Pirate Ships
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Short description
The pirate vessel of choice is the bireme, a swift, deadly predator when hunting slow and undefended merchant ships.
Description
The pirate vessel of choice is the bireme, a swift, deadly predator when hunting slow and undefended merchant ships, and one that can outrun larger warships when cornered. A bireme combines power and good handling in a vessel that does not need to large a crew.
Pirates sail from every remote cove, every lawless harbour and every independent city (and a few cities that are supposedly law-abiding) along the Mediterranean coast. They are like flies - always present when there are rich pickings, and only temporarily driven off by the wave of an imperial hand. Kill one fly, and more come in its place.
As well as menacing trade, pirates can sometimes gather in sufficient strength to threaten even the great naval powers.