Re: Pirate Havens in the GZG-verse

I sit happily corrected. :)

Everything I said should work, 'cept for the Letters.

A pirates life for me!

J

John K. Lerchey
Computer and Network Security Coordinator
Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Laserlight wrote:

> John L said:
> > Now you have a foundation for pirates having someplace to go.  This
> is not
> > that far from the Letters of Marque given to "privateers" in the
> 1700s. :)
>
> Actually, it is quite different.  A Letter of Marque and Reprisal is
> essentially a government license for a privately-owned vessel to
> operate in the capacity of a government warship.  If the NSL is
> handing out those Letters for privateers to go hunting NAC ships, then
> the NSL is at war with the NAC (at least in the outer systems)--it's a
> lot more directly hostile than merely "receiving stolen goods."
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