Junk

Junk (pirate vessel)
Partially inspired by the ancient Chinese trading vessels that plied the seas of SouthEast Asia, and slightly more inspired by the fact they habitually look like actual garbage, pirate vessels have been known as junks for as long as anyone can remember, though most probably popularised by the pirate general Barnaby Shostalitz in the early days of his failed empire.

Pirate junks have no design aesthetic to speak of, they merely find a sturdy old vessel and apply as much heavy weaponry and armour plating as they can bolt, weld, or clamp onto it, while still maintaining enough agility to attack and defend during combat.

Function overrules form and they are generally surprisingly effective, although pirates who have accumulated enough money to do so will enhance their junks further by visiting one of the many chop-shop engineering works that specialise in optimising junks for combat and evasion. The most famous of these shops was Woolfe Weapon Works, before it was destroyed by the Savatara, Sonya, and Sabina in the early days of the controversial "Project Snipe"