Bretonian Buccaneers

[worldstrider]

I'd say well thought out and will avoid the knee-jerk "but it might be abused" stuff.

Be careful to consider how Kusari will respond since you are camping close to their doorstep--then be careful to think how Bretonians will respond since you are preying on them in wartime while they are getting thumped hard by a ruthless enemy already. Might want to consider treatment of ships with food, pharmaceuticals and passengers and the like with some sort of "appearance of humanity"--een if it isn't sincere. In the seige of Leningrad, people were eating shoe leather and the like. A group of people selling human "meat" was reported by the people and even the military who were quite callous often to the populance were outraged and raided the place and executed everyone there on the spot. Passions run high in war--especially if you are losing.

As to Junkers and using Traflagar...not quite the "Yeehaw! Profit partyyy!" you present.

Junkers are subtle and will turn the head to anything that makes them a profit and preserves the status quo. What Junkers won't do is openly support amoral cuthroats in a war situation--they'll have a lot more sense of self preservation there.

Kind of have to let you use the base as any other traveller but also quite likely to cut a deal with the authorities to undermine you and get brownie points in the process. Only way that could be avoided would be with HUGE bribes to them. You are asking them to risk a lot. Better offer a lot.

I like the idea and can tell its well thought out.

Good luck with the rest of the peanut gallery--they have guns.

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