Asteroid fields are home to scum and villainy. Bandits in small squads of fighters, gunships and corvettes may spawn and hunt down unwary players. Between 2 and 4 squads of bandits will spawn in an asteroid field. Bandits usually fly weaker ships such as ugly-type fighters. Destroyed bandit ships will be wrecked and converted to NPC-owned, and can be recycled using the appropriate tools.

Hostile bandits have an algorithm that determines their movements and actions. When in a quiet environment, bandits may patrol the system or hold in one location. If any threats or targets are detected, bandits will react according to their role. Some roles are more likely to flee a threat, and others are more likely to hunt and engage a target. The exact details of the rules are considered secret and are not published. Developers and administrators will not reveal the details no matter how politely you ask.

If presented with multiple targets, bandits will choose the best option based on role matchups. The preferred targets for various role combinations are considered secret and are not published.

Bandits will act more or less aggressively based on their experiences in combat. A bandit that is attacked frequently will become more aggressive over time. A bandit that attacks frequently will become less aggressive over time.

Hostile bandits will persist in the game indefinitely while a character is on the same system. Once all characters have left the system, the bandits will despawn if left alone for 7 days. If nothing spawned initially, or if all bandits have been killed, no further spawns will occur for 7 days after the last character leaves the system.

Bandits can be lured to an asteroid field using a Sub-Space Radio. The radio will emit a signal mimicking that of an alluring target, and attract bandits to the system. Using a radio will bypass the 7 day respawn timer for bandits. The radio will have no effect if bandits are already present.

Some ships may contain bandits onboard. The first squad will always be spawned in the cockpit/bridge of the ship. The next squad, if applicable, will be spawned in the room containing any loot. Any additional bandits will be spawned randomly into the rooms throughout the ship, and rooms may end up with multiple squads.

Bandit ships may contain loot from their adventures which they store on their ship. Depending on the ship, a certain amount of random loot will be generated and overloaded into a trunk named "Bandit Booty Box".

Bandit Corvettes:

Image	Name	Spawn Chance	Bandit Infantry	Loot
	CR-90 Corvette	15.79%	12	3 - 6 items
	DP-20a Gunship	10.53%	12	3 - 6 items
	DP-20b Gunship	7.89%	12	3 - 6 items
	IPV-1 System Patrol Craft	13.16%	12	3 - 6 items
	Adz-class Patrol Destroyer	2.63%	12	3 - 6 items
	Foray-class Blockade Runner	10.53%	12	3 - 6 items
	Crusader-class Corvette	5.26%	12	3 - 6 items
	Sphyrna-class Corvette	13.16%	12	3 - 6 items
	Raider-class Missile Corvette	15.79%	12	3 - 6 items
	Pirate Interceptor Frigate	2.63%	12	5 - 10 items
	Cumulus-class Corsair	2.63%	12	3 - 6 items

Bandit Freighters:

Image	Name	Spawn Chance	Bandit Infantry	Loot
	GS-100 Salvage Ship	7.41%	0	0 - 0 items
	VCX-820 Escort Freighter	9.26%	0	0 - 0 items
	Warlord Heavy Cruiser	7.41%	0	0 - 0 items

Bandit Gunboats:

Image	Name	Spawn Chance	Bandit Infantry	Loot
	Pursuer-class Enforcement Ship	3.70%	0	0 - 0 items
	SS-54 Assault Ship	7.41%	0	0 - 0 items

Bandit Bombers:

Image	Name	Spawn Chance
	C-wing Ugly	7.41%

Bandit Fighters:

Image	Name	Spawn Chance
	R-41 Starchaser	5.56%
	Z-95 Headhunter	5.56%
	Y-TIE Ugly	9.26%
	X-ceptor Ugly	7.41%
	TIE-wing Ugly	11.11%
	Cutlass-9 Patrol Fighter	7.41%
	Pirate Snub Fighter	9.26%
	Rihkxyrk Assault Fighter	1.85%