#Stede looking for a crew probably looked similar to him trying so sell off a hostage

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In S2 I want to learn how the crew ended up on the Revenge. Like was Stede checking up on the ship being built and started recruiting anyone who would come with him? What kind of desperate do you have to be to take him up on it? I'm not even sure they were all even pirates before this.

Jim & Olu - We have the most backstory for them. They're trying to get away from Spanish Jackie. They need an escape and with someone that they're fairly sure won't immediately hand them back to her. I'm not sure either of them has really worked on a ship before but figured that they're smart enough and it wouldn't matter on the Revenge.

Lucius - I don't know that he's ever worked on a ship before. I'm half convinced Stede hired Lucius when he thought it was going to be his family on the ship. He wanted someone to document their adventures. Then Lucius shows up and Stede's all "btw my family didn't want to come... we're going to be pirates now :D". Lucius is not amused but doesn't have other options.

Buttons - May have sailed with non-pirate ships before. He's an actual competent pirate but is getting older and is deeply weird. He's got the fangs because he's too old for hand-to-hand combat. Better pirate ships think he's starting to become a liability (and makes them less willing to tolerate his nude moonbathing and seagulls). On the Revenge he can be useful and do whatever weird things he wants.

Black Pete - A thoroughly mediocre pirate who thinks he should be captaining a ship. He's bounced around a bunch of ships and nobody really wants him. He may have been planning mutiny before he accepted the job. Pete figures a rich guy that has no clue what he's doing is a good way to get his own ship.

Roach - Seems to be actually competent enough for a better pirate ship. He likes the more violent side of pirating. As the cook/medic he'd be useful on plenty of ships. Stede seems like he'd like to eat fancier things than the typical pirate ship so maybe Roach wanted somewhere to show off his cooking skills.

Wee John - He may have worked on a mix of pirate and non-pirate ships in the past. An ok pirate that's getting on the older side for a pirate so doesn't have a lot of options.

Frenchie - We know he was in "service" before. I can imagine he was on a ship like the French party from ep 5 when it got raided by pirates and he joined up with them. Not sure he's a particularly good sailor/pirate but he's clever. He seems happy enough to play his little lute and scam some people instead of being on a real pirate ship.

The Swede - No idea how he wound up on the Revenge. I'm not sure he knows either.