Marauder

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Summary
The Marauder is a level seven ship. Quick, armed to the teeth, and very maneuverable, the Marauder is an ideal ship for pirates or pirate hunters.

Of the three lateen rigged sail ships, the Marauder is the highest level.

Sailed by skilled pirates, the Marauder can stern lock ships, (though the bow-chasers are very light) and effectively take out larger ships with ease, sometimes even coming out of a battle unscathed.

Its armament, consisting of three size 6 cannons (32 pounder long guns) on each side, two size 3 chaser cannons in front, and two swivel guns. It is infamous for its fast speed and firepower, similar to the Stiletto and Shark, improved with lateen rigging.

Marauder has a decently sized profile, making it slightly easier for the opponent to land hits on it.

It is a viable raiding and boarding ship used by all factions. However, its low hull strength of 5500 makes it vulnerable to fighting combat ships with experienced gunners. Mortars used by accurate gunners are particularly dangerous against the Marauder due to the mortars high damage.

The only fault in it is its low health, so helmers must stray away from heavy broadsides such as the Astraeus, Alliance and Phoenix. and use the marauders fast turn speed to stern lock or exploit other blindspots and avoid getting hit at all costs

Trivia

 * Named after someone who "marauds", a robber, bandit, killer, or raider in other words. Appropriate for this piracy ship.
 * Many newcomers don't use this ship due to its meagre hull strength, although it generally is much faster than most ships in most situations. With a speed of eight and lateen sails, it sails better than most ships upwind, excluding junk-rigged sail-ships
 * It is faster than the Stiletto due to its lateen sails.
 * Faster on average than bullet due to its lateen sails
 * Currently is the only ship to have a black flag displayed instead of the white one on its Icon
 * Xebecs were popular Mediterranean pirating, combat, and mercantile ships. Xebecs were used very highly during their time using the hit and run technique. Like in real life, this tactic is particularly popular in-game.
 * During roleplay battles, the Marauder is exclusive to Blackwind Pirates.
 * There's a Marauder wrecked outside of Blackwind cove, though the occupants and story behind the wreck are unknown.
 * There is a ghost version of the Marauder available at the Premium Merchant for three Ghostship Vouchers. (Ghostship Vouchers are currently unavailable).
 * The April 2020 Update introduced the Taipan, a junk rigged sail ship with a huge speed of 9. Because of this, the Marauder has now been officially dethroned of being the fastest sail ship.
 * its crosswind was nerfed severely in the sails update but a recent update has increased its crosswind a significant amount and made its downwind around 8.5-9 speed
 * The Ship was ranked as the 7th best combat ship by the tradelands youtuber pie does roblox.

Lateen Rigged Ships

 * Lark
 * Starling
 * Marauder(itself)