Ravagers

"You're gonna listen to what I gotta say!" "I don't gotta listen to nothing. You betrayed the code. Ravagers don't deal in kids!" "I told you before, I didn't know what was going on..." "You didn't know 'cause you didn't wanna know, 'cause that made you rich." "I demand a seat on the table. I wear these flames, same as you!" "You may dress like us, but you'll never hear the horns of freedom when you die Yondu, and the colors of Ogord will never flash over your grave."

- Yondu Udonta and Stakar Ogord

The Ravagers are an interstellar crime syndicate comprising of thieves, smugglers, criminals, bandits, mercenaries, bounty-hunters and pirates. There are nearly one hundred factions of Ravagers around the Galaxy. Each faction of the Ravagers has a captain of its own, leading their operations.

Freeing Yondu
Stakar Ogord and his clan freed Yondu Udonta from a life of slavery in the Kree Empire and welcomed him to the Ravagers, eventually giving him his own clan.

Child Trafficking
Yondu and his clan started working for Ego delivering his offspring to him. In 1988, they abducted Peter Quill to return him to Ego, but Yondu neglected to do so when he saw Ego was killing every child he delivered.

Exiling Yondu
"If you think I take pleasure in exiling you, you're wrong. You broke all our hearts."

- Stakar Ogord to Yondu Udonta

Upon knowing his protegee was trafficking children, Stakar Ogord unwillingly exiled Yondu and all his clan for breaking the Ravagers code.

Quest for the Orb
"You betrayed me! Steal my money! When I picked you up as a kid, these boys wanted to eat you. They ain’t never tasted Terran before. I saved your life!" "Oh, will you shut up about that? God! Twenty years, you’ve been throwing that in my face, like it’s some great thing, not eating me!"

- Yondu Udonta and Star-Lord

In 2014, Peter Quill, who now went by the alias of "Star-Lord", went to Morag and stole an Orb that the Ravagers were hired to receive for a third party, double-crossing the other Ravagers to sell the Orb himself.

On Knowhere, the Ravagers eventually found Quill, and he turned himself in to them. Quill negotiated a deal with Yondu to hand over the Orb in exchange for help to stop a Kree terrorist called Ronan the Accuser from using the Orb to destroy Xandar. On Xandar, numerous M-ships went to fight Ronan's forces, and Yondu was shot down. Quill and his team, known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, managed to win the fight against Ronan while many of the Ravagers were preoccupied with Ronan's forces. Afterwards, Quill pretended to give Yondu the orb, but secretly swapped it with a. The Yondu and Kraglin later discussed that it was a good thing they did not give Quill to his father as they were hired to do.

Meeting in Contraxia
To be added.

Mutiny
To be added.

Yondu's Funeral
To be added.

Culture
The Ravager community was divided into numerous clans, each headed by the captain of the clan's mothership. Although the clans largely operated independently of one another, they still shared a common sense of identity; a business serving an exiled clan could expect to lose the patronage of all others.

Despite their shady line of work, Ravagers follow a strict code of honor. Those adopted into the clans had to swear to obey the Ravager Code. The details of this code are not well-elaborated; Peter Quill claims it amounts to stealing from everyone (though as he was raised in the exiled Yondu Clan, his understanding of mainstream Ravager culture may be faulty). There are, however, crimes which Ravagers are forbidden to commit, such as kidnapping and/or trafficking children. A clan which broke the code would be exiled, no matter how popular or well-loved its members. However, the exiled could be accepted back into the community in recognition of heroic actions. Yondu, for example, was posthumously re-adopted by the Ravagers either because of his assisting the Guardians in their battle against Ego or for sacrificing himself for his adopted son, Peter (or both).

The Ravagers seem to have their own religion with their own afterlife. Upon death, Ravagers would be disintegrated and their remains released into space while the ships of other clans released firework-like projections called Colors. Ravagers expect to see their loved ones again "among the stars," and to hear "the Horns of Freedom" upon death. Exile from the Ravager community apparently included exclusion from the Ravager afterlife as well, unless redemption was achieved.

Trivia

 * The Ravagers of the comics are simply a band of space-pirates led by Yondu, with no mention of any larger culture existing, similar to their depiction in the first Guardians of the Galaxy film.
 * The Ravagers bear a striking similarity to the Mandalorians of the "Legends" timeline of the Star Wars franchise. Both are clan-focused, space-faring warriors composed of representatives of multiple races. Both also have a central code (the Ravager Code and the Resol'nare),  a nomadic background, and the belief in a united afterlife for those who follow the mores of the culture.