Speaking of Cabal, you can't ever get on friendly terms with them, can you? Playing in Nexerelin, they have no stations and are just occasional fleets that stop everyone and ask for money. Initially, they were good fights when I started playing, demanding my ships instead of money but now that I have a fleet and many millions in the bank, they only ask for money. If I accept and give them some money, I get something in the region of -20 to -40 rep. If I tell them to take their offer and shove it, they get all "uwotm80?" and attack. With their one frigate. Against my one battlecarrier and hordes of Serkets. And attacking them causes relations to deteriorate because that rep penalty for giving them money never makes them hostile, so my defending against pointless aggression counts as unwarranted attacks. They do have pretty great music though.