Game time
This thread is for Stanton-specific talk, such as where to go to find victims, or where to sell loot, etc. And also, it's for the Stanton Pirate Commander, shubn, to tell us his general piracy plans, or plans for the next piracy-specific session, etc.
People can pirate any day of the week, as long as as they're using Cult Pirate Spec vehicles and gear. If you're doing it solo, you don't even need the gear, but when you team up with anyone from our org, everyone needs it. And you can do it without anyone's permission.
shubn, however, has the authority to designate certain Saturdays as Cult Piracy events. He can choose between 1 PM or 10 PM UTC, but he'll probably choose 1 because of his timezone. I have a plan for the 10 PM slot, but I'll unveil it later. To start with, probably all our Cult Piracy events will start at 1.
3, 2, 1, NOW!
This is how shubn can go about initiating a Cult Piracy event:
1. He makes sure there's no other Star Citizen event running on the day, in which we plan to participate. There's no problem with Battlegrounds sessions, however, with the understanding that he'll get fewer players that day. It's not a problem though because piracy is fun even with just two people.
2. If he has any particular plans/tactics for the day, especially if they're new ones, he shares them in this thread. If not, he doesn't.
3. He announces the event in the Scheduling thread, linking his tactics post, if any.
4. He pings the "Star Citizens" role on Discord in the #stanton channel with the same announcement, again linking his tactics post, if any, or this thread otherwise.
And that's it from his side. From my side, once I see all the above, I add the event on Discord using the Discord Events feature, linking his tactics post if he made one, or this thread if not.
Their loss, our gain
And that's it. He can launch the event as rarely or as often as he likes: every Saturday if he wants (as long as we aren't playing another SC event), or every two or three months at the rarest. Obviously, if he never runs the event, he'll have to be replaced. As Pirate Commander, it is understood that he enjoys piracy and wants to run it. If he takes a break from the game, he can designate a lieutenant to take over, but I'll talk about lieutenants later. For now, let's keep it simple to start with.
It is the Pirate Commander's responsibility to bring as many of the vehicles to the event as he thinks he will need to deploy his tactics. Participants should help as much as they can, but they can also just show up at Grim HEX with the Pirate Inquisitor loadout, without any vehicle. Of course, all Stanton Piracy events start and end at Grim HEX, the Cult Pirate HQ.
Home, grim home
It goes without saying that cultists can suggest tactics, in this thread and/or in-game. All I am saying is, on the day, whatever the Pirate Commander says goes, unless the Stanton SupCom or—gasp!—the Emperor decide to show up.
Profits from Cult Piracy events are divided as follows: 25% Cult Bank, 25% Pirate Commander, 25% Stanton Supreme Commander, 25% Emperor.
Any questions, post them here.
