Pirate taxes

[Yngen]

I recommend pirates not use the term 'Tax' to describe their demands. Taxes are the purvew of governments, not pirates. Also, do not confuse pirates with unlawful houses like the Outcasts and Corsairs. When in Omicron Alpha, the Outcasts are the law, so money demands they make in that system would be a "tax," but if an Outcast demands something in Liberty, then it is piracy.

Call it: "Protection fee" or "life insurance for your crew (I like that one;)."

In other words, get creative.

And demand whatever you want. If you really just want to blow them up, demand something ridiculous like Vlad's 100 million credit fee. If you are out for a profit it would be more prudent to adjust your rates to the character's level and an amount that would make financial sense for them to agree to.

Spacewolf:

ive found a good way is to have a crusair and a gunboat behind you they usually end up pay even if the crusair and gunboat arnt in on it.

gunboat=ok
cruiser=wrong

You should not be in any way associated with anything larger than a gunboat while pirating. Whether or not they are 'in on it' is irrelevent-you cannot use a cruiser to pirate, therefor you cannot use even the threat of a cruiser to pirate.

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[AU]Anton_Blix
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