Pirates

Piracy exits through the ages. Pirates are people how enjoy this way of lives or how has no other option. Some founders of the great houses were also pirates. In times were is no central authority exits or is unable to protect the borders with enough forces, the piracy is a common evil. The borders region of the periphery and the chaos march are idle places for this sickness of mankind. Every new wars create new material for another generation.

Organization

• Mechs

The normal size of a pirate band is equal a company. The mechs are superior than the normal armored militia vehicle and are no real danger.

Mechs with hands make it easier to gahter the booty, get to the waiting dropship and liftoff before any real defenders can react.

Forces larger than battlion level are from bandit kingdoms. The mechs are too complecated to mantain it in large numbers. The kingdoms are a result when a force surive long enought to get a base and expande their region of influence. Their gain is also a new weakness for any enemy. Terretory must be defended or is lost...

• Aerospace

This branch is crucial to any pirate group. Before they can board a Dropship the brigands must destroy the defending forces like dropships and fighters. The elite pilots prefer designs with high trust, because the green pilots operate in larger groups.

The Dropship and Jumpships are another problem for them. In normal cases they need two: one for transport and one for transport (of the booty). The normal crew member is high skilled in zero combat situation to counter/assault when needed. The sitiuation demand fast handling of the booty and high effency.

Jumpships are the key to any success. The jumpship navigators are highheld by the pirate leaders.

• Vehicles and Infantry

Considered in many cases as meanless forces. They were used only for defensive purposes. Sometimes they can repell a raiding force by their own.

• Specialists

Many pirates use this "experts" when needed as demolitions experts, assassins and so on.

Tactics

• 3 criterias are common to select their force: only the crew that you to fulfill your mission, pirates with many "talents" and cheat.

Possibiliy 1: make you larger than you are

Possibiliy 2: radio traffic increase/decrease

Possibiliy 3: you are a other force

Interdicting Jumpships

• to get your prey

- waiting a known interstellar crossroads

- pay a engenier to "repair" the jumpship core and you get the ship with a minimal investment

- a friendly navigator guide it right in your hand

- jump after the doomed vessel

• raiding a planet

- a plan to raid a planet

1. jump in

2. uses suprise and stealth to land

3. battle the defenders to the ground

4. get what you can gather

5. lift of

6. and pray that you get your jumpship

Known Pirates

• Lady Death
• Vance Rezak
• Morrison's Extractors
• New Belt Pirates
• Tortuga Fusiliers
• Shen-Se Tian
• Captain "Redeye" Laudin
• The Red Corsair
• Thano's Terribles
• Dark
• Mark Brady Gang
• Jewel's Picaroons
• The Marcadia Brothers

Bibliography

• Field Manual: Periphery - page 122 to 125