MOD:WCU:TheGuild

Zachary Banfeld is the leader of "The Guild," a loose association of ship captains and businessmen from a dozen worlds on the frontier, not just within the Landreich. They formed during the war ostensibly for mutual defense; they pooled funds and bought weapons to arm merchant ships, and bought antique Confed carriers and fighters. There are stories that the Guild operates as privateers or pirates, raiding shipping and remote outposts. These stories are likely true. (False Colors, 262)

Banfeld works with the Belisarius Group; he worked for the Confederation during the War and managed to turn a profit. (False Colors, 263).