Re: Mil vs. Civ shipping

> Laserlight pontificated:
> > You probably wouldn't need them, as there are very seldom pirates
> > in the AE systems.	Privateers, "security consultants",
> > mercenaries who are between jobs, and the occasional Islamic Fed
> > raider--but no pirates.
>
> I think we need a lawyer-tight definition of	'Pirate'  and an
explanation
> of the difference between a pirate and the other gentlemen (and
ladies)
> mentioned above before we are willing to accept the above statement.
>
> Greetings
> Karl Heinz

  That might be a little tricky.  Traditionally, the difference between
a
privateer and a pirate is that the privateer has a letter of marque, ie
is
operating with government permission.  In the Alarishi Empire, however,
anyone who can send in a completed application and pay the fee can
become a
government--if you can afford to own a ship, you can probably afford to
be a
governemnt.
   In fact, Azrael Jones resigned from the AE fleet (the Prince Henry
Corporate fleet, it was at the time) and set up shop as a military
consultant/provider of mercenary warships, and now offers top-notch
training
simulations to NSL, NI, OU, IAS and NAC officers.