If a race is simply going to shoot at you, avoid them for a while and their attitude will slowly improve until the point they will talk to you again. Is there a simple way to tell which races will always be delt with from tactical? For example, I could see pirates as always being hostile, repeatedl...

For my first char I went with freelance and I found that when I went into combat with pirates, they seemed to be able fly backwards and for the most part fly faster then me, able stay just out of visiable area of the screen so I had to use the little nav screen in the lower left to shoot while they ...