Dread Privateer

Privateering in space

Dread Privateer is a PC squad-based sci-fi shooter set in 2566, in an empire descended from Rome and Britannia. You serve as a privateer in His Majesty’s Grand Navy during the Corsican Crusade, following the fleet’s battles to salvage wrecked ships and seize vessels belonging to the Fifth Stellar French Empire. Contracts include retrieval, assassination, assault, power restoration and scuttling runs. The goal is to bring back loot you can sell.

Operatives and injuries

You hire operatives, equip them and give orders such as follow, scout, hold and scavenge. They work alongside you on the deck, taking cover, reloading and dragging fallen squadmates to safety. If an operative dies, the run continues with a squadmate, but the dead operative’s equipment stays where they fell.