The Ranier Pirates were a pirate group that officially called itself the "navy" of the Ranier System, and harrassed shipping in the Phoenix Cluster in the 17th Century PD. Their continued harrassment of Manticoran trade led to an eventual intervention by a Royal Manticoran Navy strike force led by Edward Saganami, who finally defeated them in what became known as the Ranier War. (Companion, SITS)