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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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Traditionally, pirates are remembered as raiders who prowled the seas of [[Earth]], hijacking merchant shipping. But the important point is that they did it on the ''water'' - when humanity broke free of the constraints of Earth's atmosphere, it was almost inevitable that space piracy would become the new lucrative threat to shipping. By the 24th century, space piracy was widespread enough for the UNSC to adopt the [[UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2315]], which authorizes the summary execution of pirates by the forces of an officially recognized government.{{Ref/Reuse|law}} The budding threat of piracy in space also contributed to the creation of the [[Colonial Military | Traditionally, pirates are remembered as raiders who prowled the seas of [[Earth]], hijacking merchant shipping. But the important point is that they did it on the ''water'' - when humanity broke free of the constraints of Earth's atmosphere, it was almost inevitable that space piracy would become the new lucrative threat to shipping. By the 24th century, space piracy was widespread enough for the UNSC to adopt the [[UNSC Convention on Admiralty Law of 2315]], which authorizes the summary execution of pirates by the forces of an officially recognized government.{{Ref/Reuse|law}} The budding threat of piracy in space also contributed to the creation of the [[Colonial Military Authority]] in [[2310]], one of its main functions being the protection of colonial vessels from raiders as humanity began [[human colonies|interstellar expansion]].<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''', ''page 69'' (2011)</ref> This laid the foundation for the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s military presence in the [[Outer Colonies]]; the very involvement which would later provoke the colonists' ire and contribute to the sparking of the [[Insurrection]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 356''</ref> | ||
The [[Insurrectionist]] movement was frequently engaged in pirate activities, and by [[2517]], pirates were considered a serious threat to vessels traveling in the Outer Colonies without an armed escort.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 14'' (2001)</ref> Groups such as the [[Eridanus rebels]] based themselves in the system's asteroid belt—most prominently the habitat known as [[Eridanus Secundus]]—using it as a base of operations for their activities throughout the Insurrection and well into the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 253-255'' (2003)</ref> | The [[Insurrectionist]] movement was frequently engaged in pirate activities, and by [[2517]], pirates were considered a serious threat to vessels traveling in the Outer Colonies without an armed escort.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 14'' (2001)</ref> Groups such as the [[Eridanus rebels]] based themselves in the system's asteroid belt—most prominently the habitat known as [[Eridanus Secundus]]—using it as a base of operations for their activities throughout the Insurrection and well into the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 253-255'' (2003)</ref> | ||