Ports - havens, friendly, etc.
Pirate Hunters and other trouble
PoD Piracy mini-game (Notion version)
You will primarily target unarmed merchant ships, so, ship combat shouldn’t be needed much.
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Simplified hand-to-hand combat
Trade & Commerce Procedure (Notion version)