Privateer

A privateer was a legitimized pirate, a private person or starship commissioned by an authority to fight or harass enemy vesselsTarkin under a letter of marque.Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide In the Anoat sector, the Trade Spine League was half-union, half-privateer network.Star Wars: Uprising
Privateers were typically given authority to conduct their operations by a governmental authority against enemies deemed hostile to that authority through a letter of marque.Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
Axe Woves and his fragment of the Mandalorian resistance became privateers around 9 ABY.According to , The Mandalorian is set five years after Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Return of the Jedi to 4 ABY, meaning that The Mandalorian is set in 9 ABY.
==Appearances==
*Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising 
*Tarkin 
*Star Wars: Uprising
*The Mandalorian – The Graphic Novel of Season 3
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*Shadow of the Sith 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
*Star Wars: Timelines
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==Notes and references==
Category:Law enforcement occupations
Category:Privateering