Pirates a bit too overpowered..will stop playing until I can disable them

Will probably stop playing this game and wait until I can disable Pirates, which I often did in the original. As currently configured you spend a lot of your time early in the game doing Pirate management and trying to stay on top of auctions and raids. If you are busy doing something else you miss an auction and then there is a large attack on some planet. These early waves are often lots of heavy cruisers etc that you can't defeat. Also drains a lot of credits and resources before you really get a chance to set up.