Pirates

For the Total War: Shogun 2 faction, see Wako Pirates.

Pirates are a minor faction in Empire: Total War.

General Information

The Pirates are a unique faction: they are always at war with all factions, and cannot be negotiated with at all. In addition, their unit rosters are completely unique. They operate only in the American and trade theatres, attacking any ships there. However, they never launch land invasions.

Unusually for a minor faction, Pirates are playable in multiplayer, though only for naval battles.

Regions

At the start of the Grand Campaign, they have two regions: Trinidad & Tobago, and the Leeward Isles. They are emergent from more regions than any other faction in the game, as any of the islands in the Caribbean are spawning points for them.

Unit Roster

The Pirates have only two land units: melee-oriented Buccaneers limited to six regiments, and the unique Pirate Mob, which number at 120 men per regiment on large settings, double that of most mobs such as Firelock Armed Citizenry. In addition to being more numerous, the pirate mobs have better stats in everything, including ammunition and accuracy. This can sometimes create a nuisance for players who have not invested heavily in the Americas, as the spawned mobs can outnumber and destroy small armies.

• Buccaneers
• Pirate Mob
• General's Bodyguard (Western)
• Race-Built Galleon

Names

Character names

All pirate names are with frequency of 1.

Name	Type	Gender
Abraham	forename	m
Alexander	forename	m
Almeria	forename	f
Alvel	surname	b
Amelia	forename	f
Andrew	forename	m
Anne	forename	f
Ansell	surname	b
Anstis	surname	b
Auger	surname	b
Augusta	forename	f
Baker	surname	b
Baltazar	forename	m
Bartholomew	forename	m
Barton	surname	b
Bejamin	forename	m
Bellamy	surname	b
Benito	forename	m
Bernard	forename	m
Bill	forename	m
Blackburne	surname	b
Blauvelt	surname	b
Bonnet	surname	b
Bonney	surname	b
Bonny	surname	b
Booth	surname	b
Bowen	surname	b
Brasiliano	surname	b
Brown	surname	b
Bunce	surname	b
Burgess	surname	b
Butler	surname	b
Calles	surname	b
Callis	surname	b
Camilla	forename	f
Carolina	forename	f
Catalina	forename	f
Cavendish	surname	b
Cervantes	surname	b
Charles	forename	m
Charlotte	forename	f
Chivers	surname	b
Christopher	forename	m
Clipperton	surname	b
Cloise	surname	b
Cobb	surname	b
Cobham	surname	b
Cocklyn	surname	b
Cofresi	surname	b
Collier	surname	b
Compaan	surname	b
Condent	surname	b
Condon	surname	b
Cornelius	forename	m
Coxon	surname	m
Culliford	surname	b
Cunningham	surname	b
da Silva	surname	b
Dalzeel	surname	b
Dampie	surname	b
Daniel	forename	m
Danziker	surname	b
Davis	surname	m
de Belleville	surname	b
de Berry	surname	b
de Bouff	surname	b
de Cordes	surname	b
de Graaf	surname	b
de Grammont	surname	b
de Soto	surname	b
de Veenboer	surname	b
Dirk	forename	m
Dominique	forename	m
Duguay	forename	m
Easton	surname	b
Edward	forename	m
Elfrith	surname	b
Elizabeth	forename	f
Emanuel	forename	m
Eric	forename	m
Every	surname	b
Fenn	surname	b
Fleury	surname	b
Flora	forename	f
Foccard	surname	b
Francis	forename	m
Francois	forename	m
Frederico	forename	m
Frith	surname	b
Gambi	surname	b
Garcia	surname	b
Gathenhielm	surname	b
George	forename	m
Gian	forename	m
Grace	forename	f
Greaves	surname	b
Guillaume	forename	m
Gustav	forename	m
Halsey	surname	b
Haraden	surname	b
Harpe	surname	b
Hawkins	surname	b
Hein	surname	b
Henri	forename	m
Henriquez	surname	b
Henry	forename	m
Hornigold	surname	b
Howell	forename	m
Ingela	forename	f
Isaac	forename	m
Jack	forename	m
Jacob	forename	m
Jacobson	surname	b
Jacques	forename	m
Jacquotte	forename	f
James	forename	m
Jan	forename	m
Jane	forename	f
Jean	forename	m
Jeanne-Louise	forename	f
Jennings	surname	b
Johanna	forename	f
Johnston	surname	b
Jorge	forename	m
Jorgen	forename	m
Jorgensen	surname	b
Joseph	forename	m
Juan	forename	m
Juanita	forename	f
Katarina	forename	f
Kelley	surname	b
Kidd	surname	b
Klaus	forename	m
Kraal	surname	b
Lancaster	surname	b
Laurens	forename	m
Lawrence	forename	m
le Clerc	surname	b
Lefitte	surname	b
Levasseur	surname	b
Lindsey	surname	b
Louisa	forename	f
Lowther	surname	b
Mafalda	forename	f
Magnus	forename	m
Mainwaring	surname	b
Manuel	forename	m
Maren	forename	f
Margaret	forename	f
Maria	forename	f
Marjolijn	forename	f
Marteen	surname	b
Mary	forename	f
Michael	forename	m
Michel	forename	m
Miguel	forename	m
Mings	surname	b
Montalban	surname	b
Montbars	surname	b
Moody	surname	b
Morgan	surname	b
Morgana	forename	f
Nathaniel	forename	m
Nau	surname	b
Nicholas	forename	m
Nikolaas	forename	m
North	surname	b
Nutt	surname	b
Olivier	forename	m
O'Malley	surname	b
Owens	surname	b
Paine	surname	b
Pedro	forename	m
Phineas	forename	m
Piet	forename	m
Piras	surname	b
Prince	surname	b
Quelch	surname	b
Rachel	forename	f
Rackham	surname	b
Reade	surname	b
Rene	forename	m
Richard	forename	m
Riskinner	surname	b
Rivero	surname	b
Roberto	forename	m
Roberts	surname	b
Roche	forename	m
Sadie	forename	f
Samuel	forename	m
Sharp	surname	b
Simon	forename	m
Skytte	surname	b
Sophia	forename	f
Speirdyke	surname	b
Spriggs	surname	b
Stede	forename	m
Surcouf	surname	b
Swan	surname	b
Taylor	surname	b
Teach	surname	b
Tew	surname	b
Thomas	forename	m
Tobias	forename	m
van Hoorn	surname	b
van Noort	surname	b
Vane	surname	b
Verney	surname	b
Vicente	forename	m
Vincent	forename	m
Virginie	forename	f
Wall	surname	b
Ward	surname	b
William	forename	m
Winthorp	surname	b
Worley	surname	b
Wright	surname	b
Wynn	surname	b
Yeats	surname	b

Ship names

Ship names draw upon English, Dutch, French, and Spanish names. Many are named after historical pirate ships.

Name	Notes
Adventure	"Adventure Galley" or simply "Adventure" was the name of the ship of the pirate William Kidd, more commonly known as Captain Kidd.
Aguardiente	Fictional, Spanish for Hard Liquor or Booze
Aguila	Possibly based on Chilean brigantine Águila (1796).
Alabaster Pennant	Fictional
Ame Perdue	Fictional, French for Lost Soul
Amethyst Barracuda	Fictional
Araña Negra	Fictional, Spanish for Black Spider
Beige Piranha	Fictional
Black Mackerel	Fictional
Black Moon	Fictional
Black Pig	"Black Pig" was the name of the ship of the fictional pirate Captain Pugwash.
Black Turbot	Fictional
Blue Badger	Fictional
Brass Marlin	Fictional
Brass Seahorse	Fictional
Burgundy Fox	Fictional
Calypso	Several 18th-19th century British ships were named Calypso.
Copper Stoat	Fictional, refers to copper sheathing of ships.
Cuckold	Fictional
Damnation	Fictional
Diablo	Fictional, Spanish for Devil
Dragon d'Argent	Fictional, French for Silver Dragon
Estrella Oscura	Fictional, Spanish for Dark Star
Fancy	"Fancy" was the name of the ship of the pirate Henry Every, more commonly known as Long Ben.
Fin Du Monde	Fictional, French for End of the World
Flibustier	Fictional, French for Filibuster or Pirate
Flounder	Fictional
Flying Dragon	Fictional
Flying Dutchman	"Flying Dutchman" is a legendary ghost ship in maritime folklore.
Freebooter	Fictional
Hanged Man	Fictional
Happy Delivery	"Happy Delivery" was the name of the ship of the pirate George Lowther.
Herring	At least two 19th century British ships were named Herring.
Homme Noyé	Fictional, French for Drowned Man
Jade Bison	Fictional
Kraken	Fictional
Liberty	Possibly based on HMS Liberty (1768).
Lion d'Or	"Lion d'Or" was the name of a ship captured by the French in September 1625 from the Huguenots at La Rochelle and then captured by Spanish galleys at Collioure in May 1641.
Loro Verde	Fictional, Spanish for Green Parrot
Magenta Squirrel	Fictional
Marée Noire	Fictional, French for Black Tide
Maudite	Fictional, French for Cursed
Misére	Fictional, French for Misery
Moza	Fictional, Spanish for Girl
Neptune	"Neptune" was a common ship name in the 17-18th century and many British, French and Spanish ships had this name.
Pearl	Several 18th century British ships were named "Pearl".
Plunder	Fictional
Poseidon	Fictional
Pride	Fictional
Profiteur	Fictional, French for Profiteer
Pufferfish	Fictional
Queen Anne's Revenge	"Queen Anne's Revenge" was the name of the ship of the pirate Edward Teach, more commonly known as Blackbeard.
Ranger	"Ranger" was the name of one of the ships of the pirate Bartholomew Roberts, more commonly known as Black Bart.
Retribution	At least two 18th century British ships were named "Retribution".
Revanche	Fictional, French for Revenge
Rising Sun	"Rising Sun" was the name of the ship of the pirate William Moody.
Royal Fortune	"Royal Fortune" was the name of one of the ships of the pirate Bartholomew Roberts, more commonly known as Black Bart.
Rêve Argenté	Fictional, French for Silver Dream
Scarlet Ocelot	Fictional
Sea Serpent	Fictional
Stormachtig	Fictional, Dutch for Stormy
Sultana	Possibly based on HMS Sultana (1768).
Terracotta Marmot	Fictional
Toorn	Fictional, Dutch for Wrath
Trident	Several 17th-18th century French and British ships were named Trident.
Vermillion Lemming	Fictional
Vrijbuiter	Fictional, Dutch for Freebooter
Whydah	"Whydah Gally" or simply "Whydah" was a British ship which was captured by the pirate Samuel Bellamy, more commonly known as Black Sam Bellamy or the Prince of Pirates.
Widow Maker	Fictional
Woekeraar	Fictional, Dutch for Usurer

Fort names

• Fort Booty
• Fort Drunken Monkey
• Fort Governor's Daughter
• Fort Loot
• Fort Morgan
• Fort Reef
• Fort Tortuga

Trivia

• The flag used by the Pirates is the flag used by the famous pirate Calico Jack.
• There was no one "nation" of pirates; although the most noticeable confederation of pirates, the 'Republic of Pirates' inhabited the Bahamas between 1706–1718. Every pirate gang used their own flag. Skulls were a common motif.
• They speak in a British accent when selected. Also, their Government and Generals all have British names.