Editing Pirates of the Baltic Sea (section)

====The current Admirals====

=====Captain Almstedt, Johannes Almstedt=====

At close to seventy, Captain Almstedt is the oldest of the Admirals but still shrewd, and shows no signs of planning to retire. An Ålandic native who turned from fishery to smuggling, he gets along well with local people and authorities, and spends a lot of time smoothing things over after some minor incident. Captain Almstedt has a bushy gray beard but he has lost most of his hair and always has a woolen cap on his bald head. Almstedt’s crew has retired and his ship, Magne, has not left port in years.

=====Captain Empress, Alexandra Romanov=====

Romanov apparently is the Russian captain’s actual surname, and since her first name is that of the last Russian Empress, she got the nickname swiftly. Even at past fifty, her blonde hair that she keeps in a ponytail has yet to show any gray, and she is still considered a “Look, but don’t touch” kind of woman. She used to captain the former Russian missile boat Rasputin, but now the captain is her daughter Anastasia, or Captain Princess.

=====Captain Falk, Helena Falk=====

Captain Falk is easily the most well known of the Admirals. Stories of her past exploits still get told in the bars. The stories say that in her youth she brawled, drank and womanized – she prefers other women – harder than most men, and pulled off some really daring heists and escapes in the Baltic. But fast life took its toll. After a close call, her left side is covered in scars and her left arm, leg and eye are cybernetic replacements. Or as she says: “Got a hook, peg leg and eye patch. All I need is a parrot.” Close to sixty now and her hair gone gray, she has slowed down the pace quite a bit. Captain Falk still enjoys an occasional drink, flirts casually with pretty women, and sometimes takes her ship Falcon out to sea, but mainly she focuses on her duties as an Admiral.

=====Captain Jester, Jesper Lykke=====

In his youth, the Danish Captain’s curly red hair, handsome face and leanly muscular body turned eyes, and he still looks sexy at past sixty and with his hair gone gray. However, Captain Jester is asexual and no one gets invited to his bed. Calling him Captain Whatawaste is a sure way to piss him off. But as long as one is not trying to hit on him, he is known to be very good company, with an endless repertoire of stories. He is nearly always busy, though. Easily the most diplomatic of the Admirals, Captain Jester is not just an Admiral, he is one of the 30 members of Lagting – the elected Parliament of Åland. When he is not handling government or Buccaneer business, he is away from Åland, meeting the representatives and media of one or another nation of the Baltic Sea region, reassuring them that the Buccaneers are freedom fighters, not bloodthirsty criminals. He has been quite successful in this. So successful that corporate hit teams have targeted him on a few occasions. Captain Jester always has a crew of Buccaneers around for protection.

=====Captain Dread, Markus Umar=====

Captain Dread is a Finn. Do not say the words “A Finn? But you’re black!” That would result in bodily harm. He may still have his ancestral Nigerian surname, but every member of his family he has ever known was born in Finland and he does not tolerate people who would deny his heritage. He got his name from his hair. He keeps it in dreadlocks.

Captain Dread is the youngest of the Admirals, being in his late forties. Funnily, it was his greatest victory that effectively ended his career at sea and got him elected as an Admiral. In a clash with a corporate sponsored pirate hunter, Captain Dread lost his original ship but then he and his crew boarded and captured the pirate hunter, a 250 ton stealth missile boat. The ship is among the most dangerous the Buccaneers have, but needs a large crew and has significant operating costs, so it only leaves port if the Buccaneers are facing a serious threat.