<div align="right][font=Palatino Linotype]Pirates? Who said "pirates"?
ENGAGING ALL HESSIANS, ESPECIALLY RF!
On a more serious note, Valinor is totally right here. From my own point I can add that the balance between unlawfuls is also helping here. The same Rheinland got the Hessians which do not tolerate the random piracy and claim to be honest revolutionaries - therefore they may seek for the generic pirates and pirate groups on their own - while the Rheinland Military or Federal Police players are not around.
If you have the motivation, you can always either join the existing factions or create your own group with a specific goal, such as protection of the certain mining operations, trade routes or anything. I remember such factions being created all around the Sirius and being considerably effective, especially in the systems with mining operations.
EDGE| bounty hunters, Venator Private Security, West Rheinland Fleet (sorry, gentlemen, I can't recall the proper german spelling) - all of them concentrated the effort on solving certain issues and succeed in it. Once again, playing in groups is fun and teamwork is the best thing you can get out there.