This is an era of war. Not war as we once knew it, with defined battlelines and armies. This is a war between a government and its people. The United Empire of America Government has attempted to control free people's space for over thirty years, since 2164. It is now 2201. They declared martial law after a number of raids by anarchist leader Arthur Timea and his pirate band, the Merry Marauding Madmen, or Timea's Rebellion. They and their three ships, in the Earth-Summer of 2164, assaulted a UEA Navy Dreadnought, the Thermopylae, and left with several dozen crates of small arms as well as Iron/Tungsten rounds for a large-scale railgun. That was only the beginning. Since then, civilians angry about the government's meddling in private affairs have converted mining, exploration, and personal transport ships into vessels of robbery and warfare. UEAGov Emperor Saiga has ordered a full-scale War on Piracy, with Admirals Markus, Tyrannus, and Belfort leading the charge. Markus' ship, a light, but heavily armed cruiser called the Sambok, floats between Earth and the Sun, protecting trade routes to Mercurial colonies. Tyrannus' ship, a heavily armed and armoured dreadnought called Tarkus, as well as its fleet of 75 fighters have been engaged in a year-long battle with Arthur Timea's band, who have allied with a mysterious ship called Sarah's Revenge. Belfort dissapeared beyond Neptune a month ago, in his battlecruiser, the Gabriel's Horn, in pursuit of what Belfort believed to be an amassing pirate army. Known pirate vessels and their crews: The Savage Avenger and the Tower Knights The New Horizon and the Heroes of Consequence The Justice and its captain, Maria Castanova and her skeleton crew The Halberd and Monks of the New Dawn Weapon Companies: Thompson Arms and Armor Waterloo Weapons Type 6 Arms and Armor Necrobyte Advanced Arms and Armor Taurus Firearms Smith and Wesson Magnetic Accelerators Takahashi Warfare