Had a discussion last night on who would win a fight between a Ninja and a Pirate. After a bit of consideration it becomes obvious that the Ninja would win easily.
Assume both had weapons…the Ninja has stars, and the Pirate has 4 single shot pistols…He would have not chance to reload…He’s probably drunk, has one good leg and a patch and a hook…even if he wasn’t drunk the odds are that the ninja would get the first shot off, and I would trust the ninja with one shot rather than the crooked pirate with one shot…If it got to hand to hand combat even with the hook the pirate would have a disadvantage…I would say 8 times out of 10 the Ninja wins in a room with no obstructions and if there were obstructions (say on a pirate ship) the ninja would win 98% of the time.
in retrospect it’s a silly question because the two are not evenly matched. Even a kid can win at horsehoes once in a while (infinite monkeys at infinite keyboards…).

I’m glad that adult people can have conversations like this…