Omega Pirates Guild

Omega Pirate Guild

[OPG]

The OPG has been around on Discovery for a long time, but as such never made it to official faction status due to neglect. Here goes.

Short summary: The Omega Pirate Guild. The name speaks for it self, we are Corsair pirates operating in the Omegas, in particular, Omega 41 and Omega 5, based in Cadiz base, Omega 5. But we venture further out every now and then. We specialize in piracy, perfecting the art of piracy is one of our primary concerns. Operating out of Cadiz base, we strive to tax traders, and pirate cargo that can be used by Corsairs, or sold on the black market to fund our fleet.

History: The OPG started as a small band of pirates. Assembled by Gentle, known affectionately as the Pirate King, found the Corsair pirates to be a disorganized, roudy bunch, that achieved very little. They didn't cooperate with each other, but actually violently fought over spoils, were easily overrun by House authorities, and very little of the proceedings reached any Corsairs.

Gentle was disgusted, and imagined a future, a future of united pirates, cooperating smoothly and professionally. Ruthlessly hoarding cargo in an attempt to improve the lives of the people of Crete. After beating a few pirates into submission, he talked reason with them, and the OPG gained it's first members. And grow it did.

• 4 years later*

Asno hadn't been himself all day. It had hit him hard. He just sat there, staring at his bottle of whiskey, watching the meniscus of the burning liquid getting closer to the bottom with every glass he poured out and subsequently drank...

Gentle was like a father to him. Asno had learnt the fine art of piracy and poised use of dirty language from the so called Pirate King Gentle. He had spent the last few months working hard, recruiting and training new pirates, but before he could fully appreciate the labour of Asno's work, the incidenct happened.

The only thing on his mind was when Gentle was rushed into the hospital ward of Cadiz base. Left and right, wenches were crying, and even the toughest of pirates had waterry eyes...

After a succesful raid in Cambridge, on the way back to Cadiz, a stray torpedo, launched by one of the rookies in the OPG ranks out of excitement from his first raid, hit Gentle's Titan. The damn thruster went into overload and exploded. Tearing out the fighter from the inside out. Gentle's escape pod was intact, but the shear force of the explosion had dealt a fair amount of trauma to his head. And the doctors say they don't know when, if he does, he would gain conciousness again...

In a way he envied Ivan, who was also recovering at Cadiz, who got to spend his time with Gentle. But Asno was busy. Someone had to keep these pirates in line. As the only active Scourge, the responsibility fell on him. He swore that by the time Gentle returned, and retook his position as proud leader of the Omega Pirates Guild, Asno would perfect it. Perfect the art of piracy. Form a swarm of able, feisty pirates. And amass a fleet of impressive ships. And to rid Omega of independent traders. Gentle would return to a well oiled machine.

Lately the OPG has set it's eyes on Bretonia. Envying, their wealth, while the Corsair people were impoverished, Cambridge's abundance of food while the Corsair people starved. It was only common sense that they would become a steady source of income. Relations with the BPA has worsened ever since.

Today the OPG are some of the most feared pirates in Sirius. Brutal and effective tactics have made the OPG infamous among traders. The OPG's work is far from over, and will continue to roam the Omegas, in search of heavily laden cargo ships until every Corsair child is fed.

Faction alignment: Corsair tag Corsair ID

ZOI: Home base, Cadiz Base, Omega 5. Omicron Gamma, Omega 5 and Omega 41. Primarily involving in piracy of traders in Omega 41, and traders passing through Omega 5 to Cambridge.

Ship use: All Corsair ships, no (unless RP related event, ie. armored transport for hostages) other faction ships. Fighters, Bombers, Gunboats. Cruisers and Battleships are limited to those holding appropriate ranks. 1 shared Legate, the Torquemada will be shared between the Warlord and Scourges. Scourges are encouraged to own a cruiser, as a symbol of their status. Scourge's mates are permitted to own a cruiser if they have proven to be a responsible player and a good RPer, but are still not allowed to take their cruiser outside of our ZOI.

Weapon use: All Corsair and allied weapons. (mostly tizona and reaper V for fighters) All generic weapons (CD/CM/missiles/torpedoes etc.) Code weapons. Nomad weapons are permitted but discouraged. For capships, cerberus turrets, and zoner turrets permitted. (along with other Corsair and Allied turrets) Nomad capship turrets are not permitted. At least 4 turrets on capships (excluding gunboats) must be of Corsair design.

Diplomacy: The OPG are pirates through and through, piracy comes first. We leave the diplomacy of the Corsair nation in the able hands of the TBH and Benitez. We do however, in general support the TBH and Benitez.

However we do have a few personal diplomatic stances;

Allied/friendly: The Brotherhood [TBH] Corsair Benitez Family -Benitez Harvesters Colonial Remnant =CR= Black Dragon Society -{BD}- Black Squadron Bs| Artisans Farmers Alliance [AFA] Nature's Last Hope [NLH] Any other Order, Hogosha, Gaian, FA factions

Neutral: Temporary Autonomous Zoners [TAZ] or [~V~] All Zoners not supporting the AW Bundschuh [BU] Phantom Empire [Phantoms] Kusari Naval Forces [KNF] Everyone else

Hostile: The Union of Gold .:UOG:. Republican Express Corporation RepEx- The Blue Lotus Syndicate [BLS]- Rheinland Military [RM] Liberty Security Force =LSF= Southern Alliance [SA] Hellfire Legion [HF] The Keepers The Lane Hackers [LH] Nova PowerGen (NovaPG) Liberty Rogues [LR] Any other Outcast, Hessian, Rogues, Dragons, Hackers, Mollys, BH, GMG factions

Malevolent: Queen Carinas Own / Privateers [QCO / QCP] Mandalorian Mercenaries [M] Red Hessian Army [RHA] The Outcast Guard [101st] Reapers of Sirius [RoS] Asgard Warriors [AW] All Zoners supporting the AW Any Mercenaries/Freelancers/Bountyhunters seeking bounties on OPG

Hierarchy Lord Arbitrator (currently inactive) Gentle

Warlord (leading the faction while Gentle is inactive) Asno

Scourges (lieutenants, has command of OPG in the absence of the Warlord) Gamma-ray/Tokio-Pussy (expected to be back soon) Skullcracker Ivan Baltizarr (honorary, only has scourge authority over the RC wing)

Scourges mate Each Scourge is to pick 1 Scourge's mate

Marauders Juan de Tolosa Horus Sobek Black_dragon Cyborg Melkor Cap_death Kiwi

Dock Rats (inactive/rarely active) Enrico.Sanchez Angelfire -Frostbite Tyrus Sven Mal.F

Requirements for joining: A general ability to RP. A roleplaying excercise between a recruit and myself or one of the Scourges will be done, where the recruit 'pirates' the examiner, the recruit needs to show an ability to pirate properly with appropriate RP. A serious desire to engage in piracy, rather than combat. If you want combat, join the Brotherhood or the Benitez, if you want piracy, the OPG is for you.

OORP goals: A lot of people complain that Corsair and Outcasts do very little than sit in front of their planet. Omicron Gamma is full of beginner independents. Many beginners see Corsairs as 'cool pirates'. The OPG will welcome in such beginners, and will attempt to instill some discipline into them and teach them how to RP as pirates, moving them into Omegas, instead of Omicron gamma, and try to eliminate OOC in system chat, beginning with OPG members, and asking/teaching beginners how to do the same.

How we're different: We're different from the TBH and Benitez in that we specialize in piracy. When I joined the Corsair, I joined TBH, but found they were more soldiers of Crete, rather than pirates. TBH very rarely pirate, and occupy themselves more with the Outcast threat, and the Benitez take care of the security of Omicron Gamma. The OPG's main concern is securing goods for Crete. Quoted from an NPC on Crete, " Any other basic supplies must be imported or stolen"