Piracy

Piracy increases the chances of some AI dropping the items on-board their ship when they are killed. This gear can then be scooped and resold by the pirate for profit at AI bases.

Piracy is useful when you are attacking low and medium level AI that do not have a self-destructor equipped. Higher level AI have an equipped self-destructor which destroys all gear on-board when the ship is killed. These AI do not drop any of their gear regardless of your skill in Piracy -(Or rather, they have a tiny chance of dropping some items, not affected by your piracy skill). Piracy also does not affect the drop rate of augs, of rare universal drops of gear not found on the ship itself (such as a Gigo Laser) or rare drops specific to a certain type of AI.

Piracy is also a requirement for various pirate-themed gear. The skill costs a constant 4 skill points per level.

Where to get Piracy

Location	Level	Requirements	Notes
Volcom Outpost	1	Credits maybe	Located at Volcom HQ Station
Ring	1	None	At the orbiting Rock Harbor station
Handel's Cove	2	None	Trained at Lost Cove base
Blue Outpost	4	Blue Whisper x 2	Space Blue Alpha Scout drop
Tortuga	5	Scorched Trader Signet	Trained at base North of warp gate
Absolution	7	Basil Bouquet	Basil drop
Tortuga	8	Gold Dubloon	Trained at Secret base
Infernal Tempest	12	Infernal Cell x 3	Infernal Tempest AI drop and Mission item
Bipolar	14	Rosemary Sprig	Rosemary drop
Bonnet	16	Traginium	Trained at base 9k NW of gate
Handel's Cove	19	Traders Emblem	Trained at Pirate Maboule's base
Serpica	20	Nathaniel’s Emblem	Drops from Nathaniel Courthope & Captain Albatross Uber AI