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''This article is about the NPCs, not to be confused with [[Pirating|the Player's Behaviour.]]''
''This article is about the NPCs, not to be confused with [[Pirating|the Player's Behaviour.]]''
==Pirates==
==Description==
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Pirates are one of the only two enemy AI Factions in the game, the other being the [[Aliens]]. Any ships affiliated with the Pirate faction will attack any ships at a minimum of 15,000 studs away from them. Pirate ships will not attack [[:Category:Planets|Planets]]/[[:Category:Starbase|Starbases]] whether the faction that owns it is on the enemy or not.
|title1 = Pirate Avenger
*Pirate ships show up with dark red color on the [[Minimap]].
|image1 = <gallery>
*Pirate ships are not affiliated with any official factions in the game and mostly use variants of Player owned ships.
Pirates-icon.png|Avenger
==Pirate Fleet==
Jormungand-icon.png|Jormungand
The Pirate ships that currently spawn naturally are the following:
Dragoon-icon.png|Dragoon
<div class="shipnav">
Scowling-icon.png|Scowling
{{ShipLink|Dragoon}}
Galleon-icon.png|Galleon
{{ShipLink|Jormungand}}
Kodiak-icon.png|Kodiak
{{ShipLink|X-0}}
</gallery>
{{ShipLink|Galleon}}
}}
{{ShipLink|Kodiak}}
Pirates are a class of enemy AI similar to [[Aliens]]. Like alien ships, they will attack anything nearby (~10 to 13K studs distance). Pirates will actively engage Aliens just as readily as players.
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The Pirate ships that currently don't spawn naturally are the following:
<div class="shipnav">
{{ShipLink|Pirate Avenger}}
{{ShipLink|Scowling}}
</div>
* Small Pirate ships spawn in groups of 3 at random locations on the map.
*Capital pirate ships spawn alone at random locations.
* Pirate ships that are [[:Category:Dreadnought|Dreadnought]]-class or larger have the ability to call all pirate currently in the map to their aid, with the exception of [[X-0]].
*The Strategies on how to beat them can be found in their respective ship pages.
==Ship Stats==
Pirate Ships tend to have more hull health and focus on hull damage.


Pirates show up with an orange color on the [[Minimap]], although they originally used a dark-grey color. Pirates do not seem to attack admin ships.
Note: All Pirate ships, from [[Dragoon]], all the way to the [[Kodiak]], follow their respective damage resistance in the Ship class they're in. ''(e.g, Galleon has 50% Damage Resistance due to being a [[:Category:Dreadnought|Dreadnoughts]] class Ship.)''


The current roster of enemy Pirates include the [[Jormungand]], [[Dragoon]], [[Scowling]](?), [[Galleon]], various X-class freighters ([[X-0]], [[X-4756]], [[X-7849]], etc.), and the revamped [[Kodiak]]
As of this edit, the damage resistance of X-0 is bugged and it has the resistance of a Super Capital, which is 65%.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Pirate Ships
|-
! scope="col" |Pirate Ship
!Shield
!Hull
!Top Spd.
!Accel.
!Turn Spd.
!Turret DPS
!Spinal DPS
!Explosion Radius
!Spawn Time
!Public Server Only
|- style="color: #C4A484"
|''[[Dragoon]]''
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.shields|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Dragoon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.hull|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Dragoon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.top_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Dragoon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.acceleration|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Dragoon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turn_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Dragoon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turret_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Dragoon'}}
|0
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.explosion_radius|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Dragoon'}}
|4 Minutes (Random)
|No
|- style="color: #C4A484"
| ''[[Avenger]]''
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.shields|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Avenger'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.hull|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Avenger'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.top_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Avenger'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.acceleration|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Avenger'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turn_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Avenger'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turret_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Avenger'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.spinal_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Avenger'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.explosion_radius|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Avenger'}}
|Doesn't Spawn
|Unknown
|- style="color: #C4A484"
|''[[Jormungand]]''
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.shields|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Jormungand'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.hull|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Jormungand'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.top_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Jormungand'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.acceleration|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Jormungand'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turn_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Jormungand'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turret_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Jormungand'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.spinal_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Jormungand'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.explosion_radius|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Jormungand'}}
|10 Minutes (Random)
|No
|- style="color: #C4A484"
|''[[Scowling]]''
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.shields|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Scowling'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.hull|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Scowling'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.top_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Scowling'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.acceleration|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Scowling'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turn_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Scowling'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turret_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Scowling'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.spinal_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Scowling'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.explosion_radius|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Scowling'}}
|Doesn't Spawn
|No
|- style="color: #C4A484"
| ''[[X-0]]''
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.shields|where=ShipData._pageName = 'X-0'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.hull|where=ShipData._pageName = 'X-0'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.top_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'X-0'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.acceleration|where=ShipData._pageName = 'X-0'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turn_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'X-0'}}
|0
|0
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.explosion_radius|where=ShipData._pageName = 'X-0'}}
|60 Minutes (Random)
|Yes
|- style="color: #C4A484"
|''[[Galleon]]''
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.shields|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Galleon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.hull|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Galleon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.top_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Galleon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.acceleration|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Galleon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turn_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Galleon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turret_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Galleon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.spinal_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Galleon'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.explosion_radius|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Galleon'}}
|70 Minutes
|No
|- style="color: #C4A484"
| ''[[Kodiak]]''
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.shields|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Kodiak'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.hull|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Kodiak'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.top_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Kodiak'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.acceleration|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Kodiak'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turn_speed|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Kodiak'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.turret_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Kodiak'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.spinal_dps|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Kodiak'}}
|{{#cargo_query:tables=ShipData|fields=ShipData.explosion_radius|where=ShipData._pageName = 'Kodiak'}}
|120 Minutes
|Yes
|}


Unique event pirates have also been included, with the [[Rogue Arctic Wasteland]], [[Rogue Weapon of Mass Destruction]], and Pirate Obamasphere being the most recent.
==Freedom Base Pirates==
==Freedom Base Pirates==
Originally, Pirates only spawned at the Freedom Base when a player accepted the [[Galaxy Star Wars Event|Freedom Base Quest]] at the [[Mega Base]] when speaking to [[Luca Sky]] (formerly [[Galaxy Star Wars Event|Luke Skybawler]]). One pirate spawned per person who accepts the quest with a maximum of 9 pirates. They also used to spawn randomly at the [[Freedom Base]]. Prior to the public release, there was no max amount of pirates, leading to swarms of pirates able to take down a fleet of Dreadnoughts. Pirate Avengers chased the player for up to 10K studs and did a lot more damage than normal [[Avenger]]s do.
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Originally, in Beta. Pirates only spawned at the Freedom Base when a player accepted the [[Galaxy Star Wars Event|Freedom Base Quest]] at the [[Mega Base]] when speaking to [[Luca Sky]] (formerly [[Galaxy Star Wars Event|Luke Skybawler]]). One pirate spawned per person who accepts the quest with a maximum of 9 pirates. They also used to spawn randomly at the [[Freedom Base]]. Prior to the public release, there was no max amount of pirates, leading to swarms of pirates able to take down a fleet of Dreadnoughts. Pirate Avengers chased the player for up to 10K studs and did a lot more damage than normal [[Avenger]]s do.


The Pirate [[Osprey]] was removed to make it a bit easier for players to kill the Pirates. The Pirate [[Starblade]] was also later removed for being too OP with backward firing torpedoes, aimbot, and ramming. This left only the Pirate [[Avenger]] as a possible pirate ship.  
The Pirate [[Osprey]] was removed to make it a bit easier for players to kill the Pirates. The Pirate [[Starblade]] was also later removed for being too OP with backward firing torpedoes, aimbot, and ramming. This left only the Pirate [[Avenger]] as a possible pirate ship back then.
 
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The Pirate Avenger was strong enough to take up to three Alien [[Swarmer]]s head-on. When Pirates and Aliens met, they fought each other despite both being NPCs.
==Version History==
 
*Version ''???'' added a new Pirate Boss; The [[Kodiak]] spawned by during the "Dining in Hell" and "Depthbreaker" quest paths, and later spawned naturally.
Later on in development, the Pirate [[Kodiak]] was added as a boss ship spawned by during the "Dining in Hell" and "Depthbreaker" quest paths. This formidable enemy dropped pieces required to build the [[Kraken]].
*Version ''???'' saw the Valentine's Day 2021, which spawned pirate ships; the Pirate [[Heartbreaker]], and Pirate [[Hearteater]].
==Loot==
*Version .72e4 saw the [[:Category:Fourth of July 2021|Galaxy Fourth of July 2021]] event, which spawned special pirate ships like the [[Rogue Arctic Wasteland]], [[Rogue Weapon of Mass Destruction]],
*Pirate Avenger drops about 31 [outdated?] items of loot.
*Version .72f1 added a new Pirate Boss; The [[Galleon]].
*Pirate Starblade dropped about 11 items of loot. It has been removed.
*Version .75a9 saw the [[April Fool's Event 2022]], which temporarily replaced [[Galleon]]'s spawns with Pirate [[Waspinator|Waspinators]].
*Jormungands, Scowlings, and Dragoons Armor Scraps which can be exchanged for credits
*Version .75a11 enabled the spawns of a recent event ship, [[Yname (ship)|yname]]. These spawned in huge numbers and could call pirates once they have a target. These spawns were later disabled.
*Galleons drop 2 Plasma Batteries and 5 Armored Plating
==Trivia==
*X-class freighters drop 10 Plasma Batteries ([[X-0]]) and [[Artifacts]] ([[X-4756]] and [[X-7849|X-7894]], no longer in game)
*Most Pirate ships are variants of their playable counterparts.
*The Kodiak drops 1 Quantum Core, 30 Plasma Batteries, 15 Thrust Components, 5 Kodiak Plating, and 20 Armored Plating
*[[Aliens]], The [[U.N.E]] and [[Pirates]] will fight each other.
*Admins can spawn extremely powerful Pirate Fleets in public servers, though this is met with some rules.
*Pirates do not seem to attack admin ships.
*The only AI Faction to use a [[:Category:Freighter|Freighter]] as part of their fleet.
*Avenger, along with [[U.N.E]] [[Judgement]], are the only 2 ships that the NPC uses without an AI Variant.
*The [[Kodiak]] was a stolen ship that was originally made by the [[Slarfie]].
*It is possible for '''Pirates''' to capture a [[:Category:Planets|Planet]], by hiding behind or inside a planet, so while Pirates try to shoot you down, they hit the planet instead.
How a Planet captured by '''Pirates''' look like: [[File:Pirateplanet.png]]
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