"Since the 14th century BCE, there have pirates, looting cargo ships, and striking fear in the shipping lanes of today. While the golden age of piracy has long since past, contemporary society continues to be fascinated with the deeds of pirates, but will they be issue when we push out? According to science fiction, our future in space travel will include the continuing plague of piracy, where the sea of stars has replaced the high seas. The idea of space piracy has been around nearly as long as science fiction, with 1930's E.E. 'Doc' Smith's Lensman series, Flash Gordon, and continues today with Honor Harrington and spans all types of media, because, space piracy continues to be a theme that will not die in sci-fi. This was not an easy blogpost to write, there was tons of information to sort, tons of examples, and many factors to consider. At this moment, this could be one of the largest blogpost on FWS. For the next few weeks, there will be some lighter posts…damned space pirates!
There are some words that encompass a vast array of terms, 'soldier', 'car', 'gun' for example, and 'pirate' is one of them. Simply saying that a group or individual is a pirate can cover a great deal. Attached to the term and actions of a pirate can be: marauders, raiders, privateers (when operating under authorization from a government), terrorists, smugglers, slavers, freebooter, and even the generic 'rebel' can be labeled a 'space pirate' by the organization that they rebelling against, which is a common and commonly misused label…"
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