Although initial trials of the privateer program yielded considerable success in the early days of the Gallic wars, good will towards privateers within the Bretonian populace has waned considerably. Once considered bastions of citizen patriots, privateers now are seen as little more than violent profiteers and thugs.

In coordination with their initial decree of nullification, the Crown has also re-issued a blanket pardon for all privateers who disavow and revoke their pirate ways and disarm. The amnesty and rehabilitation initiative will begin as of today, September the 19 and end by October the 21st, 827 AS, after which, those who persist in piracy will be labeled traitors and punished accordingly.