirate.png]]==
There are many ships in the world of Vendetta. Some are multi-purposed, some made for fighting, and some made to transport cargo. The ships you want to pirate are, of course, the transport classes. There are several transport ships out there and aspects of them that need to be put into consideration when pirating. But beware, when a transport vessel has at least one large port, there is the possibility of a gatling turret or mines that needs to be taken into consideration. There are several types of mines out there that can, and most likely will come your way eventually.
*A proximity mine is your basic mine. It will sit in space happily until its short range sensors detect something, at which point it will detonate itself, causing your ship damage and to be pushed off course. The range of its sensors is quite short, about 80 meters.
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==Ships to Pirate With [[image:GTS_symbol_ship.png]][[image:GTS_symbol_to.png]][[image:GTS_symbol_pirate.png]][[image:GTS_symbol_with.png]]==
While we have covered what ships to beat up like a piñata, we have yet to cover which ships to beat them up with. You can pirate in any ship, as long as it has a weapon port. Instead of going over every ship, we will go over the highlights of the ships.