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Also could be called [[Pirate Punk]], though the setting may not even have so much as a single pirate in it in many cases. Life in a [[Single Biome Planet|mostly watery world]] (or a mostly watery part of the world where the rest isn't of much matter) with distant islands connected by trade routes, ships sailing back and forth, and of course, many [[Pirate]]s and buccaneers, whether they're wielding cutlasses on sailing ships or the aquatic equivalent of [[Humongous Mecha]]. May contain [[Organic Technology]], and have a large focus on what happens under the waves as well as over.
This may also be a type of [[After the End]] setting, if the writers are trying to teach [[An Aesop]]<ref>albeit a [[Did Not Do the Research|somewhat misguided one]]</ref> about [[Green Aesop|global warming]].
For a similar setting that trades the water for the skies, see [[Sky Pirates]]. And since [[Space Is an Ocean]], you might have [[Space Pirates]]. Compare and Contrast its exact opposite [[Desert Punk]].
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* FASA [[Traveller]] module ''Rescue on Galatea''. The main action takes place on the [[Ocean Planet]] Galatea.
* ''[[Dungeons
** The Crowded Sea in the ''[[Al Qadim]]'' campaign setting (a subsetting of ''[[Forgotten Realms]]''), explored in the ''Corsairs'' boxed set, serves this purpose.
* ''[[Rifts]]'' World Book 7: ''Rifts Underseas'' - [[Pirate]]s, [[Powered Armor]]-wearing Dolphins, Shapeshifting Orcas, giant squid [[Eldritch Abomination]]s with tentacles miles long, fish-headed mutants, magic singing, playable Humpback Whales, floating cities, Extradimensional aquatic conquerors, and the U.S. Navy, among others. Actually pretty par for the course for ''Rifts''.
* Owing to the fact that the Elemental Pole of Water is located there, this tends to be the theme of any ''[[Exalted]]'' campaign set in the West. Common hazards include: Cannibalistic demon pirates, water and air elementals, ornery storm deities, aquatic variants of [[The Fair Folk]], [[Magitek]] [[Lost Technology]] battleships (some of which [[
* [[Fifty Fathoms]] is all about the swashbuckling piratey oceanpunk goodness.
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* ''[[Sonic Rush Series|Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' is set on a cluster of islands where the main villains are robotic pirates.
* The ''[[Aquanox]]'' series of futuristic [[After the End]] sub combat sims. Just think of it as "''[[SeaQuest DSV|Sea Quest DSV]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[Crimson Skies]]''"...
* ''[[Submarine Titans]]'', which is basically ''[[
* Sleeper Xbox title ''[[Bloodwake]]'' is like this. The story suggests there's plenty happening on the game world's mainland, but since the protagonist is part of a pirate group who base themselves on islands and make a living preying on nearby shipping channels, all their warfare (and gameplay) is naval.
* ''[[Dubloon]]''
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