Pirates! (I hate those filthy bandits.)

This isn't really a complaint, just something I've noticed as I play through.

So even when I have three turrets and three shield generators and three hull stabilizers and scanners and everything on my ship, I still find it's generally better to run from pirates, rather than try to destroy or capture their ship. Does this match with anyone else's experience? For one thing, ammo is kind of expensive for the energy turrets (well, not any more, now that my logistics are streamlined, but it was in the past), and in the event that the pirate should be able to board me, someone's going to wind up dead. Mostly their guys, since my entire crew is now armed with assault rifles, but losing even one of my crew is an irreplaceable loss.