Freebooters.	Freebooters.		Freebooters.
Freebooters Freebooters. "Freeboters" are people who have elected to declare themselves independent of the UGC and other various states; Legally, they are a city-state within the territory of the Council. Most freebooters are hard-rock miners and most are orbital communities (asteroid mining), though this isn't strictly required. The colony of Bespin, for example, is a tibanna (refined and processed metallic hydrogen), while most Olympic-Class ships are either agricultural or agricultural and industrial; The colony of FBX 21555320 started out as a freebooter colony. The UGC only holds them to a 1% income tax (the UGC wide standard) and the regional property taxes, and sales taxes when buying or selling outside the freebooter system; Freebooters are allowed to vote in UGC elections, most systems also allow them to vote in regional elections. Many don't, usually as an act of defiance. Some freebooter colonies are criminal in nature; The UGC simply doesn't have the resources to patrol every system, even intermittently, thus "secret" colonies pf pirates, slavers, smugglers, etc. is fairly common. Some are spacewreck survivors; These cases are NOT prosecuted under any circumstances (especially since the "Solider Todd" incident). With extremely rare exception, the survivor-settlers aren't forced to leave, though it has happened. Establishing A Freebooter Colony; Use Space Stations stats, even if it's a landed colony.