Re: piracy -- I think something in the last turn fix messed with piracy, I need to sort it out. It is working, but there's something stopping it from happening frequently (might be the at-war thing mentioned above, might be a couple other things I've seen), should be fixed soon.
Have a new upgrade going up -- the map will show damaged planets, and color PD's differently depending on whether you are at war with the owner or not (and a few other things, but those are the biggies)