The Fire Rats are a criminal organization and religious cult based in the Pyro system. It originated in 2563, when a group of former Pyrotechnic Amalgamated workers found themselves abandoned on Bloom (Pyro III) after their employer declared bankruptcy. Forced to eke out a living or perish, they took up residence in their former barracks. It is rumored that when resources began to run low, a large cargo ship that had been hit by a powerful stellar flare crashed near their settlement, granting them a bounty of supplies. This is believed to be the origin of their reverence for Pyro's star and its especially violent stellar activity. Today, the Fire Rats are known for shipjacking, and for sporting scars from repeated, intentional exposure to stellar flares.