Their ships usually don't have the engine power of other ships- for example, the Orion light cruiser might have 25 or 27 power while Empire races have 31. Generally speaking, the pirate ships are manuverable and have average shields. Because they have all the technology this makes them a very formidable enemy, and not an enemy to be taken lightly. The Orion Pirate ships are very strange in comparison to the other government ships, Orion ships tend to have all kinds of different technology from all of the major governments. The Crimson Shadow (The House of Korgath).In addition to these 8 which were in the original Starfleet Command II: Empires at War there are 8 Pirate cartels.
