The Sect is a pseudo-nation of pirates within the confederation of pirates. It is by far the largest of the kind of pirate republics that form a large number of the pirate havens throughout the galaxy. The Sect was formed by the forceful takeover of the Vesta corporation by a group known as the consortium, leading to the establishment of a near monopoly on the selling of pirate craft, generating the immense wealth needed to expand the Sect this much. Somewhere liek 30% of the entire confederation is part of the Sect's fleet, they operate the largest single pirate fleet of the entire confederation and are one of the only groups capable of building true capital ships for those fleets. The Sect is also the main leader of the Coalition, using it to both defend their interests and expand influence over other pirate fleets.