[quote=@Excession]
That is significantly sillier than I was aiming for, tonally. Not entirely sure I'd have the patience to write it.
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Fair enough. How about this then?

The bioship would still be a pirate ship in the 'ship that is a pirate' as previously mentioned. But not a goofy caricature pirate. Instead its an actual pirate with the Vagrant Spirit mutation who died while standing too close to a bioship.