Once a pirate, always a pirate.
This game aims to simulate the pressures that forced sailors into piracy and the permanent choice that it was. You start off as a British privateer, free to attack countries your nation is at war with. However the temptation of more spoils in moments of peace may lead you into a life of piracy.
As you engage in piratical acts you increase your infamy, gaining access to more tools to help you carry out further acts.