There is trust in only one thing, as per the rules of the game: that the <i>current</i> proposed split (and only the current one), if accepted by all pirates, will be carried out.<p>Anything else cannot be trusted. Because the pirates are completely rational (think robots), they not only don&#x27;t trust each other, they also know the rest don&#x27;t trust them either. So no pirate will attempt any kind of deal.