User blog comment:B1littlehero/Speculation of the Origin of Species/@comment-4452849-20140612235154/@comment-160529-20140613001722

sure they are pirates now, but i dont think that they were pirates before... I feel like some cataclysm totally wrecked their once noble culture and they are trying to pick up the pieces.

As for the hive... I have no idea... I feel like the hive are the main foot soldiers of the Darkness, and that they likely burrowed into the moon to try and recover after they lost... biding their time.