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[Pike] So, risk assessment.

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There are reports of an
unaffiliated vessel called

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the Serene Squall carrying
out raids along the border.

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Unaffiliated?

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Pirates.

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Fun.

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[Narrator] In Episode 7 of

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Star Trek: Strange New
Worlds, the U.S.S. Enterprise

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falls prey to a group of
pirates headed

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by a charismatic leader,
Captain Angel.

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The Serene Squall is your ship.

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And now, so is the Enterprise.

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[Narrator] But their
swashbuckling encounter

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isn't the first time Star
Trek has introduced pirates

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and their ilk into the
colorful cast of characters

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who populate the galaxy.

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Pirates, sir.

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Yesterday, a Federation freighter

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was attacked in this quadrant,

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its cargo hijacked.

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[Narrator] In Star Trek:
The Animated Series,

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a band of Orion pirates steals
a shipment of dilithium,

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along with a vital medicine needed to heal

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Mr. Spock from a deadly disease.

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This is Captain Kirk.

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We have your captain as prisoner.

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Your choice, sir.

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Prepare to surrender to the Enterprise.

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[Narrator] Tendi works hard
in Star Trek: Lower Decks

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to prove there's more
to Orions than thievery.

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It was hard getting into the Academy.

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There's still a lot of
stigma around Orions.

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A lot of humans think we're
all thieves and pirates.

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[Narrator] But she and
an undercover Mariner

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have to admit piracy has its advantages

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when they turn to an Orion
pirate outpost for help.

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If the Syndicate catches me talking to--

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You'll do what I tell you
to do, you dumb-faced jerk.

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[Narrator] In the early days of Starfleet

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space exploration, Captain
Jonathan Archer's crew

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encounters Nausicaan pirates
after they attack a freighter.

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Though we don't learn
much about the pirates,

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their leader proves reasonable
when the freighter's

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revenge-seeking first
officer pursues them,

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and Archer asks the Nausicaan
captain to stand down.

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This is an NX-class starship.

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Take a good look

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because you'll be seeing more of them.

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[Narrator] Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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and the Enterprise-D crew have
a run-in with Ferengi pirates

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under less than ideal circumstances.

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Picard, Ro, Guinan, and Keiko
are turned into children

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by an anomaly.

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After boarding the Enterprise,

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the Ferengi leader, in
classic Ferengi fashion,

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declares the Enterprise a loss,

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and thereby subject to
the Ferengi Salvage Code.

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His aim is to use the
Enterprise's crew as slave labor,

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and sell the Enterprise to
the Romulans for profit.

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I believe you're in my chair.

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[Narrator] In another episode,

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the Enterprise crew is investigating

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the presumed death of Captain Picard

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when Commander Riker is kidnapped

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by a group of Romulan-led mercenaries,

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stealing ancient artifacts
around the galaxy.

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The group's goals prove
to be split, however,

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when it's revealed that
the so-called Romulan

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is really a Vulcan extremist
plotting to reassemble

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a mythological telepathic weapon.

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Go ahead, Captain.

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Pick up the phaser.

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See what good it will do.

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And no list of Star Trek's
seediest space marauders

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would be complete without
mention of Harry Mudd.

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You should refer to me as
Mudd the First,

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ruler of this entire sovereign planet.

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[Narrator] While not technically a pirate,

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Mudd's hijinks provide
consternation aplenty for both

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Kirk's Enterprise and the Discovery crew.

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You are mad.

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[Mudd] No!

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I'm Mudd.

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[Narrator] Whatever
their motives or means,

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pirates and mercenaries keep
Starfleet's best on their toes

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whenever they raise their sails
in the Star Trek Universe.

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Argh, me maties.

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if we ever catch Angel,

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we should make them walk the plank, argh.

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Please stop.