Imperial Privateers (classe Mercennaria imperatoria)
Career
Qualifications
any ship with a Walren citizen captain of at least 10 guns can be given a "documentum legalis piratica" that allows that ship to fly under walren naval banners. ships must also be legally registered with the imperial maritime bureau.
Career Progression
Some captains can actually earn a commission in the imperial navy by serving 100 or more years as a Privateer.
Payment & Reimbursement
Each privateer crew gets to keep 20% of all military goods captured and 100% of civilian goods. additionally crew and officers will retire with a military pension from the empire and the families of those crew killed in combat will also be reimbursed. any damage to privateer vessels is covered by the Navy and any
Perception
Purpose
the objective of a privateer is to raid and capture enemy merchant and military cargo to hinder the war effort and create a pain in the enemies side
Social Status
privateers are look apon better than pirates however they are still within the sailor caste and are usually considered dirty and foul like the rest.
Operations
Tools
privateers ships carry a number of weapons such as heavy cannon, rail guns and flak batteries. additionally the crew are armed with a number of small arms and cutlasses.
Workplace
the environment of a privateer is often quite dark and gloomy, lots of feums full the ships and grease and oil are everywhere. in combat the sailors are in alot of danger and the job is quite hazardous at all times.
Dangers & Hazards
death is popular among this line of work.
Alternative Names
"Bucks'" "Raiders" "priveys"
Type
Military
Demand
There are usually around 100,000,000 privateer vessles hunting the galaxy at any given time
Legality
fully in name, questionable in execution.
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