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Pirate ship

mowghtamowghta Member Posts: 60 Arc User
edited May 2014 in Klingon Discussion
Hello all

I wish to create a mercenary/pirate/privateer char for rp or things like that.

what ship could i / you choose for that ?

what species do i / you choose ?


I know nausicaan or orion are pirates but perharps have you better ideas?

i wait for your ideas.

thanks
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  • smeeinn1tsmeeinn1t Member Posts: 618 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Species: Nausican

    Ship: Whatever you can steal...
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  • cuatelacuatela Member Posts: 296 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Really, any of the races can be a pirate, and any KDF-faction ship can be a pirate ship.

    It's very common for disgraced Klingon commanders to take their raiders and become Privateers in an attempt to reclaim what little honor they can. The other races aren't always mercenaries, but it's even more common with them.

  • norobladnoroblad Member Posts: 2,624 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Alien race, you could be anything --- you can re-create most of the standard races, for example a rogue 'human' kdf 'pirate'.

    Depends on what you call a pirate. More of a privateer, here? You would be aligned with kdf or feds, regardless, due to game restrictions. I guess you could be an unaligned rom, but that limits play a lot. So presumably its your private ship (whatever you can afford, and here an alien lockbox ship makes a ton of sense...) and you are operating on behalf of your faction (again, kdf makes most sense) so basically you can raid any enemy of the KDF as on their behalf and they offer limited protection / toleration of you so long as you do not raid allies. This idea follows the golden era of piracy where england/france/dutch/etc all were at war off and on with each other and took captains under their protection if they would harass ships under the enemy flag(s) and leave their allied country alone.

    Its your RP --- make a backstory, pick a "race", have at it :)
  • gulremalgulremal Member Posts: 153 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    cuatela wrote: »
    Really, any of the races can be a pirate, and any KDF-faction ship can be a pirate ship.

    It's very common for disgraced Klingon commanders to take their raiders and become Privateers in an attempt to reclaim what little honor they can. The other races aren't always mercenaries, but it's even more common with them.

    I doubt klingon can reclaim honor by becoming merc or even worse, pirate. It's position even less respected than commoner, and in the latter case, often direct enemy of the state.
    Also, most ship commanders don't really own vessels they command. Only most influential (High Council) houses can afford to own their private ships, and I highly doubt they would allow disgraced commander to just take expensive piece of military hardware. Hegh'bat is far cheaper solution, and there's always new young officers ready to prove themselves.
    However, if entire House gets dishonored and exiled (Torg), then yes, they would most likely become pirates/mercs - at least those that survive the purge as other Houses move in for a territory grab/honor gain for destroying traitors of the Empire.
  • imadude3imadude3 Member Posts: 825 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    i play my fed rommie as a merc. her ship is the Apex heavy battlecruiser. the rusty skin is pretty neat for a merc/pirate
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  • mowghtamowghta Member Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    thanks for your answers and good ideas.

    my backstory could be an dishonored Klingon acting like a mercenary or independant and own his own steal ship.

    yes your are true .. every ship can be a good pirate ship .. i have to think about that...

    I love klingon but (i don't know why) i do not see them in pirates role... but i know some klingons (duras sisters ) are not very honorable ...:)

    I think to have melee weapon like sword and use lunge and sweeping strike / martial art.
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  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I have a pirate character, with crew full of all the salty dogs you can find - mostly Nausicaans, Letheans and Orions although you can find every kind of marauders on board.

    He is a Nausicaan and commands a Guramba. It's just came natural for me to have a pirate char that is Nausicaan and I wanted him to fly an authentic Nausicaan ship. Arrrgh! :P
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  • damix4damix4 Member Posts: 609 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    You can try Breen chel grett ship.

    http://sto.gamepedia.com/Breen_Chel_Grett_Warship
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  • bitemepwebitemepwe Member Posts: 6,760 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    tlhab Suvwl' yln jlHvaD!
    Leonard Nimoy, Spock.....:(

    R.I.P
  • mowghtamowghta Member Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    bitemepwe wrote: »
    tlhab Suvwl' yln jlHvaD!

    I am not fluent in klingon :rolleyes:
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  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    mowghta wrote: »
    I am not fluent in klingon :rolleyes:

    Needs more bloodwine, then! :P
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  • bitemepwebitemepwe Member Posts: 6,760 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    mowghta wrote: »
    I am not fluent in klingon :rolleyes:

    There is no Klingon word for pirate or privateer, so it says (according to Bing translate) ....

    "A free warriors life for me"
    Leonard Nimoy, Spock.....:(

    R.I.P
  • mowghtamowghta Member Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    bitemepwe wrote: »
    There is no Klingon word for pirate or privateer, so it says (according to Bing translate) ....

    "A free warriors life for me"


    yes that could be me..;)
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  • jeffel82jeffel82 Member Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    As I mentioned in the thread about the Risian Cruiseliner, my Orion privateer captured herself a Risian Corvette last summer, and set it up as an extremely fast, hit-and-run pirate vessel. I love it.
    You're right. The work here is very important.
    tacofangs wrote: »
    ...talking to players is like being a mall Santa. Everyone immediately wants to tell you all of the things they want, and you are absolutely powerless to deliver 99% of them.
  • captainoblivouscaptainoblivous Member Posts: 2,284 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    bitemepwe wrote: »
    tlhab Suvwl' yln jlHvaD!

    Gesundheit!
    I need a beer.

  • mowghtamowghta Member Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    As I mentioned in the thread about the Risian Cruiseliner, my Orion privateer captured herself a Risian Corvette last summer, and set it up as an extremely fast, hit-and-run pirate vessel. I love it.

    Yes i miss her...

    perharps this summer... ;)
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  • bitemepwebitemepwe Member Posts: 6,760 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    captainoblivous wrote: »
    Gesundheit!

    Dankeshon ........
    Leonard Nimoy, Spock.....:(

    R.I.P
  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Yes I am lame, but I made a drow merc on the KDF side with full BOFFS of you guessed it Drow.

    Roll with a mirror Vo'Quv(stole it and yes it's called the Bregan D'arthe) and a B'Rel refit. Stole the B'rel, and refitted it on the Vo'Quv after stealing enough parts from KDF ships he's jumped.

    Yes my drow even has a Mogh Battlecruiser. Well KDF had a mission where they wanted plausible deniability, and it was a suicide mission. My drow said "only way I'll take it, is if you promise me a Battlecruiser of my choosing."

    KDF thought he wouldn't survive. My drow did, and the KDF held up the bargin. Now has a B'rel refit, a Mogh Battlecruiser, and a Mirror Vo'quv carrier.
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  • jeffel82jeffel82 Member Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    At this point, I have to ask...are there any actual career soldiers in the KDF? :P
    You're right. The work here is very important.
    tacofangs wrote: »
    ...talking to players is like being a mall Santa. Everyone immediately wants to tell you all of the things they want, and you are absolutely powerless to deliver 99% of them.
  • shadokittyshadokitty Member Posts: 131 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Hmm, this might make good reasoning for my Ferasan commander to pilot her Galor that I got in a lockbox the other day. Got a MU Somraw Raptor, and a MU Voquv Carrier too, on different characters.
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    At this point, I have to ask...are there any actual career soldiers in the KDF? :P

    All my Klingons are decorated Generals for their achievments during the service for the Empire! True, honorable Klingon warriors. My Ferasan fits the profile as well. :)

    Can't say the same about my Orion and Nausicaan. Just can't look at their faces and say honorable career KDF soldiers with a straight face. :P
    But I love both of them. My Orion is probably my most advanced char. (in terms of character creation) I ever made and my Nausicaan is a pirate and I love him for that. Yoo hooo hoo! :D
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  • bitemepwebitemepwe Member Posts: 6,760 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    At this point, I have to ask...are there any actual career soldiers in the KDF? :P

    I have often wondered the same of Star Fleet.
    Leonard Nimoy, Spock.....:(

    R.I.P
  • shadokittyshadokitty Member Posts: 131 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Wouldn't mercs or privateers really be the only reasonable explanation for piloting a lockbox ship in game anyways?
  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    At this point, I have to ask...are there any actual career soldiers in the KDF? :P

    Yeah, my Orion female science officer is a Carrer KDF officer. But she does have her own harem of male Boffs.
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  • jeffel82jeffel82 Member Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    shadokitty wrote: »
    Wouldn't mercs or privateers really be the only reasonable explanation for piloting a lockbox ship in game anyways?

    No,

    I

    don't

    think

    so.

    Edit: Also this, this, and this.

    My point being, there are plenty of examples of enemy ships being captured, salvaged, and used on missions of varying durations, both in Star Trek and in the real world, by military entities. If you're so inclined, it shouldn't be too difficult to justify your use of a "foreign" ship in your own personal headcanon.

    Or you might not want to bother, which is cool, too.
    You're right. The work here is very important.
    tacofangs wrote: »
    ...talking to players is like being a mall Santa. Everyone immediately wants to tell you all of the things they want, and you are absolutely powerless to deliver 99% of them.
  • aurigas7aurigas7 Member Posts: 488 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Nausicaan for the black market contacts and either a Breen ship (both of them do the trick) or a fleet Scourge as ride. The additional Sci abilty is perfect to slot a tractor beam.
    Pretty much a must have for any serious pirate or bounty hunter !
    Orions may have an interesting livestyle, but somehow their available ships are not that good in avoiding unfavourable combat situations.
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    At this point, I have to ask...are there any actual career soldiers in the KDF? :P

    My Klingon is still a career soldier. I've even honored the ceasefire from the latest FE by not hunting Feds in Ker'rat.
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  • chrisbrown12009chrisbrown12009 Member Posts: 790 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    mowghta wrote: »
    yes that could be me..;)

    Bing translates Klingon?! Dafuq?!
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    kjwashington wrote: »
    My Klingon is still a career soldier. I've even honored the ceasefire from the latest FE by not hunting Feds in Ker'rat.

    You.....you coward!!! :mad: :D
    chrisbrown12009 wrote: »
    Bing translates Klingon?! Dafuq?!

    Yes, yes it does for a while now. Qapla'!
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  • mowghtamowghta Member Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    shadokitty wrote: »
    Wouldn't mercs or privateers really be the only reasonable explanation for piloting a lockbox ship in game anyways?


    It could be.

    is this "star trek like" to own several non aligned ships ?

    the game is a bit rigid , a bit linear with missions (difficult but possible to get Xp without).

    free but not (have to choose a side .. i don' t want choose a side or not like that.. :rolleyes:)

    Lot of things to says but the game is the game , he is build like this.

    I dream a game where i can buy or steal any ship and refit them as i want and paint them in pink with flowers .. but it is a dream. ( this is my "pirate" point of view not for military carrier .. ;)
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