Piracy [In-Game Occupation] Let's raise the Black Flag! (TEST Piracy)

[HID45]

As far as I know, 404 surfaced in this message

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[NKato]

As far as I know, 404 surfaced in this message

https://www.testsquadron.com/threads/error-404-test-squadron-not-found.797/#post-8271

Well. There it is.

 

[Reptar Khan]

Me! Me!

With current knowledge my favorite kind of pirating would be to search for unescorted or lightly escorted cargo ships -> get there with my MIS -> lock, I dunno, say 10-20 missiles to them -> demand as much cargo as I can stuff in my MIS (or half of the cargo at the most if they have small load, I'm them reasonable pirates after all) -> if they agree, all good -> if not, blow them to space dust. But we'll see how it comes out in the end. Might have to adjust that according to game mechanics.

I think more profit could be gained by doing the kind of piracy where you have this big company with specific roles and many ships attacking heavily defended convoys then boarding and seizing the ships altogether. But that sounds like lot of effort and coordination and planning and I'm more of a seizing the opportunity kind of pirate. Might be fun with a right team, though, so I'm not saying no to that either.

Nkato raised a point in the chat that pirating in high-sec space could end up being bad for TEST as a whole (if we get somekind of outlaw/terrorist status as an org). And depending how the reputation system works it might be especially bad for individual characters. I'm cool with just pirating in low-sec space, but we'll see when more is told about the mechanics.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

"We are scary, so what can you do!"

 

[AntiSqueaker]

Anybody have any other suggestions for names?

I like TEST PALS, but please don't think that this is "my show" or anything, we're pirates, not military!

For my personal crew of merry men, I was thinking of recycling my old WoW guild name and naming it the Iron Wolves, although if people for some reason like it then I wouldn't mind using it for the general umbrella.

Some other names I was thinking of:

Brotherhood of Booty/Call of Booty
Captain Montoyas Silly Funtime Nipple Adventure
The Saltwater Taffy Boys
Interstellar Raiding Service (IRS)

I just wanna kinda avoid "super serious" or "edgy" names like ALLLLLL the other pirate orgs have at the moment. Examples of lame names on RSI site: The Shadow Legion, Blood Claw Pack, Sinister Incorporated, Black Hand (not as bad, but also a terrorist organization soooo), The Pack, etc etc etc.

 

[AntiSqueaker]

And to double post:

It may be that us pirates will have to split off into a Sister Organization if the rep hits from Piracy are too bad to TEST as a whole. While I am not one to panic over stuff that not even CIG probably knows the specifics about, it does bear a bit of [CONCERN]. But let's hold off on that discussion until we get a much more detailed look at how the reputation system works, and how "sub-orgs" can be set up.

 

[NKato]

And to double post:

It may be that us pirates will have to split off into a Sister Organization if the rep hits from Piracy are too bad to TEST as a whole. While I am not one to panic over stuff that not even CIG probably knows the specifics about, it does bear a bit of [CONCERN]. But let's hold off on that discussion until we get a much more detailed look at how the reputation system works, and how "sub-orgs" can be set up.

Yup, it's a matter of finding out how it all works out. It also bears noting that CIG has confirmed that there will be an Alliance capability for orgs, so if TEST pirates split off into a separate organization to insulate us from rep hits, they can still be part of the formal Alliance structure itself.

At this moment though I want to take advantage of our pirates being part of TEST Squadron proper for the PU Alpha. I want to break the rep system. I want to dominate it, I want to make CIG scream for mercy as they see the reputation numbers go out of control, and then suddenly turn to pi.

 

[SARGE]

Present!
and I prefer the term FART(S) for the black ops...but I am changing the (S) for Stealth instead of Space.
Forward Assault Recon Team (Stealth)

 

[NKato]

Present!
and I prefer the term FART(S) for the black ops...but I am changing the (S) for Stealth instead of Space.
Forward Assault Recon Team (Stealth)

AntiSqueaker: SARGE reminds me of my grandfather, if he got let loose onto the internet

 

[SARGE]

Yup, it's a matter of finding out how it all works out. It also bears noting that CIG has confirmed that there will be an Alliance capability for orgs, so if TEST pirates split off into a separate organization to insulate us from rep hits, they can still be part of the formal Alliance structure itself.

At this moment though I want to take advantage of our pirates being part of TEST Squadron proper for the PU Alpha. I want to break the rep system. I want to dominate it, I want to make CIG scream for mercy as they see the reputation numbers go out of control, and then suddenly turn to pi.

GENIOUS...TEST SQUADRON becomes TEST Fleet and its SQUADRONS (Squardons) will be the divisions of TEST...The Marine (Groundforce/FPS) Org. The Pirate org...and so on...
I am on board!

 

[SARGE]

Brotherhood of Booty/Call of Booty

In reference to shooter video games:
I like the COD reference...how about Booty Field: Bad Company (BF)
And I agree with the serious names...

 

[DragonHeart]

Anybody have any other suggestions for names?

I like TEST PALS, but please don't think that this is "my show" or anything, we're pirates, not military!

For my personal crew of merry men, I was thinking of recycling my old WoW guild name and naming it the Iron Wolves, although if people for some reason like it then I wouldn't mind using it for the general umbrella.

Some other names I was thinking of:

Brotherhood of Booty/Call of Booty
Captain Montoyas Silly Funtime Nipple Adventure
The Saltwater Taffy Boys
Interstellar Raiding Service (IRS)

I just wanna kinda avoid "super serious" or "edgy" names like ALLLLLL the other pirate orgs have at the moment. Examples of lame names on RSI site: The Shadow Legion, Blood Claw Pack, Sinister Incorporated, Black Hand (not as bad, but also a terrorist organization soooo), The Pack, etc etc etc.

Maybe "Panty Pirates", PP for short.
Our calling card would be leaving the crew pantyless.
joking ofc =)

 

[NKato]

Maybe "Panty Pirates", PP for short.
Our calling card would be leaving the crew pantyless.

Too racy/edgy. Let's keep it SFW.

 

[Reptar Khan]

Anybody have any other suggestions for names?

I like TEST PALS, but please don't think that this is "my show" or anything, we're pirates, not military!

For my personal crew of merry men, I was thinking of recycling my old WoW guild name and naming it the Iron Wolves, although if people for some reason like it then I wouldn't mind using it for the general umbrella.

Some other names I was thinking of:

Brotherhood of Booty/Call of Booty
Captain Montoyas Silly Funtime Nipple Adventure
The Saltwater Taffy Boys
Interstellar Raiding Service (IRS)

I just wanna kinda avoid "super serious" or "edgy" names like ALLLLLL the other pirate orgs have at the moment. Examples of lame names on RSI site: The Shadow Legion, Blood Claw Pack, Sinister Incorporated, Black Hand (not as bad, but also a terrorist organization soooo), The Pack, etc etc etc.

I like them all (TEST IRS has a nice ring)! Perhaps we can just change our name on a semi-regular basis :D
Oh how about Care Krakens

 

[WarrenPeace]

I do like TEST PALS, but I'm a sucker for a good acronym. I also kinda like the idea of taking a super-SRS BSNS name and turning it up to 11. Blood Shadow Death Ravens of Death, Dread Doom Pirates, etc.

 

[AntiSqueaker]

I do like TEST PALS, but I'm a sucker for a good acronym. I also kinda like the idea of taking a super-SRS BSNS name and turning it up to 11. Blood Shadow Death Ravens of Death, Dread Doom Pirates, etc.

BLOOD LEGION OF BLOODY DEATH BLOOD SHADOWS

 

[NKato]

Here's a couple of examples I whipped up, I'll eventually create a vectorized version of the wolf's head image. This is based on the "Iron Wolves" idea that Anti Squeaker described to me, and I took it and combined it with PALS.

 

[Murderface]

I'm defiantly in for the pirate squad. PALS sounds like a good name.

 

[Barthanes]

While i intend to do bounty hunting as well, I also intend to use my Caterpillar (Ded Parrot) as a transport for my test comrades in boarding operations, even if i never fire a shot myself.

 

[Mettan]

I like Pals too, it says, hey let me give you a hug . . . with my shank. I also like the idea of having umbrella crews with their own crew names too.

 

[NKato]

Updated and cleaned up the logo, will be creating a vector version of the wolf's head sometime this week. I ditched the explicit lettering of "Iron Wolves", since they didn't fit anywhere at all.