Not pirates. Privateers. A profession with a proud tradition, back on Earth. English against Spanish, Scots against English. French against British and British against French. Yanks against British. We were all at it (well, apart from the Swiss) and the sky was the limit. Not any more. This is the Space Age. You're peacefully traversing the New New Mexico sector and Captain Eirian Mitchell (second left), representing the Disunited Nations Syndicate, forces her way aboard your starship, accompanied by some of her much too merry maidens, apparently ready and willing to fight the Third Galactic War. They want what you have got and, if you don't have anything, they'll take it, anyway. Just keep your hands where Eirian can see them. It's a long walk home. I can't rate the Anna Lena character by Nouschka formally, because I got her from 3DCommune (available from there and from RMP), but I think she is a five-star purchase. The fourth privateer is Montana Skye by Mahna (DAZ).