Pirates

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This faction is a scourge of the spacelanes, driving up the cost of shipping and terrorizing merchant captains without pity. They steal and refit ships with vicious ingenuity, cobbling together space armadas out of the leavings of their prey.
Effect: Any movement of an asset onto a world that has a Base of Influence for this faction costs one extra FacCred, paid to this faction.

Leaders:
^{Who leads the faction}

• Flamboyant pirate captain
• Cold-hearted mercenary leader
• Desperate and bloodthirsty amateur

Rules:
^{What are some universal laws or beliefs in the faction}

If an adversary demands parley you can do them no harm until the parley is complete

Doesn't hurt women and children

It belongs to you if you can protect it

Enemies:
^{Which person inside the faction might oppose the group}

Captain's right hand woman

Rival of the group's contact

Psychopathic boarding squad sergeant

Opposition:
^{What forces might engage the group in combat}

Ragtag band of eclectically armed ne'er-do-wells

Well-drilled and -armed boarding squad

Group of psychos pumped up on combat drugs

Obstacles:
^{How might the faction inconvenience the group}

Other criminal elements are hired to cause trouble

Local traders are blackmailed to not service opponents

Gleaned information is shared with other enemy faction

Friends:
^{Who might offer the group services or missions}

Flamboyant pirate captain with a heart of gold

Sleezy crewmember willing to sell information

Black marketeer buying weaponry and supplies and selling spoils

Complications:
^{How might negotiations be complicated}

Internal power struggles make them unpredictable

"They are more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules"

Tribute needs to be paid

Missions:
^{What missions might the faction offer}

Take revenge on a law-man that has been bothering the faction

Disable defenses to allow an attack on a well-defended target

Transport an important cargo to a patron/fence

Things:
^{What items might have relation to the faction}

Captured cargo which belonged to someone powerful

Captain's favorite mono-bladed saber

Case of twelve forged starship transponders; each from a different nation

Places:
^{Where might the faction take you}

Hidden asteroid base

Sleazy bar of scum and villainy

Between two landed starships in the middle of a desert

Floating towards a hostile starship in a leaking spacesuit

Tags: Core, FacCred