Privateers

[John Churchill]

Personally I like the Privateer ID and would be sad to see it go. Historically privateers would sometimes go astray and attack neutral or even friendly targets for personal profit, thus becoming pirates in fact. In the long run this may not do them much good however (think of Captain Kidd). If this could be represented in game, maybe by reporting such privateers to the BAF for instance, that would be the most elegant, in-character solution I think. Since I have stopped playing a privateer myself, I have not seen any other around, so I would expect the amount of such reports to be manageable. Perhaps talking to the player after the encounter and pointing out where a privateers true long-term interest lies would help too. Or so I hope. I may be wrong of course, I'm a romantic, which is likely why I love privateering in the first place.