Space pirates are a type of stock character from space opera and soft science fiction.[1] The archetype evolved from the air pirate trope popular from the turn of the century until the 1920s. By the 1930s, space pirates were recurring villains in the Buck Rogers comic strip. Like historical sea pirates, space pirates may be involved in slaving or smuggling in addition to raiding spacecraft and settlements.
The names are organized alphabetically by surname, or by single name if the character does not have a surname. If more than two characters are in one entry, the last name of the first character is used.
| Name | Work | Duration | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsaja | Cleopatra in Space | 2020–present | The self-declared "Queen of the Space Pirates," who heads a crew of three other pirates (Ostea, Cyborg Dwayne, and Boop), and the doppelgänger of series protagonist, Cleopatra.[2] She previously had the telepathic space shark ninja as her ex-boyfriend, and the series villain, Octavian, might be her ex-boyfriend as well. | |
| FLCL | 2000-2001 | Pirate King in this OVA, who also appears in the manga, and two anime series, FLCL Progressive and FLCL Alternative.[3] | ||
| Tenchi Muyo! GXP | 2002 | Although she named herself after Ryoko Hakubi,[4] Balta is hardly as bloodthirsty as that infamous space pirate was rumored to be, although she is notorious.[5] Even though she was a member of the dreaded Daluma pirate guild, Ryoko Balta is an educated and cultured pirate.[6] [7] She is well-versed in many customs from other planets, including the Japanese Tea Ceremony. | ||
| Lars Barriga | Steven Universe Steven Universe Future | 2013-2019 2019-2020 | A human who died on the Gem Homeworld and was resurrected by Steven, later becoming the captain of a group of fugitive gems on a stolen spaceship. He has been described as "complicated fellow" by his voice actor, Matthew Moy,[8] and was designed by series creator Rebecca Sugar when she was in college.[9] Some have said that the outfit Lars wears is reminiscent of Captain Harlock.[10] | |
| Boop | Cleopatra in Space | 2020–present | She is a doppelgänger of Mihos, Cleo's animal companion. She is on the pirate ship along with Cyborg Dwayne, Amsaja, and Ostea. His attack cry is just saying her name over and over. | |
| Space Ghost Space Ghost Coast to Coast | 1966-1967 1994-2008 | A supervillain who is portrayed as a catlike alien space pirate trying to conquer the galaxy. Cartoon Network described him as having "meager wits and the love of a peppy tune."[11] | ||
| Captain Cracker | ThunderCats ThunderCats Roar | 1985-1989 2020–present | A robotic space pirate who has a robot parrot which sits on his shoulder.[12] | |
| Cyborg Dwayne | Cleopatra in Space | 2020–present | The doppelgänger of protagonist Brian Bell who is also on the pirate ship with Ostea, Boop, and Amsaja. | |
| Spectre Gabbro Foolscap Shear Goma | Ancient Ruler Dinosaur King DKidz Adventure | 2007-2008 | Spectre, Gabbro, Foolscap, Shear, and Goma are members of the “Spectral Space Pirates” and collect cosmos stones throughout time.[13] [14] | |
| Hammerhand | ThunderCats ThunderCats Roar | 1985-1989 2020–present | The leader of the Berserkers who has a cybernetic arm that can punch and pound with great force. After he and his original Berserkers were killed, Hammerhand was later mystically resurrected by Mumm-Ra who summoned up his spirit to animate a clone of Panthro which he had created. When the plan failed, Hammerhand's spirit broke Mumm-Ra's control and the clone body shifted into Hammerhand's original form before departing. Other Berserkers are Topspinner, Ram Bam, and Cruncher, all of whom are "gold-loving" pirates and all cyborgs.[15] [16] | |
| Space Pirate Captain Harlock | 1978-1979 | Captain of the Arcadia. The character was created by Leiji Matsumoto in 1977 and popularized in the 1978 television series Space Pirate Captain Harlock.[17] Since then, the character has appeared in numerous animated television series and films, like Arcadia of My Youth, the latest of which is 2013's Space Pirate Captain Harlock. Harlock has achieved notable popularity. Several anime and manga characters have been, in some way, inspired by Matsumoto's creation. Naoko Takeuchi drew inspiration from Harlock's stoic qualities ("strong, silent, unshakeable") when designing the character of Tuxedo Mask,[18] while Last Exile Alex Row was modeled after the Captain.[19] His basic character design is even thought to be a source of inspiration for Osamu Tezuka's manga character Black Jack. | ||
| Marika Kato | Bodacious Space Pirates | 2012 | In the far future where space travel is the norm, Marika Kato, born and raised in the Tau Ceti planet Morningstar, is the newly recruited teenage captain of the space pirate ship Bentenmaru, inheriting the title from her deceased father.[20] Apart from the anime series, she appeared in the manga series of the same name, and the 2014 film, .[21] | |
| Ririka Kato | Bodacious Space Pirates | 2012 | She is the mother of Marika, the captain of the Bentenmaru, and wife of Gonzaemon Kato (otherwise known as Captain Ironbeard), the captain of the Parabellum pirate ship, and was once a space pirate known as "Blaster Ririka". Sometime after Marika becomes the captain of the Bentenmaru, she joins the crew of the Parabellum. | |
| Duelo McFile | Vandread | 2000-2001 | Duelo quickly takes over medical emergencies often at the objection of the female pirates, but ignores them, assuring the crew members that he is not a threat. Since he is the only licensed medical practitioner on board the Nirvana, as well as being that the medical facilities on board the female pirate ship were no longer operational, the female pirates were left with no choice but to have him as their official doctor.[22] | |
| Mito | Space Pirate Mito | 1999 | Mito masquerades as a fashion model, but is actually a legendary space pirate.[23] | |
| Hondo Ohnaka | Star Wars: The Clone Wars Star Wars Rebels | 2008-2020 2014-2018 | Leader of the Weequay space pirates, known as the Ohnaka Gang, which kidnaps, and attempts to ransom, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Count Dooku—and later Ahsoka Tano—to the highest bidder during the Clone Wars.[24] He follows a code of honor and respects the Jedi, but is not above using sneaky tactics and treachery if it is for "good business". Years after the Clone Wars, despite losing his crew to the Galactic Empire, Hondo continues his criminal activities while having dealings with the Rebellion crew of the Ghost.[25] He also rebuilt the Slave I ship, which Boba Fett took control of following his father's death, and Boba Fett kept it for years onward.[26] | |
| 1973-1974 | The first appearance of a male Orion was shown in the episode "The Pirates of Orion".[27] In the episode, these Orions are shown to be ruthless pirates,[28] As such, some recommended this episode for featuring the trio of characters Kirk, Spock, and Bones of The Original Series.[29] Later, the Orion Syndicate was mentioned in , but no actual Orions were seen, only members of other species.[30] | |||
| Ostea | Cleopatra in Space | 2020–present | A doppelgänger of series protagonist Akila Theoris, she is a pirate in the same crew as Cyborg Dwayne and Amsaja. She is a pirate who apparently edits, or a major contributor, to a newsletter for space pirates. | |
| Black Patch | Colonel Bleep | 1957-1960 | Part of the titular colonel's intergalactic rogues' gallery[31] in this first color cartoon series made for television.[32] | |
| Pirate Clans | Exosquad | 1993-1994 | In the first season of this series, a group of humans defend their homeworlds from attack when under attack from these rogue pirates and humanoids,[33] a theme which continues in season 2.[34] | |
| Sinbad and the Space Pirates | Challenge of the Super Friends | 1978 | Space pirates come to Earth to loot its treasure in the second part of episode 4.[35] | |
| Herc Starsailor | Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors | 1985-86 | A pirate, mercenary and captain of the space barge Pride of the Skies.[36] | |
| Magno Vivan | Vandread | 2000-2001 | The commander of the pirates and everyone addresses her as Boss (Okashira in the Japanese version, which was translated as "captain").[37] She sees her crew as her children and she hold them in high esteem, also she hold a picture of any of the crew who have left/died displayed when Gascogne apparently dies and she places her picture inside the cabinet. |
| Name | Work | Duration | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who | 1963-1989 2005–present | Ex-convict, pirate and mercenary hired by the Time Lords to destroy Daleks in this comic, also appearing in the Deceit novel in 1993, traveling across the galaxy on his starship which is named the "Kill-Wagon."[38] [39] | ||
| Black Barney | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D. | 1929-1967 | In this comic strip, Barney begins as a space pirate and later becomes a friend of Buck Rogers.[40] [41] | |
| Cobra | Cobra | 1978-1984 | Appearing in this manga, then later in a film, anime, original video animation, Cobra is a notorious rogue pirate who refuses to align with a federation of star systems or a guild of pirates, meaning that he has to keep his identity hidden.[42] In the process, he teams up with Jane, a bounty hunter who is trying to find her sisters, with their goal to liberate a treasure from the planet of Mars. | |
| Queen Emeraldas Galaxy Express 999 Space Pirate Captain Harlock | 1978-1979 1977-1981 1977-1979 | Spinoff character from Galaxy Express 999 and Capt. Harlock in Leiji Matsumoto universe. Sister of Maetel from GE999. In the manga, ahe comforts the series protagonist, Hiroshi Umino, who escapes Earth on a freighter,[43] and is fascinated by him, as she fled Earth in the past to a ship which she designed herself.[44] Addiionally, Emeraldas shows up in the animate films Galaxy Express 999 (1977) and Space Battleship Yamato (1974). | ||
| Ironwolf | Weird Worlds | 1972-1974 2011 | Antihero resisting the tyrannical Empress Hernandez. He first appeared in the last three issues of Weird Worlds, a comics anthology series published by American company DC Comics from 1972 to 1974.[45] and was created by Howard Chaykin, who plotted and drew the stories.[46] | |
| Explorers on the Moon | 1953-59 | The disgraced former aide to the King of Syldavia who attempts to steal Professor Calculus' rocket for the Stalinist regime of Borduria, and abandon Captain Haddock and the Thompsons on the moon.[47] | ||
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D. | 1929-1967 | Flamboyant 25th century crime boss, later dictator of earth and Saturn, with a fleet of spacecraft and raygun-toting henchmen who appeared in the Buck Rogers comic strip and its subsequent 1939 Buck Rogers serial film produced by Universal Studios,[48] [49] the 1979 film and subsequent TV series. Some reviewers believe that when measured against other serial villains such as Ming the Merciless, Killer Kane pales somewhat in comparison.[50] | ||
| Jonathan Rockhal | Nathan Never | 1991–present | A space pirate captain. John Silver, whose name was inspired by Long John Silver, a man with a mechanical leg, is his second-in-command, who appeared in these comics.[51] Before they turned to piracy, they were generals of the Federal Army of Earth. Also in the comic series is a former space pirate named Madoc, a friend of Rebecca "Legs" Weaver, a colleague of the protagonist.[52] | |
| Kaguyo Ryuutsugi | Space Pirate (manga series) | 2019–present | The blue-haired, arrogant and often impatient main character of the Space Pirate manga series. A known criminal among the Blue Sun Empire and son of the late Omega Pirate. | |
| Uncanny X-Men | 1963-2019 | A team of space pirates, led by Corsair, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.[53] The Starjammers first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #107 (October 1977) and were created by Dave Cockrum.[54] The name "Starjammers" was created on the basis of the type of sailing ship known as "Windjammer". | ||
| Elon Cody Starbuck | Star Reach | 1974-1979 | In this 1970s comic,[55] Starbuck is a "rollicking space pirate" and swashbuckler who was sometimes a hero, and other times a villain who has some redeeming qualities.[56] [57] [58] Some have also said that Lieutenant Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica was based on Starbuck in this comic series.[59] | |
| The Star Pirate | Planet Comics | 1940-1953 | Called the "Robin Hood of the space lanes," looked very much like the DC Comics hero Starman, and appeared between issues #12 and #64. Among several artists, George Appel produced a dozen early issues, while the bulk of issues #33-51 were drawn by Murphy Anderson, whose additions transformed the Pirate into "an almost completely new strip."[60] Three late issues (#59-61) are credited to newspaper comic strip artist Leonard Starr.[61] | |
| Marvel Super-Heroes Guardians 3000 | 1967-1982 2014 | Blue skinned space pirate and mercenary, mentor to Star-Lord in this comic book and later film. The Earth-616 version of Yondu has been identified by writer Sam Humphries as "the great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather of the Yondu in the original Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians 3000."[62] On this Earth, Yondu is the leader of The Ravagers, a group of Space Pirates. Yondu finds Peter Quill when his ship malfunctions and strands him on Earth.[63] The Ravagers rescue him as Peter tries to steal his ship, managing to outsmart every member of the crew and capturing Yondu. After Yondu frees himself from his restraints and attacks Peter, he gives him a choice between letting himself be released into space without more trouble or execution. Peter instead asks to join his crew. Yondu is initially skeptical of this idea, but after he learns Peter, like him, is a homeless orphan, Yondu allows him to stay on the ship with the Ravagers as their cleaning boy. Peter uses the opportunity to learn everything he can from space.[64] Later, Yondu makes him an official Ravager.[65] |
| Name | Work | Year | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dagg Dibrim | 1985 | In this space opera and animated film,[66] Dagg is a pirate, crystal smuggler, and sidekick to the protagonist.[67] [68] [69] [70] Some have said he "resembles Burt Reynolds but behaves like Harrison Ford's Han Solo."[71] | ||
| Brock Donnelly | Max Cloud | 2020 | In this film by director Martin Owen, Brock Donnelly is a space pirate with confusing motives, arriving suddenly in the story and often changing is allegiances.[72] | |
| Captain CJ "Hawk" Hawkens | Space Raiders | 1983 | Roguish protagonist and space pirate in this space opera, which is Roger Corman's dark spin on Star Wars.[73] [74] | |
| Tex Hex | 1988 | This animated Space Western, based on the animated series of the same name, has an evil purple-skinned outlaw, minion to the demon Stampede.[75] | ||
| Thunderbirds Are Go | 1966 | Telepathic criminal mastermind who attempts to hijack the Zero-X spacecraft. | ||
| Nabel | Space Truckers | 1996 | A scientist who is later revealed to be a pirate captain of the Regalia named Macanudo, who rebuilt his grievously injured body and went into piracy as revenge against Saggs for betraying him.[76] [77] | |
| The Chronicles of Riddick | 2004 | Escaped convict and last of the alien Furian race.[78] Riddick was once a mercenary, then part of a security force,[79] and later a soldier and ruler of the Necromongers. | ||
| Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | 1977 | A pirate,[80] mercenary and spice smuggler, best friend to the dog-like alien Chewbacca and lover to Princess Leia.[81] In designing Solo, George Lucas used Humphrey Bogart as a point of reference, with Solo developing into a "tough James Dean style starpilot" that would appear in the finished film.[82] After his appearance in a New Hope, he also appeared in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi in 1983, in 2015, in 2018, and in 2019, along with in the Star Wars Holiday Special, the Star Wars Forces of Destiny series, and many other parts of the Star Wars franchise. | ||
| Mark Watney | The Martian | 2015 | Watney, a botanist,[83] notes with some glee that his plan to commandeer a NASA lander without explicit permission, as part of his rescue from being stranded on Mars, under his interpretation of applicable laws means that he is history's first "space pirate": citing that due to the Outer Space Treaty Mars is considered international territory, and citing that under the Law of the Sea, he is essentially hijacking a vessel without permission in international waters, "which, by definition, makes me a pirate." Other analysts have argued that he technically wasn't committing an act of piracy, however, due to the facts that 1 - it has not yet been explicitly established if the same laws for international waters apply to international territory such as Mars or Antarctica, 2 - "Piracy" explicitly refers to robbery by force from a crew, not "theft" of an uncrewed vessel as Watney did, and 3 - under space law, the vessel Watney was stealing would be considered U.S. territory and NASA property, and Watney was already a U.S. NASA astronaut.[84] |
| Name | Work | Release Date | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelina | Stainless Steel Rat | 1961-2010 | Criminal mastermind with a powerful space battleship who becomes Jim's lover.[85] | |
| Boskone | Lensman | 1948-1954 | Galactic-wide pirate organization.[86] in this influential space opera.[87] | |
| Bull Coxine | Tom Corbett, Space Cadet | 1952-1956 | Pirate who in 2353 led a breakout from the Solar Alliance prison asteroid and proceeded to prey upon various spacecraft until Tom Corbett and his unit mates Roger Manning and Astro defeated him.[88] [89] | |
| Murdoch Juan | "The Pirate" | 1968 | A bold space adventurer in this story, which is part of The Psychotechnic League series.[90] Whether Murdoch is to be actually defined as a pirate, or rather as a very daring but legitimate entrepreneur, is a major issue on which the whole story turns. In another one of his stories, the pirates are desperate to destroy the protagonist "before he can bring the information to the authorities."[91] | |
| Drongo Kane | 1967-1976 | A pirate captain who is the villain in several books,[92] [93] [94] comes from the planet Austral, and other books mention the planet Australis in another part of the galaxy.[95] His story "The Mountain Movers" (part of Grimes' early career) includes the song of future Australian space adventurers, sung to the tune of "Waltzing Matilda." The Duchy of Waldegren is also a popular haunt of several notorious space-pirates (no individual names given) in the series. | ||
| Talon Karrde | Thrawn trilogy | 1991-1993 | Karrde is a smuggler chief who becomes the leader of the criminal underworld after the death of Jabba Desilijic Tiure.[96] The author of the trilogy, Timothy Zahn, said that when he created the character he "always envisioned the face and voice of Avon" from Blake's Seven.[97] | |
| Kraiklyn | Consider Phlebas | 1987 | Captain of the pirate ship Clear Air Turbulence, an avid gambler who leads his crew on two disastrous raids before being killed by the main character Horza.[98] [99] [100] | |
| Krys and Jolly U | Alisa Selezneva | 1965-2003 | Krys is a shape-shifter, and Jolly U is a fat humanoid. They appear as Alisa's antagonists in several books and their adaptations, such as The Mystery of the Third Planet[101] and Guest from the Future. | |
| Manjanungo | Race Across the Stars | 1982-1984 | A bloodthirsty space pirate in this novel, which is part of the Spaceways series.[102] | |
| Carson Napier | Venus Series | 1932-1962 | A dashing space-traveler, got to Venus by mistake, discovered there a tyrannical regime which sorely needed opposing - and the best way to do that was to assume leadership of the Pirates of Venus (also the title of the first book in the Venus series).[103] [104] | |
| Red Peri | The Red Peri | 1935 | Peri is the novel's protagonist and space pirate who has a base on the Moon.[105] Additionally, some said that "the background is imaginative, but the romance is on the level of the shopgirl pulps, and the writing leaves much to be desired,"[106] with David Bowman's helmetless spacewalk in 2001: A Space Odyssey inspired by Frank Keene's escape from the pirate base the novel.[107] | |
| Garris Shrike | Han Solo Trilogy | 1997-1998 | Space pirate, con artist, and mercenary who captured Han Solo as a child, turning him into a thief, while serving as his mentor.[108] [109] A similar character, named Tobias Beckett appeared in the film.[110] | |
| Star Seekers | | 2011 2014 | Transformer Pirates with a vendetta against Cybertron led by Thundertron, even appearing in the 2014 storyline for BotCon.[111] Thundertron also appeared as a figure in the toyline. Reportedly, Transformers Prime would have introduced pirates if it has continued.[112] Also, there was the Dread Pirate Crew which appeared in Transformers: Wings Universe, a universe based on the original cartoon, depicted in comics, and prose stories.[113] | |
| Booster Terrik | X-Wing | 1996-2012 | Terrik was a criminal who was imprisoned by protagonist Corran Horn's father, as well as an old friend of another protagonist Wedge Antilles.[114] Later in the series, Horn marries Terrik's daughter Mirax, despite Terrik's initial objections. | |
| Gammis Turek | Vatta's War | 2003-2008 | Formerly a little-known gang boss based out of Woosten, though thanks to time and planning he becomes leader of the biggest pirate organization in the history of the universe, as shown in the last three novels of the series, Engaging the Enemy (2006)[115] and Command Decision (2007).[116] | |
| Unnamed | Barbary Station | 2017 | A pair of engineers join a group of space pirates but the engineers work to "take down a sinister AI" so they can gain the trust of the crew.[117] |
| Name | Work | Duration | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultraman Z | 2020 | They are a race of pirates born in a clutches of 10,000. They made their reputation by stealing weapons from their defeated opponents. Prior to the series, Ultraman Zero encountered a Barossa that fought using trickery. The Barossas are designed by Kengo Kusunoki as an alien that will represent the Reiwa era of Japan[118] and are villains in the series.[119] [120] [121] | ||
| Blake's Seven | 1978-81 | Blake is a political dissident and captain of the spaceship Liberator who leads his crew of thieves, freedom fighters and smugglers against the evil Terran Federation.[122] | ||
| 1999-2007 | An astronaut from Earth who travels to a distant galaxy through a wormhole and joins the space pirate crew of the sentient starship Moya. | |||
| Divatox | Power Rangers Turbo | 1997 | In this series, Divatox is an intergalactic space pirate and villain.[123] In the 1997 film, she is seeking his golden key to traverse an inter-dimensional gateway and enter into matrimony with Maligore, an imprisoned demon who promises her great riches and power.[124] | |
| Tylon Gershom | Space Precinct | 1994-95 | A smuggler of alien refugees who murders Lt. Brogan's informant on the planet Altor.[125] | |
| Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger | 2011-2012 | Characters from a Super Sentai series who travel to Earth in search of the "Greatest Treasure in the Universe", only to be dragged into a battle with an invading alien force called the Space Empire Zangyack.[126] | ||
| Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds | Firefly | 2002 | Former rebel Browncoat soldier and captain of Serenity, who has been described as someone that is "everything that a hero is not."[127] He is a survivor who tries to stay alive and get by,[128] raised by his mother and "about 40 hands" on a ranch on the planet Shadow.[129] He occasionally surprises his friends by displaying familiarity with disparate literature varying from the works of Xiang Yu[130] to poems[131] by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, though he has no idea "who" Mona Lisa is. | |
| Thadiun Okona | 1987-94 | In this sci-fi retelling of Romeo and Juliet, Okona is a Han Solo-like thief and smuggler who ends a long-running feud between two powerful families by transporting a valuable ancestral jewel to princess Yanar of Altia on behalf of his best friend Benzan of Thesia.[132] | ||
| Camina Drummer | The Expanse | 2015-2022 | In the fifth and sixth seasons of the show, Camina Drummer (formerly head of security at Tycho Space Station) joins a commune of space pirates using the ships Dewalt, Mowtang, and Tynan. | |
| Klaus Ashford | The Expanse | 2015-2022 | Before the events of the series, Klaus Ashford was the captain of the Tynan, a pirate ship. Eventually he leaves this lifestyle, and the Tynan is used to stop space pirates for the OPA. Eventually the ship becomes a pirate ship again, this time under captain Camina Drummer. | |
| Firefly | 2002 | She is a very crafty and amoral con artist who assumes convenient identities to commit grand thefts, is known to seduce—and frequently marry, and an occasional ship thief.[133] | ||
| Alonzo P. Tucker | Lost in Space | 1965-1968 | Inspired by Long John Silver, especially as portrayed by Robert Newton in this series, which was "aimed primarily at children."[134] He is introduced in the episode "The Sky Pirate" as a human rogue of sorts,[135] [136] [137] and is clearly defined as a space pirate by TV Guide.[138] |
| Name | Work | ReleaseDate | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Metal Pirates | 2008 | Although Alestorm usually sing about sea pirates from the golden age of piracy, the subject of this song is time-travelling space pirates with a cosmic battleship of steel. | ||
| Tide Is High | 1980 | In the music video, Blondie and her group board a rocketship, collide with a flying saucer, and confront an alien resembling Darth Vader. | ||
| Scumdogs of the Universe | 1990 | Alien space pirates unleash a reign of terror on Earth.[139] |
| Name | Work | Release Date | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Captain Dread | Hashtronauts: Joint Game Cruiser | 2022 | Toking Space Pirate and leader of the STAR Party International. Join Star Captain Dread on a campaign to commandeer the direction of the world's future by joining the Hashtronauts at Starport420.online. Star Captain Dread is an entertainer, creator of board games, video games, music, and actively blogs about Space politics and futurism - who is featured as the main character in the Hashtronauts: Joint Game Cruiser (arcade) video game for the web. | |
| Kaptin Bluddflagg | 2011 | Leader of the Ork Freebootaz who wants to pillage the Aurelia sector with his fleet of stolen Imperial cruisers. Is famous for stealing the hats of defeated enemies.[140] | ||
| Black Sun Pirates | 2006 | This game contains a non-playable faction called the Black Sun Pirates, who are a large gang of mercenaries.[141] In addition, during the Clone Wars, the criminal elements which comprised the Black Sun syndicate flourished, and it was led by a "cabal of Falleen nobles" on Mustafar,[142] [143] appearing in the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.[144] and in a comic book series.[145] | ||
| Captain Blackbeard | Megaman Battle Network 6 | 2005-2006 | This game includes a WWW member named Captain Blackbeard, an operator of Diveman.EXE who dressed as a sailor.[146] He is also known as Captain Kurohige in Japan. | |
| The Bonne Family | Mega Man Legends | 1997-1998 | This video game consists of Teisel,[147] Tron, Bon, and 40 Servbots.[148] [149] and the youngest brother, Bon Bonne, who can only say one word—"Babu!" The Bonnes are accompanied by forty Servbots, robots under the care of Tron.[150] They are air pirates in their own series, only being space pirates in the crossovers Namco × Capcom[151] and Project X Zone.[152] | |
| Jackals | Halo 2 | 2004 | A sci-fi race of reptilian-like creatures who are notorious for piracy in space in this video game.[153] | |
| Metroid | 1986-2017 | A dragon-like alien that is a top ranking member of the space pirates.[154] | ||
| Sally | Fallout 3 | 2008-2009 | A child victim of alien abduction who helps the Vault Dweller take over Mothership Zeta, destroy an enemy flying saucer, and plunder the aliens' advanced technology.[155] The rest of her crew include the samurai Toshiro Kago, the mercenary Somah, doctor Elliot Tecorian, and the cowboy Paulson. | |
| Space Pirates | 2012 | Futuristic, seemingly mechanical beings, and antagonists.[156] They act as enemies of Pit and the Underworld Army where they roam the Galactic Sea and steal the constellations. Besides the generic Space Pirates,[157] among the members of the Space Pirates are the Space Pirate Captain, Space Pirate Commando, and Space Pirate Sniper. They are reportedly called "Star Thieves" in Japan. |