Carson Hood

Wanted for General Acts of Piracy by the Cardassian Union, the Breen Confederacy, Nausicaa, the Ferengi Alliance, and the Gorn Hegemony

 * Robbery and/or criminal violence by ship and shuttle attacks upon ship and border-crossing, with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items and/or properties by the crew and passengers of the Black Flag


 * Illegal acts of violence or detention, acts of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew and passengers of the Black Flag

Wanted for General Acts of Piracy by the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire

 * Robbery and/or criminal violence by ship and shuttle attacks upon ship and border-crossing, with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items and/or properties before the Dominion War, by the crew and passengers of the Black Flag


 * .Illegal acts of violence or detention, acts of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew and passengers of the Black Flag

Federation Letter of Marque and Reprisal, 2373-2375

 * Letter of Marque and Reprisal converted the Black Flag, a Yeager-type, Intrepid-class starship variant, and a private merchant vessel, into Starfleet auxiliary.
 * Authorized use, pertaining to goods and effects, of/or/belonging to the Black Flag for the duration of the Dominion War, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping, including, but not limited to, all military forces of the Dominion, including Founder, Jem’Hadar, Vorta, and other allies, in addition to, Dominion supporting vessels, public or private


 * Authorized by issuing jurisdiction to cross the Federation border to effect reprisal operations (take action against an attack or injury) for the duration of the Dominion War.


 * For the duration of the Dominion War, received Federation protection and was subject to the obligations of the laws of war.


 * Required by the terms of the Letter of Marque to obey the laws of war, honor treaty obligations (avoid attacking neutrals), and in particular, to treat captives courteously and kindly
 * If prisoners are captured during the Dominion War, the enemy crew is entitled to honorable treatment as prisoners of war, under the Federation Constitution

Treaty of Bajor, 2375; Stardate: 52902.0
The United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Bajoran Republic, the Romulan Star Empire, and the Cardassian Union renounced privateering, abolishing privateering throughout the Alpha Quadrant.