RDN's Lucifer (nerthos)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Feb-17 06:43:58 UTC
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@sim Basically. A commercial ship is lightly armed because cannon decks take up loads of space, so having a faster ship means you have the advantage. A military ship only has weaponry as far as valuables goes, and is well armed and generally with an escort. I don't discard the possibility of pirates going after a ship or two that returned from a battle in bad shape, but they wouldn't go after normal military convoys, much like modern pirates run from coast guard and navy ships.
