11th May 2006, 11:05 PM
They certainly do act like pirates, and not the romanticized image we generally hold. Real pirates are generally not of the Jack Sparrow type. They're killers, rapists, hostage-takers, and thieves on a grand scale.
However, I gotta agree with DJ: They are far more organized than simple pirates, and do act as a governmental entity in some ways, or at the very least, like a Germanic warrior race. They have too much of a heirarchy to be just simple pirates, and they place a clear emphasis on scientific advancement over simple acquisition, with their over-arcing emphasis placed on military power, both serving the interests of conquest and annihilation. If you read the logs, it's clear that their piracy activities supplement scientific research, which in turn supplements their military capabilities. They are soldiers first, scientists second, and pirates... somewhere down the list. They do seem to also participate in some fair trade as well... I remember one log in Prime stating that they found material that was useless to them but could be sold to monks from a religious order on another world because they place value upon it.
I guess, if they really resemble any terrestrial entity, it would probably be the British Empire, with more emphasis on conquest than on mercantilism. What I don't get is why they call themselves Space Pirates... it seems like a deroguatory term that a Federation man would use, one would think they would have their own name.
However, I gotta agree with DJ: They are far more organized than simple pirates, and do act as a governmental entity in some ways, or at the very least, like a Germanic warrior race. They have too much of a heirarchy to be just simple pirates, and they place a clear emphasis on scientific advancement over simple acquisition, with their over-arcing emphasis placed on military power, both serving the interests of conquest and annihilation. If you read the logs, it's clear that their piracy activities supplement scientific research, which in turn supplements their military capabilities. They are soldiers first, scientists second, and pirates... somewhere down the list. They do seem to also participate in some fair trade as well... I remember one log in Prime stating that they found material that was useless to them but could be sold to monks from a religious order on another world because they place value upon it.
I guess, if they really resemble any terrestrial entity, it would probably be the British Empire, with more emphasis on conquest than on mercantilism. What I don't get is why they call themselves Space Pirates... it seems like a deroguatory term that a Federation man would use, one would think they would have their own name.
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