Space pirate

Space pirates are science fiction or fantasy character archetypes who operate as pirates in outer space as opposed to on the sea: capturing and plundering ships for cargo, money, and the ships themselves.

Works of fiction vary widely in how they characterize and explore the archetype, just as with classical and modern depictions of pirates. Pirates may be depicted as protagonists, antagonists, neutral parties, redshirts, anti-heroes and so forth.

The term Space pirate may refer to:

*The Space Pirates, one of the main antagonists and species of the "Metroid" video game series
*"Space Pirates" (video game), a light-gun Laserdisc video game
*"Space Pirates" (novel), the eighth book in the "Ryder Hook" series (written in German)
*"Space Pirates" (series), a children's television series on CBeebies
*Isaac Asimov's novel "Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids"
*"The Space Pirates"", a 1969 serial of "Doctor Who"
* Lars Fuchs from the "Grand Tour" series of novels by Ben Bova
*Orions (Star Trek), who menaced many space travelers in the original "Star Trek" TV series
*Starjammers, a team of space pirates from the pages of the "X-Men" comic books
* [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Des%27maric_Pirates Des'maric Pirates] or [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cavrilhu_Pirates Cavrilhu Pirates] , among [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Pirates others] , in the fictional "Star Wars" Expanded Universe
*Captain Harlock and Queen Emeraldas, in the fictional anime and manga universe created by Leiji Matsumoto
*Turanic Raiders of the "Homeworld" series.
* The Kei Pirates syndicate on the anime series "Outlaw Star"
* The protagonists of the anime "Sol Bianca", April, Feb, Jani, Jun, and Mayu, who are space pirates
*Ryoko from the anime and manga "Tenchi Muyo!"
*The Spelljammer campaign of "Dungeons and Dragons"
*Space Pirates is a new extension to the game Entropia Universe

ee also

*List of space pirates