Originally posted by Liberator
Also, any station is going to have serious armament to deal with pirates
Why does everyone say that? I don't see people in London arming their houses and office buildings to deal with pirate attacks

Even banks and other secure places only need minimal protection, not armament to deal with a full scale military attack.
This is a civilian station. It could easily only be found in places like Delta Serpentis which have a big military presence.
IIRC there isn't a single mention of pirates anywhere in FS1 or FS2. Considering the fact that GTVA military forces can get anywhere in a system within a matter of a few seconds it's quite possible that anyone attempting piracy within the GTVA has been stomped into tiny, flat pirate shaped novelties.
IF you want pirates in your campaign it's fine but there is no reason to say that there have to be pirates and everything has to be designed with pirates in mind. It could easily be the case that 5 turrets are more than enough to deal with troublemakers.