A Privateer is a hired pirate. Something like “Ok, we’re paying YOU and your crew to NOT attack our ships. In return, you can attack any ships that don’t bare our flags.”
It fits the theme. Desperado… “Lawless Mexican”, iirc… No. Way off the theme.
I would just like to say thank you. I know that I rarely agree with the developers on certain issues, but I appreciate that they took time to consider and change the title.
I honestly wasn’t sure this would even get looked at, but since I now have the title “Privateer” in front of my name, I see I was wrong.