Editing Pirates of the Baltic Sea (section)

===Buccaneers’ Code===

Usually referred to as just the Code. It is very simple, not so much a legal system as it is a code of conduct. But the Admiralty enforces it ruthlessly, and breaking it will land the crew responsible in boiling water. If the code was broken by accident, the best thing to do is usually to be honest and subject to the Admiralty’s judgement. It may result in loss of assets and privileges, and public humiliation. But it is possible to recover from that, which will not be the case if the crew gets a Black Mark.

Rules of the Code: <Br/>
No sexual assault or other torture <Br/>
No slavery <Br/>
No harming noncombatants <Br/>
No lethal violence against other Buccaneers <Br/>
Do not bring the governments of Åland, Sweden or Finland to anger <Br/>
Do not raid civilian settlements on the coasts, with the exception of corporate facilities <Br/>

There is not a rule against targeting civilian shipping. That would have been too dicey, for corporations sometimes use freelancers, and their craft are technically civilian, even if the civilians are cybered up and armed to the teeth. But anyone who sees that as a loophole to target fishing vessels will find out that the Admirals can and will judge you just because they don’t like you, and the Captains’ Table is likely to side with them. As a general rule, trying to be a rules lawyer with the Code is a very bad idea.