Pirates of the Outer Colonies

Had a few ideas from various sources over the last few days.
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Several infamous pirates & privateer bands ply the shipping lanes
throughout the Outer Colonies.	Some are formed from the hardest
criminals in society, who look upon piracy as their 'civil duty' to
become pirate kings & force entire systems to bow before them.	These
'kings' as they call themselves often use some of the most modern
warships they have 'acquired' from the military, or converted
merchantmen.
Others are nobles looking to capture the glamour & myth of the 17th
century buccaneers.  Armed with a Letter of Marque from their
government, often plying their trade from converted transports or
pleasure yachts, they are nonetheless an annoying thorn in the side of
civilian & military authority.

Famous Pirates & Privateers
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Micheal 'Mad Monk' Peters
Status: Pirate; 5 MCr reward, Dead or Alive (preferably dead)
Vessel: NAC 'Furious' class Escort cruiser "Double Crossbones";
Pulsetorp replaced by 2 needlebeams.
Background: 'Mad Monk' is an NAC mutineer who started his career after
being thrown in the brig after torturing an ESU prisoner to death.  His
accomplices freed him & then spaced every officer aboard. The  ratings
were given the choice of joining him or being set adrift in a lifeboat.
Nearly 2/3 joined the mutineer, but more than 1/2 (the ones who were
suspicious of the offer) jumped ship at the first port after Peters set
the loyal crewmembers adrift, more than 2 light years from the nearest
star.
Believed to have captured or destroyed more than 500,000 tons of
shipping along the NAC/ESU border, he is considered a threat to internal
security by both sides.  The last known sighting reports that he now
commands a squadron of 2 destroyers & 5 frigates.

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Lady Alison 'Mayflower' Rosemount
Status: Privateer; 2 MCr reward offered by FSE for capture alive.
Vessel: Converted Starliner "Dawn's Promise"; upgraded to MD6, armour 8,
+2 firecons, 2 x SMR (FP/F/FS), 2 needlebeams (F), 2 x Class-2 (6-arc),
+2 PDS, 2x  MT needle missiles, 8 mass passenger & 16 mass cargo.  (Lady
Alison has modified the SMRs to fire one missile salvoes, giving 6 turns
worth of munitions).
Background:  Lady Alison operates along the FSE border, preying on
military transports & other high cost cargo.  Known for the fair
treatment of prisoners, she removes the crew & drops them off within
easy distance of FSE bases, flirting with the danger of capture.  2 FSE
light cruisers, 'Bordeux' and 'Bastille' recently attempted to capture
Lady Alison, but both had their drives shot out by salvo & needle
missiles with heavy casualties.

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'The Sandman'
Status: Pirate; 3 MCr reward, Dead or Alive
Vessel: Custom built Privateer "Sands of Time"
Background:  Little is known about the Sandman, except he (or she) is
believed to be of African or West Indian descent.  Operating in PAU
space, his (or her) favoured tactic is to order the merchant crew to
abandon ship; failure to do this has resulted in the immediate
destruction of the vessel on every occassion.  Approach with extreme
prejudice & weapons free.

Custom Privateer "Sands of Time"
Mass: 70
Hull: Average
FTL: Std
Main Drive: 6
Damage Track: 21; 6/5/5/5.
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2 Firecons
3 Pulsetorpedoes (F)
3 x Class-2 beams (AP/FP/F; FP/F/FS; F/FS/AS)
4 PDS
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They seek him here, they seek him there;
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That damned elusive, Pimpernel.
	- 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', Baroness Emma Orkzy