the_ethan

I really like pretty much all of these ideas, it would definitely make the pirates a more dynamic and threatening faction. I would add that if a Empire A colonizes a Pirate Base then Empire A would have control of all Pirate functions, abilities and missions, essentially giving Empire A control of two factions during the course of a game. Any resources collected by the controlled Pirates would be added to Empire A's economy, it would kind of turn the Pirates into Privateers. D