First time getting (almost) pirated.
In my years of playing Star Citizen today was the first day where another player attempted to pirate me. I had just finished buying a load of Thermafoam at Deakins Research Outpost to sell in Stanton and the coast seemed clear. Shortly after reaching orbit however I ran into what appeared to be a Cutlass that was not only moving (thusly not an inactive ship) but closing rapidly. Only when it reached sub 10km did I start panicing and start diving back to the outpost.
It was shortly after that the Cutlass began firing point blank into my forward shields which crumbled almost immediately and I barely made it back to the outpost in time whereupon I immediately started sending requests for help. I did this for a few minutes before trying to take off once again and making a break for it only to realize there was an interdiction field setup and I once again had to flee back down to the oupost as I started taking damage to my nose.
It was only with the arrival of a Perseus several moments later than the Cutlass met it's untimely end and I was free to continue on my way having sustained damage to my engines.
A thank you to the Perseus player who escorted me out of Deakins. I had spent a large chunk of my credits on this load of cargo....