Oh, it's not that... I just can't be bothered with it, when being elsewhere is so much easier.

I love fighting... when necessary and I choose to. I just don't want to be obligated to fight, much less grind, by the game's engine.

random combat encounters were a hall mark of elite, more variance and randomness however would be a good idea

I was doing a delivery and as I jumped in to the system I get this message "So you have Jim Reilly on board that was a bad decision (or similar words)", Oh dear!! I hit the thrusters as hard as I could and when I look behind I've got 2 ships chasing me. They never caught up though, I quickly got away. Might be better if they did catch up, it did seem a bit too easy to get away. But I love that part of the game it gets the adrenaline going, and I would normally have expected to fight them off. I have blasted a few ships up to now, but haven't been fired on yet, I guess that's not been implemented yet.

When I need to release adrenaline, avoidance maneuvers are my favorites. I took off the boat all weapons, making it unreachable. The weight of the weapon slows attacking ships.

It's fun to collect several missions safer. I managed to collect up to 6 or 7 ships of the mafia and safely pass between them and leave them behind.

The combat systems available in the 31st century are older than the 21th century.

There are no combat systems available in the 21st century involving space-based fighters.

But grandfather, the R40 is very old. Look at Wikipedia. Said my grandson as he filled the gas tank (fuel) of my car with water. 😥