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**For which advancement they substituted by using submariners on naval pay which were to small to carry prisoners, to fragile to stay on the surface long enough to collect a prize, and satisfied to fight for destruction rather then plunder. |
**For which advancement they substituted by using submariners on naval pay which were to small to carry prisoners, to fragile to stay on the surface long enough to collect a prize, and satisfied to fight for destruction rather then plunder. |
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* Real treasure of course often has a bunch of tough dudes guarding it, naturally enough. Which makes it a good idea to stay away from it. That is why the optimal pirate booty is simply slaves. It is fairly easy to gut a small coastal village and get away before the local [[The Patriarch|chief,]] [[The Sheriff|Sheriff]] or [[Feudal Overlord]] comes down with a posse,even assuming he exists and cares about the matter and has enough muscle to interfere. And slaves will sell well. Gold and jewels while glamorous are [[Sarcasm Mode|more important things]] then the freedom of strangers and hence will have a lot of attention paid to it. |
* Real treasure of course often has a bunch of tough dudes guarding it, naturally enough. Which makes it a good idea to stay away from it. That is why the optimal pirate booty is simply slaves. It is fairly easy to gut a small coastal village and get away before the local [[The Patriarch|chief,]] [[The Sheriff|Sheriff]] or [[Feudal Overlord]] comes down with a posse,even assuming he exists and cares about the matter and has enough muscle to interfere. And slaves will sell well. Gold and jewels while glamorous are [[Sarcasm Mode|more important things]] then the freedom of strangers and hence will have a lot of attention paid to it. |
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* It is believed by some -- including a number of people who've spent their lives working on it -- that a massive treasure is buried on [[w:Oak Island mystery|Oak Island]], in Nova Scotia, Canada, protected by an elaborate set of traps. The earliest stories about it, dating to the 18th century, allege that it was gold buried by [[w:William Kidd|Captain Kidd], although later mutations have turned the gold into the treasure of the Templars and even [[Public Domain Artifact#The Ark of the Covenant|the Ark of the Covenant]]. |
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