Pirate Housing Plots are Infrastructure buildings in Tropico 2: Pirate Cove that provide land for pirates to build a house. Pirates use their residence for stashing and resting. As a pirate's rank increases the quality of their house increases. A rank 1 pirate's residence is simply a shabby tent. Rank 9 pirates rest in mansions. If a new plot is created and subsequently occupied by a high ranking pirate, the plot will instantly become the corresponding ranked house.