Pirates

Pirates (PTS)

Pirates was a mainly German illegal group.

Germany: Chip-Buster ('91); Cobra (sysop 'BREAKING THE WALL'); Crime Time ('91); Disaster (Claudius, '91); Freak (sysop 'STOLEN SLIME' EHQ, '91); General ('91); Housequark ('91); Railway ('91); Shogun ('91); Subzero ('91); Warlord (sysop 'ANIMALIZE')

Sweden: Agent (swap, '91); Beethoven ('91); Clifton ('91); Cruzer ('91); Dark Priest ('91); Dr.Diesel ('91); Dr.Mad ('91); Drew ('91); Elias ('91); Jac ('91); Jazz ('91); Lonewolf ('91); Maestro ('91); Matrix ('91); Mercy (swap, '91); Metal ('91); Rille (sysop 'IMAGINE'); Sledge (09/91); Smooky ('91); The Master (sysop 'SLIME CITY', new 09/91); Trodac (sysop 'PIRATES NEST', '91); Wildcat ('91); Zed ('91)

Norway: Ace ('91); Devil (Jan Henrik Kragtorp, swap, '91); Gusman ('91); Hugo ('91); Hungman ('91); Pepperoni ('91)

Turkey: BZ & Beyaz (sysops 'EAST END', '91); Titan (sysop 'TURKISH DELIGHT', '91)

1991: The entire group Roadriders joined as a Turkish division in the middle of the year.
1992: The group was split in two around January, when the legal members formed a new group called Kreators. The illegal section retained the Pirates name, and carried on under that handle. Twix joined Byte Busters, Techno Priest joined Cytax, also around January.

Unsorted: Winger (old handle Eagle) joined Noxious.; Dutch swapper Antichrist (ex Angels, '91) left early '92, and is now independent.; German sysop Flashlight ('ELITE TOWER', '91) joined Legend.; The Swedish section broke up, and most of its members joined Amaze.; American sysop Q ('CRYSTAL MONOLITH' WHQ, ex Addonic, new mid '91) joined Skid Row.; Nox joined LSD^[1].; Cap and Ribald (ex Argon) left the Pirates & Possessed coop to join Legend.; Eazy-E also joined Legend^[2]. Another source claimed he was one of the legal members who joined Kreators...; Finnish swapper Tony is now Model/Sonic.