Hi everyone.
Been playing for a bit. Got a few colonies setup.
Am constantly getting targeted by pirates. Literally. A raid will barely have been beaten back when another one comes up.
Destroying a base gets me a few days of peace, then another one will get set up, usually in the same f*ing system, and I'm back to square 1.
What do?
Will the pirates ever stop coming? Do I need to get my standing with them up from -100? Are there mods that put a finite cap on the amount of pirates in the universe?
Thanks everyone.
The only ways to really stop a faction from attacking you is to ally them (which can take a long time, even longer if you are not playing a Nexerelin mod game) or... completely genocide them from the sector! By destroying all their known planets, then hunting down the last of their bases >NOT recommended< as bombing planets will just make the other, even bigger factions hate you, regardless of who you are bombing.
3rd is easiest but takes some preparation, just improve the colney defenses until pirates are too weak to do anything to your colonies. Then you don't really have to care about them. Best to have a nice big fleet of your own before starting colonies, then protecting them personally until they can defend themselves. (you don't have to guard the system(s) constantly, just get back when the raids count down) Lastly when you finally do have those defenses but attract bigger enemies, lure them around the map until your patrols dog pile them, then you go in last. If you go in before the patrols do, they just can't enter the fight at all, as the outside game does not keep running as a battle is going.