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Will players be able to play as privateers/corsairs/buccaneers, on the grey-but-still-legal side of the law and carrying letters of marque like Sirs Francis Drake and Henry Morgan? I don't like being tied down to one org, but I sure do like a nice slice of pie!asked by Priam

TL;DRChris Roberts is unsure about literal letters of marque, but says players will be hired by NPC organisations, and there will definitely be gameplay for privateer or corsair styles, including grey-area situations.

That's a good question in the particular case of Sir Francis Drake and Henry Morgan that was a, you had these various colonial powers all vying with each other. So the British would be like "Oh ok Sir Francis Drake, it's ok if you sink Spanish ships you can't sink English ships you can only sink Spanish ships". So i'm not sure we have exactly the same situation here cause the UEC is, I don't think the UEC is going to be "Well it's ok to sink ships from Terra but don't sink ships from Earth." So i'm not so sure about The Letters of Marque but there will definitely be cases where, as a freelancer you will be hired by various orgs, NPC orgs or UEE or whatever and you'll do sort of missions for these greater powers or organisations.It's a little bit like The Letters of Marque and I definitely think there's going to be gameplay that will allow you to be a privateer or a corsair buccaneer so maybe there's a grey area between Earth and I don't know the Xi'an Empire or something like that. Stuff could go on and the UEE turns a blind eye and maybe the Xi'an Empire turns a blind eye to it, but there's definitely going to be cool gameplay for all the play styles.

10 for the Chairman›Episode 74·
Published on this date.4 Jan 2016