Flag
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- This article is about the social construct. For the blockade element, see buoy.
A flag is a collection of crews who ostensibly work together for mutual benefit or protection, but it is actually a social grouping more than anything else. They are the largest political units in the game. Flags are the only political units that can blockade an island to take control of it, and flags are also the only groupings that may go to war with one another.
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Flag Creation
A crew may create its own flag if it has achieved Established or greater fame. On doubloon oceans, the cost to create a flag is 20 doubloons and the captain must have a captain's badge.
Joining a Flag
A crew may also join a flag rather than create one. Any crew has Rumored or greater fame may join a flag if it is invited. (Of course, it may also request such an invitation.)
Flag Structure
By game mechanic, there are three ranks that may be awarded to any individual pirate within a flag.
The monarch of a flag is usually the one in charge of said flag, though this is not always the case, and they may be merely a figurehead depending on the way the flag has been organized. Initially, the crew captain who creates the flag is the monarch, though the monarchy can be passed along.
Royalty in a flag - that is, the princes and princesses of that flag - are the members who vote on all flag issues. An autocratic flag can exist only by not having royalty, leaving the monarch with the sole vote on those issues.
Titled members are the lords and ladies of the flag, and this position conveys nothing through the game mechanic except words on the pirate's information page.
Royalty and titled member positions must be selected by the current monarch (and existing royalty, if applicable).
Flag Game Mechanics
The most important mechanic for the average flag member is the flag officer chat channel. This is a chat channel that allows any member of the flag ranked officer or higher in their respective crews to chat, making it easier to socialize with their flagmates. It is common practice in many flags to broadcast invitations to pillaging trips, requests for course charting or whisks, and pleas for help with trading runs. Flag policies do vary, however.
Locating a Flag
Flags with articles in the wiki can be found by viewing the appropriate Category:Flags subpage. There is a subpage for each ocean. Flags with separate webpages can also list themselves in the Yellow Pages, again separated by ocean.
Renaming a Flag
Renaming a flag costs 200,000 Pieces of Eight for a full name change, or 100,000 Pieces of Eight for a partial change.
