Pirates

SF has several Pirate 'organizations' that appear in it.<div><br /></div><div>However I was thinking on the nature of pirates in RL vs SF. In SF we seem to have Pirate armies, versus just the owner operator small business pirate ship of old.</div><div><br /></div><div>I think there should be room for the following: the small time pirate operation, small organized groups, big groups, rival groups/ships, pirate coves, pirate extended families.</div><div><br /></div><div>Privateers: Pirates that have a piece of paper authorizing them to be pirates against a specific enemy of said government (Sir Francis Drake)... mercenaries/pirate line could be pretty thin.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pirate group also seems to be very human on Volturnus.</div><div><br /></div><div>If a government where to actually invade a &quot;pirate island&quot; I doubt they would kill everyone in the settlement or would they? </div><div><br /></div><div>I am thinking of making some rival or competing groups to RD, Privateer captains/ships and so on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyhow just some thoughts...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>