The pirates' greatest combat force was the battle frigate, the rest of the ships could be considered more for harassment and assault, but they could not travel blatantly in a war frigate, no ship worth its salt would ever approach a ship of those characteristics, but nevertheless having a couple of freighters on the radar heading to one of the colonies or space stations did not attract attention. The frigate was safely inside one of the freighters, while the other carried the cruisers and fast ships. Only when they had a prey in sight would they deploy effectively and forcefully.