<strong><span class="bbc_u">Big Picture Pirate Plot Bunnies</span></strong><br/><br/>This is totally off the cuff, so feel free to shoot anything down or run with it. Definitely add your own.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Quest for the X of the Y</strong></span><br/><br/>The "Pirate King/Queen" of Port Diablo has found a map to a great treasure that includes one specific item that s/he wants to obtain. S/He's already lost two of hir best ships and captains in the process, so s/he decides to widen the field. PK/Q announces a contest, a race for the treasure. S/He distributes several copies of the original map to the captains currently in port. The first one to beat the others (and whatever other dangers are lurking) to the treasure's hiding place and return to Port Diablo with the specific item is entitled to keep the rest of the booty for herself/himself.<br/><br/>Possible Twist #1 - the "specific item" is actually a person<br/>Possible Twist #2 - there is no treasure, the PK/Q just wants to eliminate most of the competition<br/><br/>Pros - competition between pirate ships, battles at sea, battles on land, a clear goal, Navy ship could participate too<br/>Cons - ?<br/><br/><br/>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Caribbean Corsairs</strong></span><br/><br/>A dishonored Barbary pirate captain has sailed hir battered ship & the remnants of hir crew all the way to the Caribbean. What prize could be found in these foreign waters that would be great enough for the Dey of Algiers to accept the captain back into the fold? Perhaps a Caribbean pirate ship stuffed full of gold and European slaves...? The Barbarians could infiltrate a likely ship with the goal - after a few successful bouts of booty gathering - of mutiny and sailing the captured ship back to the Barbary Coast.<br/><br/>Possible Twist #1 - The corsair contacts the Navy and they work together to ensnare the pirates.<br/>Possible Twist #2 - The other pirate ship & crew comes to the aid of the first.<br/><br/>Pros - Common enemy, intrigue, everyone is involved<br/>Cons - Kind of messy, requires moar pirates<br/><br/>Top Pro - Arouj sells everyone at the slave market and makes a ton of gold and retires to raise horses in a modest palace outside Tangiers.<br/>