Prelude to the Golden Age

To their admirers, pirates are romantic villains, fearsome men and women willing to forge a life beyond the reach of law and government liberated from their jobs and the constraints of society to pursue wealth and adventure. Notorious outlaws regarding as thieves and criminals by their nations rebelling against their oppressors.

Henry Avery himself, started his career in the Imperial Navy until he saw firsthand how corrupt it was. He rose up against injustice and joined a group led by Captain Gibson to make money from heavily armed merchant ships. After the mission went wrong, Avery took charge and would later be named captain and form a crew of his own, The Fancy Pirates. The crew gained much wealth and terrorized the Empire and ruled a portion of the Galaxy that would be named the Frontier.

Henry Avery created the Pirate Code and set the blueprint of piracy. He became a hero by liberating planets from the Empire and robbing the rich to give back to the poor. He sailed the Galaxy and become somewhat of a diplomat in handling relations. He was well respected by his peers and crowned Pirate King. After years of leading the pirates, Avery decided to settle down and retire. He planned to passed things down to 2 of his most trusted men Benjamin Gold and Edward Thatch.

The remaining Fancy Pirates crew separated into 3 parties each with their own idea of how to slide into obscurity with their plunder. Avery and many of the seasoned veterans of the crew who grew tired of adventure, voyage, and plunder retired alongside their captain. Most of the crew decided to follow Benjamin Gold, as Avery’s successor. The Gold Pirates vowed to uphold Avery’s legacy and the fight for freedom (Rayleigh Silvers, etc….). The remaining pirates followed the charismatic Edward Thatch who wanted to directly go against the Atlas Empire to make all systems free.

Edward Thatch now known as Blackbeard became power hungry and his rebellion against the Atlas Empire transformed into a conquest of control. This caused dispute between Gold and Thatch and an internal war among the pirates. The Empire destroyed Blackbeard's home, Dragoon, with their new weapon. This drove him further over the edge. Blackbeard then sought the cosmic clock to reverse time and resurrect his people, but the cost of this is the destruction of several planets and the lost of enemy lives. Gold joined forces with the enemy Galactic Navy to stop Blackbeard. The successfully defeated Thatch, but Gold was later betrayed and executed as well. This caused a bigger uproar against the Empire, resulting in Avery coming out of retirement to help control what would lead into the Golden Age of Pirates.