Piracy roleplaying

[Zelot]

I wish people would stop referring to there being one type of ok pirate rp to have. Really it all depends on the character. Pirates in our game are defined as someone who wants to take cargo from someone else outside the law. Now that could be for a huge variety of reasons, they could be trying to supply their bases, they could be trying to make a political point, they could be trying to make money, they could be trying to ruin someone's day because they had a crappy childhood. There are more reasons than fish in the sea. Depending on the character, the motivation will be different, and depending on the motivation the action and behaviors of the character will be different. Some of my pirate characters are out to make money, so they want an easy flow of easy targets, they don't want to hurt them bad enough so they don't come back, but Ze'ev Barak is motivated by ideology and so he will always demand the entire cargo bay, even though he doesn't fly anything bigger than a bomber. He likes to destroy the cargo in front of the pilot's eye. To leave a message that they shouldn't return again.

All depends on the character. Hell back in Ze'ev's original Pre-AFA days, he would run an increasing cost, 4 million the first time you got caught, 8 the second, 12 the third and so on. Had nothing to do with the money, was all about getting traders to fear trading in Kusari. That was the goal of the character so his actions and behaviors advanced those goals. It's called Role Play.

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