Business Name:  Offworld Imports

Cult Affiliation:  PIRATES IN THE FRONTIER

Item Mass Cost Quantity Asking questions about pirates - 100+   Customer:

Pirates represent a major threat to the trade routes connecting the planets of the Frontier. Pirate ships are crewed by members of all four races, and every inhabited star system has suffered from their scourge at one time or another.  The standard pirate lactic is a fast assault on a lone ship, usually a freighter or spaceliner. The pirates try to disable the victim's drives and maneuver jets and then board her. Everything of value is removed from the ship, including passengers and crew in many cases, who can be used as slaves at the pirate base. Sometimes the passengers and crew are not kidnaped, but left on board the drifting hulk, hoping for rescue before their life support runs out.  Pirate ships usually are small and fast. Assault scouts and frigates are the preferred pirate vessels. Whatever type of ship is used, it will be heavily armed. The Warriors of White Light introduces a new ship type often used by pirates: the Corvette.  Asteroids, uninhabited planets, unknown regions of outpost worlds and moons all might serve as pirate bases. These bases usually are not very well developed, since the pirates must be prepared to escape quickly if ships of the Spacefleet or a planetary militia suddenly attack.  Some lightly populated planets have governments that are actually run by pirates. Because of the charter of the UPF, the Spacefleet is prohibited from taking direct action against these worlds, and must limit itself to intercepting pirate ships as they go about their unlawful business. Outer Reach (Dramune system) is the most significant of these pirate governments. 

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