New Trinidad was orbited by an "impenetrable" space station held by the New Trinidad Pirates. Due to constant terran infighting and that the Terran Dominion was still recovering from the Brood War, it was impossible for terran authorities to create a standing army in the area strong enough to stop the pirates from raiding across the entire Koprulu Sector. However, the pirates went too far when they killed Jacqueline Angel, heir to Angel Shipping, by attacking the "empty" world with their siege tanks. The Terran Dominion and Angel Shipping hired mercenaries to put an end to the pirates, in which they succeeded.