because pirates are sneaky? if he just straight up starts murdering people, he might get some street cred, but whose going to be left to steal from? plus by boatload I was sorta thinking platoon-sized group, so minimum thirty, probably closer to 40 guys. that one was my bad, I own that. sorry. beyond that, I was thinking sneaky pirate rather than violently psychotic pirate more interested in murder than plunder... *shrugs* Ceres can do whatever, now, since Octavius owes her. if she wants to fight off a couple dozen marines, he doesn't have much choice but to help, gotta pay that debt