Tortuga Raiders

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Introduction

The tortugan raiders, or simply the tortugans are the largest unified band of pirates out there.

Even though they are technically unified, that does not extend to working together.

Pirate bands are as numerous as they are easy to deal with, the only truly worrisome force is the one based in Tortuga.

History

Base game & Timeline

Faction Relations

SolGov

The tortugans are primarily anarchists and as such despise the imperialist SolGov.
Infact, many are specifically on the run from the Solar Government.
Meanwhile SolGov sees the pirates as an useful nuisance to tie down NanoTrasen with, but nothing more.

Dominion of Light

Due to them being based in entirely separate sectors, most tortugans do not encounter DoL on a regular basis.
Exception is The Great Khan who ambushes DoL exploration vessels on a regular basis.
The Khan does not hold any specific spite to the Dominion, he only sees them as easy marks.
The Dominion on the other hand despises the Khan and as such by extension the rest of Tortuga.

Draconic Empire

The Tortugans in general stay away from Draconic Empire vessels since even merchant ships are decently armed.
The Draconic Empire on the other hand sees the Tortugans as good target practice and training.

NanoTrasen

Historically NanoTrasen has been at the mercy of the rest of the Federation when it comes to handling Tortuga.
In recent times that has been flipped on it's head due to NanoTrasen's newfound access to military vessels.
The Tortugan raiders often have a similar relationship to NanoTrasen as they have with SolGov, being on the run from NT.

Syndicate

The Tortugans are nominally allied with The Syndicate, but it is a somewhat fragile relationship due to the decentralized nature of pirates.
The Syndicate used to see them as an useful method of damaging supply lines, but due to increased NanoTrasen presence on shipping lanes that is no longer the case.
Infact, it is entirely likely that the alliance will be called off sooner or later, and The Syndicate will seize the resource rich Sion cluster.
The only reason they haven't done so yet, is because The Great Khan is still very useful to The Syndicate.