And it's not like you can't fight or run.
Oh, yes. Let me just run a retreat scenario against this swarm of tempests and phase ships with my...
*checks fleet*
...Two destroyers and three frigates plus a few effectively-unarmed civilian vessels? This seems like it will be very effective and an excellent use of my time compared to, say, simply reloading the last save.
They really are a bunch of ***. That's the point.
Funny, I thought the point was to make pirates that were actually -pirates- and looking to make a profit, rather than vanilla's suicidal anarchists who just want to fight you to the death. Maybe I'm wrong here?
Regardless of your opinions, I'm still suggesting having them leave the player's flagship alone.