Delmaasi pirates

The Delmaasi pirates originated from the Delmaas system of the Outer Rim Territories. The group was active during the latter years of the Republic Era. After the Clone Wars erupted, fought from 22 BBY to 19 BBY, the Confederacy of Independent Systems had supported piracy and privateering organizations, although secretly as numerous Separatist worlds had suffered from pirate raids for centuries. Offering government-issued letters of marque into their naval force, Head of State Count Dooku neglected capturing those that opposed the Galactic Republic, including the Delmaasi pirates. He instead contracted them through signed terms to exclusively target the Republic and even agreed to purchase their stolen materiel from the democracy.

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