Blackpowder Privateers

> "I'd say we're up to handle anythin' - for a... reasonable price. You don't need to know what we do on the side to make some extra dosh, just look the other way..." *- Current elected Admiral, Will Voidcross*
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## Overview

You need a large scale problem solved, extra muscle, protection, forcibly procure something, get rid of someone or something. - pay them right, and the Blackpowders will call to your distress. Behind their facade as a legitimate PMC, famously known by corporations using many alternative titles, they are the least reputable mercenary army to be found in the sector.

The Blackpowders are infamous for looting and pillaging, even from their own clients when times become rough, the privateers are slowly becoming an underground player in the private military market, although their numbers have dwindled - their effectiveness as a deadly band of sellguns have not.

### Command structure

The Privateers are a collective group of mercenary bands that make up an impressive fleet of ships and marines. Admirality is elected every few years, but an emergency election can be held, usually at the event of mutiny or premature death of an Admiral. Each ship captain is responsible for maintaining their own ship and crew. War spoils are collected by the admirals crew to be distributed fairly among the privateers, at the admirals discretion, - pay for any contract a captain takes on is also collected, to be used for the Privateers wages.

## History On Polaris

Hired by the rich colonists of Polaris, the Blackpowders prepare for an extended campaign on the planet and encamped themselves on the Puranas moon, although they've seen little fighting throughout the liberation war between the colonies and S&G, the destruction of the planetary interlay system marked the end of the conflict for now, with little to gain after the insultingly low pay from what was originally agreed upon, the Privateers begin their preperations to leave, before one of their scout ships was utterly destroyed by the planetary defence system, Prima. Realizing they were stuck in Polaris' locked down orbit, the Privateers now act against everyone and are set to raid the planet until they can finally leave the system.

Their attacks on Polaris have become a significant threat throughout the colonies, every now and then you will hear about an attack from the privateers, but when word comes that they are sending a raiding party, every settlement across Polaris prepare themselves before several large scale groups land on the planet to take whatever they need to meet supplies for the coming months, - rations, ammunition, resources, all fair game for the privateers. Although a rare practice and only conducted by few in the faction, the Blackpowders have recently taken to kidnapping children from their homes as part of their "recruitment" programn, since the dwindling numbers they suffered throughout their history.

## Infamous Characters

Privateers rarely ever call each other by real names, Grunts are referred to as crew no matter what assignment they're tasked with, while execeptional individuals are referred to by rank and name, experienced individuals hold seniority over young recruits. The Blackpowders care little about backstories, once you're apart of the Privateers, there isn't going back for a very long time. Thus real names become irrelevant to most of these people.

#### **- Elected Admiral, Will Voidcross -**

The current leading admiral of the Blackpowders, the pirate leader is a roughened veteran thats just barely holding the privateers together since their stay on Puranas, being locked into Polaris orbit for a high amount, and by whatever influenced the Puranas caves have on him, the constantly paranoid admiral increasingly becomes more volatile and dangerous towards the planets colonists, bold enough to send bands of privateers on a prolonged assault on the planet instead of their previous smash and grab strategy, Voidcross might have a few ideas of what to do when they are finally able to make a Blackpowder presence on the planetside of Polaris.

#### **- Raider Boss, Perahta Wolfgang -**

The woman behind the raiding parties pillaging the Polaris Colonies, Wolfgang's the leading individual that what makes the Privateers from a chaotic group of bandits to a truly feared pirate army. To run with Wolfgang's crew is to be a deranged individual with little care for life, they're most favorite strategy is to take one of the few functioning flagships from Puranas onto the atmosphere of Polaris, and use drop pods to directly land ontop of settlements to wreak havoc immediately. Perahta claims that her squads will only commit acts of violence if met with resistance. - this statement is never met with consistency, surrendering colonists are sometimes spared, sometimes annihlated.