just tried killing an npc trucker. cant say what it would have gotten me because cons blew me to pieces before i could get my loot. I figured it would get me shot by them as it was in an orange sector but the long waits for loot vs the very short cons response time seems a little off, at least to me. it kind of makes bothering with them anywhere but in the reds a good way to waste time wrecked for nothing.
Couple of times I get really good loot, but in last 2 days only 1 nickel plate and 4alloys, or nothing. Is that normal? And yes, in green and orange sectors it is almost "mission impossible"

Why CONS cruisers have nothing in loot?