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'''Piracy''' is an illegal act typically involving violence or the seizure of property carried out against a watercraft, aircraft, spacecraft, or port. By extension, acts of participating in or inciting such activities are defined as piracy by the [[UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2315]].<ref name="law">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27029 '''Bungie.net''': ''UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2315'']</ref> | |||
'''Piracy''' is an illegal act typically involving violence or the seizure of property carried out against a watercraft, aircraft, spacecraft, or port. By extension, acts of participating in or inciting such activities are defined as piracy by the [[UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2315]].<ref name="law">[http:// | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Human=== | ===Human=== | ||
Traditionally, pirates are remembered as raiders who prowled the seas of [[Earth]], hijacking merchant shipping. But the important point is that they did it on the ''water'' - when humanity broke free of the constraints of Earth's atmosphere, it was almost inevitable that space piracy would become the new lucrative threat to shipping. By the 24th century, space piracy was widespread enough for the UNSC to adopt the [[UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2315]], which authorizes the summary execution of pirates by the forces of an officially recognized government. | Traditionally, pirates are remembered as raiders who prowled the seas of [[Earth]], hijacking merchant shipping. But the important point is that they did it on the ''water'' - when humanity broke free of the constraints of Earth's atmosphere, it was almost inevitable that space piracy would become the new lucrative threat to shipping. By the 24th century, space piracy was widespread enough for the UNSC to adopt the [[UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2315]], which authorizes the summary execution of pirates by the forces of an officially recognized government.<ref name="law"/> An increase in pirate activity across the the colonies also prompted the creation of the [[Colonial Military Administration]] in [[2310]] to protect colonial vessels from raiders.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 69'' (2011)</ref> This laid the foundation for the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s military presence in the [[Outer Colonies]]; the very involvement which would later provoke the colonists' ire and contribute to the sparking of the [[Insurrection]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 356''</ref> | ||
The [[Insurrectionist]] movement was frequently engaged in pirate activities, and by [[2517]], pirates were considered a serious threat to vessels traveling in the Outer Colonies without an armed escort.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 14'' (2001)</ref> Groups such as the [[Eridanus rebels]] based themselves in the system's asteroid belt—most prominently the habitat known as [[Eridanus Secundus]]—using it as a base of operations for their activities throughout the Insurrection and well into the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 253-255'' (2003)</ref> | The [[Insurrectionist]] movement was frequently engaged in pirate activities, and by [[2517]], pirates were considered a serious threat to vessels traveling in the Outer Colonies without an armed escort.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 14'' (2001)</ref> Groups such as the [[Eridanus rebels]] based themselves in the system's asteroid belt—most prominently the habitat known as [[Eridanus Secundus]]—using it as a base of operations for their activities throughout the Insurrection and well into the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 253-255'' (2003)</ref> | ||
===Kig-Yar=== | ===Kig-Yar=== | ||
Space piracy is not restricted to humanity alone. The [[Kig-Yar]] had a long seafaring history on [[Eayn|their homeworld]], and when they became a | Space piracy is not restricted to humanity alone. The [[Kig-Yar]] had a long seafaring history on [[Eayn|their homeworld]], and when they became a spacefaring race, piracy flourished in their system as pirate factions raided merchant shipping. When the [[Covenant]] discovered the Kig-Yar, these pirate bands became the only effective fleet the species could field in self-defense. In order to survive, these same pirates became privateers in the service of the [[Ministry of Tranquility]]. In theory, these privateers patrolled Covenant space on an exploratory mission. In practice, it was little more than an excuse for the Kig-Yar to salvage whatever they could.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 93''</ref> Piracy remained heavily ingrained in Kig-Yar culture, as all their great folk heroes were famous pirates, representing freedom to those Kig-Yar in the service of the Covenant. Each Kig-Yar chick hoped to be a pirate when they grew up.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 147''</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[ | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Piracy|'''Wikipedia'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s article on '''Piracy''']] | |||
[[Category:Human]] | [[Category:Human]] | ||
[[Category:Kig-Yar | [[Category:Kig-Yar]] |