You guys need to really understand the difference between pirates and other unlawfuls. Just because someone is wearing an unlawful ID and IFF does NOT make them a pirate. Read the infocards for each faction ... you'll find that MANY unlawfuls are not really pirates. While their ID "permits" them to pirate ... they are not all strictly pirates.
Outcasts are not pirates ... together with Corsairs, they would have become the 5th house (Hispania). Red Hessians are not pirates ... Blood Dragons are not pirates ... Liberty Rogues are not pirates ... Xenos certainly are not pirates ... Mollys are not pirates. Read the infocards ... you'll find there's a LOT more role play involved in these ID's than most "lawfuls" are willing to play along with. The ONLY thing lawfuls see in unlawfuls is pirates and terrorists. They are a lot more complex than you guys are willing to give them credit for.
The ONLY 100% true pirates are those with Pirate ID's. They have no other allegiences. Blood Dragons are looking to topple the present leadership of Kusari ... that's pretty much their main goal ... not piracy. Red Hessians are busy fighting with the Corsairs over ownership of much of the Omega systems. Outcasts and Corsairs are pretty much the Hispania house in a civil war. Mollys are bitter against Bretonia and the BMM over gold. Gaians are eco-terrorists. Liberty Rogues are basically thugs (mixed bag of nuts). Pirates (that is those with the Pirate ID) ... well ... they are just plain and simple pirates.
