When a Galactic Empire arose and threatened to absorb the frontier regions under its absolute rule, some of the colonies, unwilling to give up their independence, recruited Space Pirates to bolster their fighting forces, legalizing their actions by issuing them letters of marque.
When a Galactic Empire arose and threatened to absorb the frontier regions under its absolute rule, several colonies, unwilling to give up their independence, rebelled. The government of one of the newly colonized planets, in the Tau Ceti system, recruited Space Pirates to bolster its fighting forces, legalizing their actions by issuing them letters of marque.