[Snail]

The guys in Derelict were probably more akin to an independent military organization without a real cause, simply out there to cause trouble.

[peterv]

As an inspiration for campaigns with more realistic use of the term "pirate":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Drake

[Snail]

Don't defame our national heroes!

[Vidmaster]

wonderful essay.

The different FTL is the reason why piracy works for TBP and not for FS2 

[Mongoose]

Yeah, piracy may have been profitable, but a mass kamikaze attack sure isn't.
They seemed more like...rebels. Terrorist organizations...whatever.

That's precisely why I said that many of the "pirates" in Derelict weren't what they seemed to be.  Remember the plot?

[NGTM-1R]

The different FTL is the reason why piracy works for TBP and not for FS2 

Honestly, that doesn't help at all. If anything, TBP has it worse, since TBP's universe has a history of gates civilian traffic using being under close surveillance by military installations.

[roguevalkyrie]

One thing is that pirates having access to some starfighters really can make sense in some ways actually. Obviously they shouldn't have access to the newest military fighter-craft but lots of science fiction universes which have starfighters either have older models being sold off to civilians after leaving military service, fighter models created for specifically for civilian use or in some cases both.