Pirates

The Pirates are a major paramilitary organization in Navy Simulator. They are seen as outlaws by SEA Military, who control most of the Trident Isles (and are seen as the legitimate government). Paradoxically they have access to the same state-of-the-art equipment utilised by SEA Military, such as ships, planes, and guns. They are close to, if not equal to their SEA counterparts. They are a force to be reckoned with on the seas, and often control many of the capturable islands.
==Overview==
The Pirates are one of the major factions that operate in the Trident Isles. It is often chosen by new players (as they don't require a SEA group membership to join), or veteran players who wish to cause havoc. Unlike SEA Military, they have no standard uniform, which makes them more recognizable. To distinguish themselves from their SEA counterparts, they have a distinct red insignia/hull color on their planes and ships. 
==Base==
Main article: Pirate Cove
The pirates operate out of a large, converted island, aptly named Pirate Cove, which serves as the main air/naval base. It has very advantageous geography, having relatively large hills which blocks incoming shelling attacks. There is a decently sized runway that can serve all in-game aircraft, and a ship spawner in the cave. An island directly in-front of the cave inlets prevents shelling from reaching the ship spawn. The base complex consists of a large cave (accessible by the cave-inlet) which is accessible by water and fits even the largest ships. Inside the cave, there are numerous 12-pounder cannon batteries for anti-ship defense. Inside the cave inlet, there is a warehouse that serves as the Pirate spawn, fitted with Golf Cart spawners and direct runway teleports.
==Organization==
The Pirate team has no discernible roles, ranking system or strategy, which make them an attractive choice for newcomers. Despite their unorganized paramilitary nature, they still are fairly coherent, and often succeed in disrupting SEA operations.
The Pirates, like SEA Military, operate specialized divisions. These divisions are specialists in different kinds of warfare, ranging from infantry battalions to shore marines. 
==Interests==
Pirates seem to hold a particular interest towards acts that destabilize SEA Military, whether it benefits them of not, such as bombing the Area 52 servers, which appears to have no proper benefit to the pirates aside from an ingame payoff, suggesting that pirates are externally paid to do this, and hijacking the cargo ship or oil rig, which does appear to have reasonable benefits to the pirate. Their main source of income similarly to SEA is also found through island taxation and oil drilling on the oil rig, as well as through robberies of the SEA Bank. These income methods are often resisted by SEA Military, who aims to protect the islands and bank from the pirates, as well as secure the oil rig as their own.
Pirates, just like SEA, are also seemingly reliant on cargo ships that are hijacked towards Pirate Cove, however fierce resistance from SEA can make this task difficult for pirates at times.
==Equipment==
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