https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZObpX3hPtc
After seeing him get repeatedly jumped by pirates (in corporate states!) when hauling just a few tons of food & textiles, Oolite's difficulty doesn't seem so bad
It's surprising how some of the extra touches in Oolite we take for granted are missing in what is considered to be the best version of Elite out of the 8 and 16 bits era - the scanner lollypops don't give any indication when ships turn hostile for instance, i think an innocent trader pays the ultimate price in the first battle Drew gets into because this feature is missing