Pirating Era

Beginning
The Pirating Era was the time period between 4838-5024 A.E. It was a period when the Northern Star Federation faced great numbers of pirate gangs and ships roaming the uncivilized Low Worlds and their systems. The number of pirate gangs in the galaxy started growing and threatening the galaxy due to a variety of factors. One of them was that after the Colorados were defeated in 4782 A.E, each of them fought each other to secure the power vacuum left after the end of Joe Bloodisack's legacy. These little conflicts weren't noticed or acknowledged by the Federal Council until the larger, stronger and more organized gangs that were bred out of these conflicts started attacking Federal ships of high importance and succeeding in sacking them.

The Pirate Menace
After these sackings started becoming more common, the Federation invested a lot more in protecting their navy and patrolling Low Systems. This reform in the federal navy was also made possible due to the impact of Colonization Minister Jacob Winstrell's policies in dealing with the Colorado menace many years prior.

Although officers, sailors and their ships were better equipped than ever, the pirate gangs were still a problem and would remain a rock on the Federation's shoe for many decades to come.

Battles during the Pirating Era were known for being set almost entirely inside spaceships. Normally they were set in the boarding hallway of the ships, used for the pirates to board the vessels. When the objective was not to sack the ships' contents intact, there were space battles.

Bigger Fish to Fry
The Pirating Era came to a close in 5024 A.E, when the Federation first got in contact with the Empire of Etheria and became even more cautious about maintaining their deep space and borders protected. The pressure of the Empire of Etheria and the Federation's cold war made it very difficult for many pirate ships to successfully sack other ships.

The pirate menace was never fully solved, but the number of gangs in the galaxy decreased at this point in time, as pirates were not anymore the largest threat facing the Northern Star Federation. Pirates are still a problem for the Federation, the Empire and all of their citizens to this day.

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 * The Pirating Era was not yet mentioned in any Everdream work.