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Originally posted by spl_cadet:
**How come the pirates only have about 15 systems while everyone else has about 30? This is discrimination I tell you.

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This is certainly realistic, cadet (in fact, you're getting more than you should). Think about it. Pirates are trouble makers, renegades, thieves. In other words, outlaws! They have no organized government. In fact, if Escape Velocity were truly realistic, all the known pirates would have developed their own small bands of fleets to fight not only the major governments, but each other. Pirates in space would be no different than they would in the 17th and 18th centuries. They were small bands of outlaws who owned maybe one or two ships, and they faced the entire dominating British Navy. The only band of pirates that ever gained much power were the Corsairs, but the United States Navy rid the Mediterannian of them once they devoted a large fleet into doing so. In short, you are getting more power in this webstory than a realistic pirate leader should.

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We are only called Pirates because we happen to loot ships. In reality we are the remnants of the United Earth Government, fighting to regain our position as the democratic leaders of the galaxy. We initially supported the Rebellion until those traiters turned their back on us and forgot all about our aid.

Now, am I just a rambling lunatic or does this sound like a good idea?

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This is up to 200 posts, should we make a new one? We should probably keep it if we can, since it seems like were getting close to starting.

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Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, nine for mortal men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his throne, In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

I was bored so I made (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/spl_cadet/intercept.html")this(/url). A defenseless HC freighter is attacked by three Ghost fighters. Will it survive? Nope. I'll make a dogfight sometime within the week. A manta or something like that vs a Ghost.

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US Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Petty Officer 3rd Class.

(This message has been edited by spl_cadet (edited 10-27-2001).)