Oh, and while you've piqued my interest, The Khiidkar Incident (BITS adventure, or the chapter in _Missions of State_) does, as I thought, name the chief pirate.  Captain Swing "a name taken from ancient Terran history".  He commands a 400-ton corsair called the Mordent. His stateroom is "large and lavish" and "on the wall is an Imperial Starburst with a sword slicing through it" (the symbol of the Khiidkar Freedom Force (KFF).

The text (Missions of State - so MMT rules) goes on to reveal that Captain Swing is:

Rane Haraani

Age 38

UPP: 6B988A-5

Skills: Acting-1, Brawling-1, Carousing-2, Computer-5, Equestrian-1, Grav Craft-1, Language (Vilani)-2, Leadership-1, Perception-1, Pilot-1, Short Blade-1, Recon-1, Streetwise-4, Survival-1, Tactics-2.

"After university, Rane served a few years in the Navy, and eventually resigned his commission after a dispute with his CO.  On his way home his ship was attacked and he was kidnapped.  He had been missing for twelves years... That is the story according to him, and it is partially true.  In fact, he resigned to take another job, still in service for the Imperium but requiring that he be out of the public eye.  he hints that he has been in the BIA or Naval Intelligence - or even another more clandestine Imperial organization.  He shrugs when asked to confirm this and replies, "You know I can't.  Not even to you, sir.  Perhaps if you can offer me the right authentication phrase?""

"The characters can't because there isn't one.  Rane goes on to say that he was traveling on the Stellar Velvet undercover when she was pirated.  An inside job, he thinks, but his investigation was curtailed by.... well, they know.  Rane finished by saying that he owes them a favor.  If the characters would convey him to the planet, his brother the Marquis would be very pleased to see him.  Technically, Rane has no noble status, being an illegitimate child, but he does have a blood tie."

"Rane really did quite his Navy post, and really was kidnapped.  But by then he had developed a hatred for all things Sylean, and managed to persuade his captors to let him join them.  Now he is part of the Captain Swing "character" created by the KFF.  He is the inside man, and also the brains behind many of the operations.  He knows that the authorities are closing in, and needs to find a new way to keep the hated Imperials out of Khiidkar.  his brother, in embracing the Imperium, has earned his undying hatred."

"Rane is tall, dark-haired with a neat black goatee beard.  He wears a simple tunic and trousers.  He has a swordsman's calluses and a dueling scar on his left cheek,"

Of course, as the penultimate paragraph suggest, its' more complicated than that.  So if you want named pirates, there's also

Sahl Comannii, Rebel Leader

UPP: 8CA980

Skills: Environment Combat-2, Fast Talk-2, Leadership-2, Long Blade-2, SMG-4, Tactics-2.

Possession: Cutlass, heavy vac suit, SMG

"There is evidence that Sahl Comannii, the pirate captain, is Captain Swing.  Fragments of data logs from pirated ships show her commanding the crew of Mordent.  One very clear fragment shows her ordering a merchant crew spaced.  Starport cameras have her image, and she is listed in Naval Intelligence files as a washout Naval Academy candidate who later vanished."

"But there is more to Captain Swing than Sahl Comannii.  Named for a leader of the "machine-breakers" during the Industrial Revolution on Terra, Captain Swing is a semi-fictional character, whose activities inspire the anti-Imperial KIFF.  Swing is a conglomerate entity whose main parts are Sahl Comannii and Rane Haraani.  They operate as a team, with the intent of causing commercial damage - the best way to get a Khiidkarian's attention.  Usually Haraani travels on liners and merchant ships as an "inside man", using a false identity.  After gaining access to the ship's security systems and computer, he sets up an easy target for the "pirate" vessel.  The victimized ship is usually destroyed to hinder investigation."

Ah!  The wonderful Mr Dougherty (and Neil Frier) giving us the works!

(The Khiidkar Incident from BITS covers much the same ground and adds GURPS stats to Rane.  Sahl doesn't get the formal write up she does in Missions of State but she is mentioned a couple of times.)

Hope that's of interest, it's certainly been fun revisiting both the versions of the story.  Perhaps someone will run it at TravCon so I can play it!

tc