Recent events, Corsair nation, my thoughts.

[Ayem]

Tenacity: Less forum rage = more progress.

Junkers are not immune from piracy, zoners are not immune from piracy, independent smugglers are not immune from piracy.

I am currently attempting to defend slave and cardamine shipments from some independent outcasts in order to assure the profits of my outcast group. That's not because I trade cardamine or slaves, but because I want the best prices on Malta. A number of traders have agreed to prefer the cardamine grown and processed by the ibn Sinas as a result of defensive actions.

You are not immune to piracy. You are not "free". You are allowed to live at the whim of those who capture you. That's the way of life on the darker side of the coin. If your business associates don't get round to betraying you, the police will be there with a stungun or an electric chair.

It is possible to say that in the -past- you carried food to Crete, but then what is the current incentive for the Corsairs to let you trade prohibited goods? If, for example, you hauled a shipment of food or any of the other commodities Ivan mentioned, on a regular basis (note: not necessarily frequent, just regular) the Corsairs would be more aware of the good you do for their nation.

Or, you could just go help the Outcasts instead. Your choice. I don't mind it.

Enough of the lolwut junker. Moan inRP, betray inRP, carry blood diamonds inRP. Just remember the Corsairs have all the right in the world to pop those red shinies, just as I do to Ivan's Mentira when I catch him with artifacts.

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