User blog comment:El Alamein/Privateer vs. Yang-Fei/@comment-4392864-20130824001909

Tough choices- first up, these guys tend to borderline between ligit and outlaw. Second, you wouldn't want to be a victim of either one, especially if the Privateer has crossed that line into Pirate.

I'll go with Privateer- they have access to money, which means quality weapons, quality troops- some being ex-Navy, and also because I'm of a quasi-privateer- well, if you count a 17th century rumrunner as a Privateer that turned criminal.