Could there possibly be a better target for pirates? Have you read the literature?: http://www.google.com/search?q=seasteading+pirates http://www.google.com/se

Could there possibly be a better target for pirates? Have you read the literature?: http://www.google.com/search?q=seasteading+pirates http://www.google.com/search?q=seasteading+pirates http://www.seasteading.org/seastead.org/commented/paper/ocean.html#Piracy http://www.seasteading.org/seastead.org/commented/paper/ocea... Piracy is still a problem on the high seas, but does not seem particularly worrisome for a seastead. Much of it is small-scale theft - for example, of the 335 attacks reported in 2001, only 73 involved guns. 16 ships were hijacked, and 21 people killed (all but one in asian waters) [ICC2001]. Being above the waves and strong enough to withstand them, in addition to a small number of firearms, will make a seastead a rather difficult target for this kind of criminal. Also, since seasteads are residential vessels, they have a much higher population density than a pirate's usual target. If the seastead uses a tugboat, the tug will be much more vulnerable, and should be watched. Some piracy is done by large organized groups who capture entire ships and their goods (often tens of millions of dollars worth) to be fenced. They use forged documents to obtain a new load of cargo from legitimate shippers, and then steal it too. A seastead should not be valuable enough for this type of theft, as it is not a cargo ship, and would be rather conspicuous in port. Why attack a platform of people who would be defending their homes when you could attack a cargo boat with lightly armed sailors who would much rather not die to protect some corporation's cargo? The armed and organized groups which seasteads should be the most worried about are the navies of traditional governments. Seastead defense is discussed in the infrastructure section. Besides that, pirates these day tend to operate near the horn of Africa.