Yeiltooch Pirates

The Yeiltooch Pirates are a seaborne raider gang terrorizing the Gulf of Alaska in 2220. 
==Background==
Following the Great War, many survivalists communities and settlements turned to the the open waters of Alaska for transportation. The first pirates of post-War Alaska converted fishing boats for use as attack craft, launching raids against the trade between these new communities. Up until recently the people of Alaska had been able to defend themselves against these unorganized pirates with better armaments and safer routes.
No longer just unorganized profiteers, the pirates organized years ago under Commodore Marcus and the red flag of Yeiltooch. Now led by the brutal Commodore Yéil, the self-proclaimed "Black Raven" of the Alaskan Gulf, under him the pirates seek to reclaim the terror their name once carried under Marcus' reign. They have become a worrisome threat for the coastal communities of Alaska, and this has not helped with the new stories of a Great War ghost ship further bringing good sailors to their doom. Surely they aren't connected, right?
==Society== 
The society of the Yeiltooch Pirates is one of raiding and hedonism, or "blood and circuses" as Commodore Yéil words it. They undergo a continuous cycle of grueling training for their next action, attacking unfortunate seafaring merchants or travelers, and indulging in their spoils. The harsh training instituted by the new commodore is scoffed at by many within the Yeiltooch, but most accept it if it means the spoils are better and their chance of death in raids is lessened.
Almost all of the pirates are of extremely mixed ethnicity and can trace their heritage to pre-War Americans as well as the Tlingit and Haida peoples. The Yeiltooch speak a unique creole language that is a mix of English, Tlingit, and Haida.
==Relations with the outside==
Being pirates, the gang's largest use for those outside of it is to raid, extort, kidnap, and hijack. Outside "recruits" to the group are sometimes taken on raids, typically adolescents and teenagers that can be molded into pirates. They use a small network of informants on the mainland who tip them off of upcoming traders and travelers through the Gulf of Alaska.
==Technology==
Much of the equipment used by the Yeiltooch Pirates is that either scavenged from battles of the Anchorage Reclamation or captured from trading vessels. They maintain a sizeable amount of U.S. and Chinese military arms and armor, although much of it remains in a state of disrepair due to poor maintenance.
Before the rise of Commodore Yéil the pirates used modified fishing boats to attack passing ships. Under the new management they have added a few repaired U.S. Coast Guard vessels to their arsenal. While these better craft usually have little to no difficulty outgunning even well-armed trading vessels, their high maintenance costs means that only one or two are usually operational while the rest undergo repairs. Rumors persist about an even larger vessel stalking the coast of Alaska, although none have returned from it alive to confirm whether it of the Yeiltooch Pirates or not.
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