Fiction:AAA Republic

The AAA Mining Republic is a peaceful Democratic Republic who mainly mines and sells spice. It is a young republic founded by two friends on earth. As such, it has good relations with earth. It is well known as one of the greatest spice traders, but this has drawbacks, such as pirate raids on freighters. And so, it has a small military of mostly capital A shaped dual person fighters armed with ion torpedoes and low powered plasma cannons, controlled by the gunner. Its largest ship is a modified Capital class ship turned mega-freighter.