--- On Mon, 10/10/11, Roger Burton West <[email protected]> wrote: > Though actually I think it's more social than technical. > What pirates > have historically always needed is somewhere to sell their > loot. (I'm > counting political acts, like the Sea Shepherd raids or the > PLF attack > on the Achille Lauro, as a different sort of animal.)
I've seen (and supported) a social angle, but more along the lines of: high ranking nobles and powerful megacorporations allow piracy to exist, mostly towards their own financial ends. Pirates a noble.megacorp supports are his "off the books" navy. The pirates are "used" to attack rivals shipping (sometimes they attack your shipping but that's just the cost of doing business). Otherwise, without behind the scenes interference, the Imperial navy (with it's resources) should have crushed piracy centuries ago and kept it suppressed (only having to deal with the rare new pirate). Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
