Space Pirates

Space pirates are the highwayman faction of the future. Their ships are usually salvaged or repurposed civilian ships. But they can sport their own designs, be it in low numbers. They operate on most planets and moons and even in deep space.

They are not a homogeneous group, but usually cooperate with each other to take down larger targets. Since their population is not large and their recruitment pool is quite low, they rely on automated drones that are much weaker than full fledged combat ships.

Pirate Ships
Pirate ships are usually civilian designs repurposed for combat. They rely on smaller ships with front facing weaponry to quickly assault potential targets. They also rely on small automated and remote operated drones heavily.

Faction relations
They are hostile to all Civilian Factions, Reavers, Aliens and to most Unaffiliated. But they do operate few stations where they trade their booty.

Combat Ships Types
AI ICBM - ICBM designed for lunar use equipped with advance targeting code

Armored Frigate - Large heavily armored ship equipped with gun and torpedo batteries. Frame was designed and produced by the pirate shipyards, but in small numbers.

Assault Ship - Heavily armed corvette sized ship.

Atmospheric Dragoon - Atmospheric light gunship with a double Gatling turret.

Atmospheric Raider - Atmospheric drone fielding a single Gatling turret.

Attack Drone - Automated armed scout craft designed to find vulnerable raiding targets.

Buccaneer - Faction designed heavy cruiser that is rarely seen but considered one of the most advanced designs.

Excavator Drone - Automated drone designed to dig people out of their asteroid encampments.

Fighter - Pirate superiority fighter equipped with both Gatling and missile weapons.

Ghost - Raided and rigged ship which has it's computer hacked to target anything on sight.

Grinder Drone - Automated drone designed to salvage raided bases and ships.

Gunboat - Small gunboat used mostly for scouting operations.

Light Fighter - Light escort fighter, used mostly to screen larger ships.

Loot Trader - Cargo ship used to trade with friendlies, every faction need's it's sources of revenue.

Lunar Raider - Automated drone designed for low gravity, designed to harass and raid lunar bases.

Old Drone - Old automated drone that is somehow still working. These machines can be decades old, left in space to autotarget and harass enemy targets.

Pirate Raider - Corvette sized ship that is trying to lure in possible targets.

Rogue Trader - Rustic trade ship of an older design used by both pirate and civilian factions.

Scavenged Freighter - Civilian freighter that is partially scavenged and escorted to serve as a source of materials for new pirate vessels.

Seeker Drone Ship - Ship with advanced computer systems capable of operating multiple remote drones at once, it is designed to seek out possible raiding targets. It is decently armed but it's shields are somewhat lacking.

Stalker - Heavy gunboat with front facing light cannons.

Stolen Freighter - Stolen civilian freighter escorted to serve as a source of materials for new pirate vessels.