I havn't loaded up Pioneer in a while... and the version my son and I play is like 3 years old now, but has no pirates, but has his favorite starship we painted new colours for in photoshop.
But Earth, I am stunned, The Old Earth was pretty good. Ive had some great adventures flying across the Earth, exploring Seattle, and Mt Kilamanjaro and some other Earth-side features. I spent like 2 mins on Earth, ... I just had to post and say what an awesome job you people have done.
Ok, Every new version of Pioneer, I got fly to Seattle, I bet I'll be able to see my house from there (or at least the hill I live on)
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On behalf of the dev. team: Thanks!
If you don't like pirates, just remove the pirates file in data/modules (and don't fly any dangerous missions).
(Maybe pirates ON/OFF should be an option? Would be easy to add)
Someone recreated Seattle in Cities Skylines: https://imgur.com/a/YsEhU