Elasi

"Official" source
The Elasi Pirates are a race of pirates & smugglers that are very anarchist and a bit paranoic. They are from the Star Trek 25 Aniversary game of Interplay.

continuity
The Elasi are from Elasi Prime, but they are spread in a big zone beetwen the Klingon-Federation frontier. They raid some transport lines of the Federation and Klingons in these zone. Are a humanoid species, similar to humans

They use kidnaped, kitbashed, stolen or buyed by thirds, ships from some races (and a bit of they, make by the Elasi shipyards). The most typical Elasy pirate ship in the time of Kirk, was a kitbashed D7 wich some other things form other ships. Other pirates ship are buyed to the Orion syndicate (not much, they hate the Orion Syndicate), a lot of kitbashed ships from junkyards, or some times, kidnaped ships from the Federation of the Klingons, and some time, they build ships in his shipyards, fro add kitbashing devics from other ships.

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The Elasi are high anarchist pirates & society from Elasi Prime. They mainly operate in the zone around the Klingon & Federation Frontier and Klingon Neutral Zone. They hate any type or goverment or organization (they hate Orion Syndicate so try to not mix wich it) They use hicjaked, stolen & kitbashing ships (we can see a D5 Kligon 75% hull wich a Federation warp nacels and other parts for alien ships... )Is very strange two equal Elasi ships. Of course they haven Elasi design ships, but they kitbashed wich parts of other ships. The Elasi are structured in clans, but are very diffuse, becasue the loyalty in the interior of any clan, not are very high (only beetwen brothers, and fathers and sons, are high)

The Elasi have clans, and a ... ejem...."government".

Before they get the warp engines, they have a high represive policial government, of militar rulers .... a government very near to the Nazi Germany.... In some point, they had a big revolution, liderated mainly by anarchists. They disolved any kind of goverment, and initiate the actual "point of view" of freedom for any Elasi. Wich the years, some clans,that was mainly merchants clans, get a rought kind of power, and remake a government, but based on Elasi ideas of freedom. In the fact, the Elasi "goverment", not have much real power ... only have a small army and fleet to defend the Elasi space, and keep the pace beetwen the clans. Also, have a police force, to cath the assains, and thiefs, but not much more. The Goverment, controls the relationships beetwen the Elasi and the other powers.

When the Elasi get warp engines and begin to explore the space, thy make two colonys, one in T'sera system, and other in Delta Virginis. This two colonys have a high autonomy. When the Elasi, get contact wich the Klingons, and see his agresives tendences, and they can invade the Elasi space very easy, becasue overmatch the Elasi ships & troops in number and tech. The Elasi "goverment" make a decision, put a very high dense minefild in Elasi system, and his "colonys", to avoid any attempt of invasion.

Many poor clans, begin to piracy alien ships in the Elasi space and around of it, getting his cargo, and selling it in Elasi Prime at a low price. The merchant clans, at the begin dont like it, and try to stop, but later, they see that it's much better if they buy the lowprice stolen cargos and resell to a normal price in Elasi planets or in other worlds. They result that the main source of rich and mercancy in Elasi Prime and his colonys, is the piracy!!! The Elasi "governmet" forbiden the piracy in Elasi space, but, they not cath the pirates that works out of Elasi space... They do it, to avoid that the piracy, get out any alien merchant from Elasi planets, and mainly avoid any war wich a alien race, instigated by the piracy raids.

The high density of the Elasi minefieds avoid that a Klingon ship or Federation ship, wich mission of raid the Elasi pirates, enters in Elasi system. But, this high density minefiled, is dangerus for damaged Elasi pirates ships, so they have mainly small pirates bases out of Elasi Space, in the Federation-Klingon border. Mainly are located in asteroid fields. The Elasi pirates are great pilots, so they not have much problems to pilot in at typical asteoid field.

The Elasi shipyards, make ships of standard desings and personalized designs, but they kitbashed any alien ship device or part, that they think that is better that the Elasi design.... so is dificult to see two Elasi ships equals (the military Elasi ships are maded over a standard design, and are the only 100% genuine Elasi design). Some times, they make ships that are 100% kitbashing other ships, like using a 50% of a old D5 Klingon battlecruiser, wich a Elasi bridge module, a Federation warp nacels and a Lyran photon torpedo tubes pod attached.