The pirates will be friendly to you if any of the following happen:
1. You rack up more than 5 Confed kills.
2. You rack up more than 5 militia kills.
3. You rack up more than 5 mercenary kills.
4. You rack up more than 5 merchant kills.
Any one of these will set off the "good guys" in the game. It takes 5 kills of enemies such as the pirates, Kilrathi, Retros for 1 killed "good guy". That means if you are in hot water with Confed, and you have 10 kills for Confed, it will take you 50 kills of "bad guys" to become neutral with Confed in Privateer. In Rightious Fire, if you dont want to go thru all that to become friends with the "good guys", go to Lynch and pay him 200,000 credits, and all those groups will be your space pals again! Happy hunting!
RFB
[Edited by RFBurns on 05-10-2001 at 16:22]