Depending on events the PCs may be tied up with answering questions for Star Law for a few days. It could also play out that they are off Laco in a day and on to the Venture’s next port of call.
The Lucky Devil pirates are not completely destroyed no matter what the outcome of this portion of the adventure is. There are other ships out there. With information provided by the PCs or recovered by Star Law investigators after they reach the pirate outpost, the Lucky Devil pirates will be crippled once Space Fleet captures their vessels. Just enough of them will escape and come together with a plan to get even with the PCs in about 6 months. That plan also involves them replacing their lost ships with Venture.
The referee can abstract 6 month’s activity (simply pay the PCs 6 months wages) and then run part 3 or he can run a series of short adventures to get the player’s minds off the Lucky Devil pirates.