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====== Pirates ======
The Pirate Guild is a loose alliance of pirates and renegades from all over the galaxy. They specialize into contraband and fast raiding ships. They do not go to war directly against other factions and can’t take territory by military means, but some sectors may fall into their hands under the right circumstances. Also, they use nebulas to conceal their presence from other factions, meaning that those who look hard enough may find pirate bases in sectors owned by other factions.
===== Diplomacy =====
The Pirate faction, having no real central power, doesn't actively participate in the diplomatic game. However it is possible for other factions to pass temporary non aggression pacts and request raids on specific enemy assets.
===== Military =====
With no central authority, pirates don't have a military fleet per say, let alone a police force. Each Pirate Base act on its own to protect itself. Even if wealthy ones will often hire capital ships to protect themselves, their first and most important line of defense is to stay undetected.
This does not however mean that the pirates have no way of crippling other factions. Their raiding parties will hunt cargo ships. Large pirate bases may also decide to launch preemptive strikes against military installations to cripple defenses in neighboring sectors controlled by hostile factions.
===== Economy =====
While a large part of their income is based on what the raiders can steal, pirates are also the main suppliers of goods that are considered illegal by other factions. As such they will build such illegal factories in the nebula regions of the galaxy that other factions are very unlikely to invade.
===== Law =====
As their name implies, there's no law to abide by in pirate territory, it's even unlikely that other pirates will mind if you pick a fight with a raider.
===== Unique Ships =====
None. Pirates tend to use commonly available ship types.
===== Unique Stations =====
===== Unique Wares =====
