Pirates are the scum of the galaxy (from a certain point of view). Their hobbies are robbing traders, killing traders, fighting against the local military vessels, and more. They have many types of modified ships, including the Manticore, the Carrier, the Enterprise, the Starbridge, the Valkyrie, The Argosy, the Thunderhead, and the Viper. All such ships are available in a number of variants.

As well as the standard pirates, there are several pirate factions:

• Marauders
• Association of Free Traders
• Guild of Free Traders
• Houseless Warriors

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Although the Association of Free Traders is often grouped with pirates due to the fact that they use pirate ships, the Association is actually a trading guild. Even though they use pirate ships and weapons, they help traders and attack real pirates on sight.

If you kill pirates in a given system, that system and its immediate neighbors will regard you more favorably.