Piracy

Piracy were acts of robbery and criminal/mercenary acts that were committed on the seas and in space by people who became known as pirates. Those that were authorized or paid by their government were known privateers.

History
Acts of piracy could be traced back as far as to earth's 18th century particularly to the Carribean. Piracy continued well into the 1980s, when whalers illegaly hunted whales.

When humans went into space, they saw other species committing acts of privacy. In the 2150s, Earth freighter ships were attacked by Nausicaan pirates. In the Delphic Expanse, some ships that were stranded were force to resort to piracy. One group were Osaarian merchants that became trapped there. Orions were also known as pirates, when they stole equipment and people for their slave market from the 2150s to the 2260s.

Known groups

 * Human whalers - 1980s
 * Nausicaan pirate - 2151
 * Osaarians - 2153
 * Orions - 2150s-2270
 * Tortuga VI pirates - 2268
 * Elasi - 2266-69
 * Ferengis - 2269
 * Breen privateers - 2372
 * Tau's pirates - 2374