Starfield’s Crimson Fleet actually have plenty in common with historical pirates
As it turns out, Starfield’s Crimson Fleet, the Settled Systems’ most feared band of interstellar pirates do actually look to have a fair amount in common with their counterparts from real world history.
This is according to a lengthy Reddit post by user LootBoxDad, who’s decided to review the faction from the perspective of a pirate historian, having previously done the same to some Pirate-themed Overwatch skins. They kick off by immediately demonstrating more pirate knowledge than I’ve got, specifying that their points of historical comparison come from two different periods of pirate history, which when combined run from the early 17th century to the early 18th.
The majority of the post sees them pick out various in-game quotes from characters and info slates which describe the Fleet’s general ethos and modus operandi, dissecting how these compare to those of real world pirates from the time outlined above.
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