I urge caution.
The average player not adapted to space combat is going to hit 2/10 shots AT BEST. Yes... I've seen this in play with new pirates, and other pirate hunters trying to start out to fast.
first you must learn to balance enough to stand (aim)
then you must learn to walk (maneuver)
then, and only then should you try learning to dance (maneuver and shoot at same time)
Trust me going head long into this is going to burn 10ped for your side, for every 1ped on their side you burn. I suggest you consult with some folks that have more experience fighting pirates and ask around on what the best way to hurt them is given whatever funds, or numbers you have.
btw consider this... for new players say you get 10 people in quads, 6 in gunner seats... How well do you think they will keep orientation in a space fight? and once they lose that, how well do you think they will be able to tell pirate from non-pirate? friend from foe. Space battles are an intense few seconds to few minutes, everyone needs to know how to tell a pirate from a non-pirate , everyone being on the same page on who to target, when to shoot and when to sit is a must. Most big services train gunners before ever letting them work the guns, because most have this idea red triangle means pirate, and it doesn't.
Lol thinking about it, honestly the best way you could hurt them is to bring a bunch of sweaters with quads, make sure they storage all the loots then pay each 4-5 ped to just go to space in a quad to die with no loots.
Pirates will spend 5-8ped killing each of them, and it's cheap to rinse and repeat later just flying from SS to moon and bumping pirates so they miss shots and are forced to kill you over and over while potentially greatly increasing their cost to kill between loots. That beats having people spend 10-15ped to kill them, or more likely die trying with very poor aim.
Anyway, like I said brain storm, talk to other folks and learn from their experience if this is what you are dead set on doing.
btw I am the guy that killed ernestJ when he was trying to shoot your pf down outside the moon on the first day