Affilation: Imperio del Corsario (Corsairs)
Current Leader: Don Raul Lopez (Don Lopez)
Primary base: Planet Crete (Omicron Gamma system)
Secoundary base: Tripoli Shipyard, Leon & Cadiz Bases
Languages: Spanish, English
Founded: 53-55 A.S.
Tag: :LF:
---Goals:--- 1. To protect Corsair Empire and its people.
2. To take goods and technology from weak nations.
3. To elliminate enemies of the Corsairs.
4. To assist our brothers and sisters, friends and allies.
5. To search a ways to improve our nations future.
---Diplomacy:---
At war (shoot on sight)
Outcasts (must be destroyed if situation allows)
Hessians (must be destroyed if situation allows)
Mollys (eliminate if interfere with our piracy)
BHG (exept Core, try to avoid them)
Nomads and infested beings (destroy if a threat, but be cautious) Hostile (destroy if possible)
House Military (try to avoind their patrols)
House Police (shoot if you have chances)
House Corporations (pirate Transports and Miners, be cautios with escorts)
IMG & GMG (pirate Transports and Miners, be cautios with escorts)
RoS, MM, RR, Coalition (do not engage if you not sure about your chances) Unfriendly (try not to provoke agression)
Liberty Rouges (hopefully, we far enough)
Lane Hackers & Xenos (same for them)
GC & BD (engage in self/allies defence )
LWB/Bundshug (not engage if not in hostile actions) Neutral (do not engage/assist)
Order (ignore them and dont enter their system, we dont want a war)
Kusari Forces (dont shoot those and dont fly in Kusari)
OS&C (dont forget our Artifact bisness in Sigma's with them)
Gallic Forces/Corporations/Criminals/Terrorists (act very cautious, we dont know much about them)
Zoners (dont proveke more accidents with them, but not allow them to make problems)
Cryer (they are shady people, but they fighting with Outcasts)
Freelancers/Mercs/Smugglers (engage only with good reason for it)
AIs from Gammu (misterious beings that needs to be learned more) Friendly (dont engage, but dont trust them too much)
Gaians (try to assist, but dont share valuable information)
Samura (they did many good things for Empire, remember that)
Colonials (we have same enemy to fight - Outcasts)
Junkers (we have many smuggle contracts with them) Allied (closest allies that desrve our support)
Farmer Alliance (try to assist them in any way you can)
Hogosha (remember our Artifact contracts and other bisness we made)
[align=center]---Identification of ships--- Any small craft - :LF:FirstName Lopez
~:LF:Ronaldo Lopez
Tranport or Train - :LF:CT-ShipName
~:LF:CT-Craneo de Toro
Gunboat craft - :LF:CNS-Shipname
~:LF:CNS-el Rey de Mono
Cruiser craft - :LF:CNS-Shipname
~:LF:CNS-el Rey de Leon
Flagship of Lopez Familia is ''Praefect'' Cruiser :LF:CNS-el.Rey.de.Leon
---History---
Lopez Familia is a family in a Corsair Empire. The Corsairs social structure is simple: all Corsairs consolidated into family lines that are brought together and strengthened by marriege. It is very closed structure, which prevents any outsider to be Corsair. So if you are a Corsair - you are true blooded Hispanic. Corsairs dont want to ''delure their blood with the seeds of weaker man''.
As in all other Houses, people tend to take power in their hands. All families in Corsairs is lead by one person - Don. He is head and heart of any family. Some of Dons becomes Elders - rulers of Corsair Empire. Right now, Don Lopez is not an Elder. But there were at least 5 Lopez Elders in a past. Two of them were very good persons - Elder Rolando (50 years as Elder) and Elder Adrian (46 years as Elder). When they were in Council of Elders they made many good to Empire, such as saving people from hunger (sacrifice of Ventru line to feed other families), opening Artifact trade with Junkers and Hogosha, making some alliances and building Cadiz and Tripoly. Despite on very hard start for a Corsairs in Sirius, they survived because of good rulers and fortune.
Lopez Familia lost most of its good reputation because of their last Elder. Elder Jose Lopez betrayed Empire, when sold some valuable information to Hessians and Outcasts, which lead to capturing of Casablanca base by Hessian marine ships and destruction of one Corsairs installation in Omicron Eta by Outcast capital fleet. Many of other families lost their respect to Lopez, even after Jose Lopez was found on Freeport 1 and killed by Lopez warriors when he tried to ran off to Rheinland territory. Rumor has it that after the incident the Benitez were able to take over a more influencial position in the Council of Elders, something previously held by the Lopez Familia. That caused even more problems between families. Many years passed and other Corsairs calmed down, but this dark times in Lopez Familia should not be forgotten so soon.
Most of Corsairs have threir own tasks to do, unless one of commanders gives another job. Lopez Familia is one of most versatile groups. Pilots of that family doing all types of missions - from patroling and artifact smuggling to making raids for supplies and war operations. They can be found in all systems that Corsairs claimed as their territory. Warriors of Lopez Familia is skilled, numerous and patriotic. If Lopez can make any good to Empire - he shall do it, even if he will die after it. As Corsairs sayes: ''Life of a Corsair is death''.
Lopez Familia had an Outpost in Omega 47, hidden in asteroids and nebula in then sector 5H. This was also a storage of a Gold and some other goods that were stolen from Bretonia and nearby systems. When family had base almost full they brought some transports to deliver all cargo to Crete and Tripoly. Right after all transports were full and base were empty scanners showed some Hessians approaching. Base set an alarm and all warriors toke thir ships and launched into space. Hessians had much more firepower, so many pilots got killed very fast. Suddenly some more Battleships uncloaked right near Outpost, and was able to breach its defence. All Lopez pilots were able to run and base crew evacuated. Luckily all Transports was unharmed, so all cargo was delivered to safety. All survivors made their way to Lopez Familia ''Osiris'' and left Outpost. Hessians blew it apart and left. Base were lost, but at least most of people and goods saved.
In current times Lopez Familia contunues to serve its Empire. While Don Lopez is busy with political part, his son Ronaldo leads its warriors in patrols, raids and wars. No matter how many pilots dies in process. If one death will make two lives to be better - it is worh it. Viva la Crete! Viva la Corsairs!
---Lopez Familia Ace's:---
Ronaldo Lopez - Faction Leader
Titan - :LF:Ronaldo.Lopez
Praetorian - :LF:Ronaldo.Lopez.
Imperator - :LF:CNS-el.Rey.de.Mono
Praefect - :LF:CNS-el.Rey.de.Leon
Comm ID: Ronaldo Lopez Source: CBS-Granada Security: High Target: :LF:
:::Message Begins:::
Hola. This is Corsair ace Ronaldo Lopez.
My dear brothers and sisters. Im making a call for you. It seems that Bretonia wants to colonise Sprague planet in Omega 3, despite on all our attempts to ruin their plans. That cowards just cant fight with honour and pride, instead they just proving its own weakness and cowardly nature.
All that three days we made one siege of Port Smallwood. One attack after another. And we always got stopped, despite on our glorious victories over Bretonia fleet. When we dealing with Bretonians and IMG, we facing Hessians and Coalition right after. When we finishing with them, Mollys and Jokerz coming. When we dealing with them too, we just realising, that we dont have enough force to breach Smallwood shields. And when we regrouping, enemies doing just same.
This is not new to us to see how cowardly Bretonians hiding behind other idiottas backs. But this cant be allowed anymore. Gather all your ships and go into space. We will hunt all of them down. No matter how many allies they'll bring, no matter how many ships they will repair to bring them back against us, no matter how many waves we will face - we will show them what Corsair armada are!
*Report begins with couple of seconds of silence*
Reporting to Senor Ronaldo Lopez.
Five hours since me on my way to New London system, no accidents, no encounters.
Cambridge to New London jump gate is heavily secured by powerful weapon installations from the New London side...I advice to avoid installations by any chance.
...
Six hours - I am at Leeds system, everything looks abandoned, neither trading convoys nor armed forces vessels being spotted.
...
Seven hours - Entering smog cloud. Signal is going to be lost very soon.
...
Seven hours, ten minutes....****...repeat: Signal is nearly lost. ***...Yo unable to communicate till Yo get through cloud. Till then - I am out.
End.
Report to Senor Ronaldo Lopez.
*she takes a look at watch* Time is eight hours since I`ve departed *Something explodes on the background, engine sound disappears, she gasps and starts re-launching engines when another explosion occurs*.
Leeds system, enemy forces me to retreat, on my way to Cadiz, possible engine damages.
End.
Comm ID: Ronaldo Lopez Source: CBS-Granada Security: High Target: Liliana
:::Message Begins:::
Hola. This is Corsair ace Ronaldo Lopez.
Good to hear from you, sister. Its very fresh for me to see some Gallics, even if they are gringos that want to have you dead *laughs*. Doesnt matter, go back home. If Gallics dont want us in Leeds - fine. Id love to consentrate on Cambrige and Dublin more, while Bretonians will have their muchachos busy with French'es.
I dont want to get involved in that war. Untill we will start to have... problems... with our new ''neighbours''.
Comm ID: Ronaldo Lopez Source: CBS-Granada Security: High Target: Liliana Rios-Lopez
:::Message Begins:::
Hola. This is Corsair ace Ronaldo Lopez.
Continuing to serve our Familia and Empire as well? Exellent, my sister. Bravo!
I could ask you to be on guard of Puerto del Sol, but I guess you want some action, si? By the way, about Sol. This base is new, but already have been assaulted by our enemies. From all of them I hate dual attacks by Red Hessians and Bounty Hunters. We need to stop that gringos!
Here is what I think. What about you will go for some hunting? Bring Twenty pilots from Hessians and same amount of Hunters to Crete or Tripoli. Send here proof that they have beed taken by our special jailers, maybe they will give us some information. If you will be able to kill any of Aces during your hunting Ill pay you One million S.C. per head youll bring.
Report to Senor Ronaldo Lopez.
Your orders were executed, in two days I`ve managed to encounter Bounty hunter destroyer assault wing, seeing bomber pilots were engaging enemy I`ve stepped in fight myself, drawing enemy fire away from bombers. After this accident we managed to find thirty two escape pods, which were delivered to the Tripoli Shipyard.
(Section B, Right wing, 3rd floor, Cells from 21A to 37B).
-------- Signed, Marcus Munoz, Tripoli prison administration.
Today encounter with Red Hessians occurred at Omega Five system.
Two wings of twelve pilots were heading to Cadiz space station, when me alongside with local wing engaged them. We`ve lost Six Titan fighters, two pilots were saved. Red Hessians lost all of their wings, everyone except one were captured.
Alongside with that, we`ve gathered sixteen units of medicaments, which were delivered, with Hessian`s escape pods, under escort, to Crete.
(Ioaninna mountain colony, Sector 3A, Cells 3, 4, 8.)
----------- Signed Perro Soto, sector administration.