What an absolutely cracking night of play that was.
Started off with my usual routine of doing a bit of trading here and there and taking on a couple of bulletin board missions when I realised i'd got enough credit to upgrade my main weapon a bit.
Went for the beam laser with immediate thoughts of giving it a good tryout. So, at that point I basically became Boba **** Fett for the evening
Leave space station - frame shift to next system - frame shift to a beacon where there's always a few ships milling around. Run scans on all ships and sure enough, most pilots turn out to be dodgier than a transfer involving Harry Redknapp.
As long as I kept them on their own it was just a matter of outmanouvering them for a few minutes before they finally succumbed. At one point I had three after me (one wasn't even on the wanted list, I just accidentally shot him) and I still managed to get the bounty after a pretty spectacular dogfight.
One thing I noticed was how the novice pilots fly in comparison to the more seasoned vets. Makes for some really interesting battles.
So by the end of the night i'd made around 40k in bounties alone, and I really need to start working towards a new ship now - the Sidewinder is a good start point but I want that Cobra Mk III!
Man I love this game