Pirates still attacking despite being turned off?

Hello,

 

I've just started playing and turned off pirates in the random map setup, however I'm still getting attacked by some random ships around planets. Are they just defends of an uncolonized planet, or is there something I'm missing? Screenshot below:

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/1117177889704368482/46EF185EB5E0E124C4E41C1CAF1BF960E24B058F/

Thanks

Bertie

 

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Yes, those are neutral defenders.  Turning off pirates stops them from raiding.  They will send out parties and attack player and AI owned planets.

 

There is one more way to fight neutrals as well, TEC have research for causing small neutral parties to spawn at random on enemy planets.