You know what? No. Not in a million-trillion-septillion years.
First, the "I'll request to be modkilled" statement, which was, expectedly, backed down from.
Then, the repeated voting of oneself (including requests for others to join in and vote Jack as well).
After that, with time rapidly running out and EJ's fate being nigh-determined, this:
I can protect the members of the pirate chat from being nightkilled. I can protect Jimbo, Imp, and Elephant Parade.
Is there a catch? Yup. They have to tell me who is their night target in order to get the protection. A small price to pay for immortality, I wager.
It's not like they have to say what their night action actually does.
So all 3 members of your secret club become practically immortal as long as you're alive, with only a minor caveat? Oh, and don't forget that you would show up as pirates when inspected while still retaining your original alignments. That premise sounds made-up. So made-up, in fact! You do realize that, unless someone protects you every consecutive night, you're dead, right? In fact, I'd be surprised if you were still running that pirate gang in the morning! The only logical conclusion in that scenario would be that
YOU'RE the ones shooting people when the sun crosses the horizon! If that isn't a last-ditch effort to turn around the wagon, I don't know what is.
Worst of all, you started trying to subtly bribe people into not lynching you by removing those who voted against you from the group.
Lastly, Max, all of a sudden, decides to switch the name he reddened in the last 1.5 hours of the day!
Out of nowhere!! To me, that completely confirms my suspicions about those two players. He never meant to vote for his mafia buddy; it's but a facade...
EuchreJack
Spin changed his vote, interestingly, right after a bunch more people opposed EJ and locked in his destiny once more. Seems to me like an attempt to circumvent the exact observation I just made.