Well, would it be possible to beef up the role of the pirate organisation.  Say the captain had served on her two previous ships for the pirates and each time been moved on to a different ship once the first officer had got enough skills.  This is now the start of her third ship.  Some characters have flown with her on a previous one while some are new in on this one.<br/><br/>Not sure how well I've explained that, but I basically mean like make the pirates a bit more organised and kind of like a navy but less official.  <Insert Name Here> the pirate overlord and de facto ruler of the space port knows the people and crews he's got working for him and takes every chance he's got to add another ship to his growing fleet.  Some crewmembers serve together for years, others just serve together on the one ship until that crew gets broken up.<br/><br/>So it kind of makes the captain a long standing member of the organisation while newcomers like Toya have just arrived at the star base and been assigned this ship.<br/><br/>I dunno, its just an idea.  Take/leave/modify/deride as you see fit.