![]() ![]() Then the Navy must launch a major operation in the area, sweeping through asteroid fields and sending away teams to search out and clear bases and pi rate nes ts. Pirate bases, which are not found and destroyed, have been kno wn to grow and grow, ga theri ng ma ny s hi ps and men until a system will be so infested with raiders and plunderers that it threatens the safe rule and stability of the system. One of the Imperial Navy’s many duties is to hunt down pirate bases and keep the shipping lanes safe for merchant traffic. They lack the firepower to fight fleet engagements against hea vy armoured and armed I mperial warships, so must launch surprise ambushes and hit and run attacks, always using their wits to stay one step ahea d of I mperi al N av y v ess els. Pi rate fleets are an as sem bl ed mi s-ma sh of stolen and salvaged vessels, often-refitted transports taken in raids. Such pirate havens are a constant thorn in the Imperium’s side, raiding outposts and isolated colonies and ambushing transport ves sels. ![]() They survive by living off the Imperium’s merchant and supply convoys. Pirate bases act as a safe haven for every criminal, miscreant, heretic and rebel throughout the Imperium. ![]() Many are rebellious groups, who see themselves as freedom fighters against the tyranny of Imperial rule. ![]() Their ranks are filled with deserters from the Imperial Guard and I mperi al N av y, as wel l as those fleein g ha rsh Imperial justice and sentences in distant systems. Hiding away on fringe worlds, uninhabited moons or in asteroid belts these men form pirate fleets. Witho ut th e guidance and protection of the Emperor this human flotsam and jetsam often fall into the service of darker powers, but many do not. On the fringes of Imperium systems lie many renega des, exil es a nd me rcenaries. ![]()
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