Piracy (Earth-5875)



"Arrrrr. We be ready for boardin', matey."

- - Walter

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another spacecraft, aircraft, port, or watercraft. Privateering uses similar methods to piracy, but the captain acts under orders of the state authorizing the capture of merchant ships belonging to enemies. Piracy is deemed illegal by the UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2215.

Human
In human history, pirates were raiders and privateers who roamed the seas on Earth, stealing and hijacking merchant, enemy, or government ships. Once humanity achieved space-flight, piracy in space became a lucrative criminal living. By the 24th century, space piracy became so critical that the United Nations Space Command adopted the UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2215 in order to combat the acts - it authorizes the legal execution of pirates in fringe territories they preyed against. The growing pirate problem led to the creation of the Colonial Administration Authority and the Colonial Marshal Bureau in 2210, their functions including the safeguard of colonial vessels from raiders, leading to the growing presence of the Unified Earth Government in the Outer Colonies, which consequently sparkled the Secession.

Trivia

 * Piracy on Wikipedia.