Space Pirates are ghosts who work for the Kimeran Pirates, a mercenary organization. Two of them are known by name, Twitch and Manic.
They had superior combat ability compared to most other ghosts from their era, but preferred to use stealth rather than murder, as killing opponents tended to draw attention.
They had access to high technology from Velichek, a Kimeran Pirate scientist; they could cloak for longer periods. They also used low-energy Lockdown shells which the Kimeran Pirates had stolen.
The ghost disables enemy mechanical or robotic units. Targets may not attack, move, or use abilities; passive detection and cloaking are disabled. Lockdown may be removed by a medic's restoration ability.
A nuclear silo may build and store one missile each.
A ghost launches and "aims" the nuclear missile at a targeted location. The missile arrives 14 seconds after. The ghost must aim for the entire duration; if the ghost takes any other action, or the ghost is killed, or the missile is cancelled, the launch is aborted and the missile is wasted.
The launch is broadcast to all players with the audio and visual message "Nuclear Launch Detected." The targeted location is visible to all players as a small flashing red dot.
The missile deals 500 damage or removes two-thirds of total hit points (whichever is greater) to all units within a wide blast radius. One nuke kill most units, and critically damage most buildings. Two nukes will destroy nearly anything. Without Ocular Implants, the ghost's targeting distance is within the blast radius.
