Backstory: It wasn’t exactly *un*common that space pirates would raid planetside. But it certainly wasn’t the norm. Don Karnage’s gang was the only known gang of space pirates that seemed to do so exclusively on Terra. It didn’t make them any easier to track down.
Until your band’s tech expert deduced that they weren’t space pirates at all.
Despite using spacecraft, most of the ships observed in their raids weren’t actually spaceworthy. The theory was that they had some method of throwing pursuers off their trail by tricking the authorities into trying to pursue them into space, when in fact, they never left the atmosphere.
They weren’t space pirates. They were just...air pirates.
Sly was almost impressed enough to not immediately start putting together a heist. Almost.
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Commentary: I think in the original, I was subconsciously trying to make Karnage look like Antoine d’Coolette. Looking at their designs, I think the parallel is understandable.
For someone who likes drawing people’s arms up above their heads, I sure suck at drawing what the pectorals do when that happens. I made a cursory attempt to fix it here, but I dunno how well it comes over.
