In James Blish's Cities In Flight, Interstellar Master Traders (IMT), also known as "the Mad Dogs," sack the planet, Thor V, then migrate to the Greater Magellanic Cloud where they are eventually destroyed by Earth cops in the mistaken belief that IMT is New York.
In Poul Anderson's "A Tragedy of Errors," raiders calling themselves "friends" sack the planet, Nike, but, more plausibly, are never identified or apprehended - as far as we know. Maybe the eventual fate of the "friends" should join our list of unanswered questions about Poul Anderson's Technic History?
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Kaor, Paul!
Maybe, if we knew more about these vicious marauders.
Who remembers ALL the swarming bands of Viking pirates who harried the British Isles and France in the bloodiest years of the Viking Age?
Ad astra! Sean
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