Me an’ me fine helmsmen were finishing up for the night. We had one last drop off, a good haul of skulls, an’ on approach to the outpost thar be a sloop leaving port. We be friendly for the most part, don’t shoot first an all that. This sloop decided to take a couple o’ pot shots at us as we passed, all falling way short. Well…. this type of behavior will not be tolerated. We made our drop quickly and returned to the seas to teach this rogue that firing on us will always result in retaliation.
T’was a short sail to catch them up an’ open fire we did. During combat we switch roles, I be a fine helmsman in a fight, keeping far enough out that boarding be tough, and keeping us in a good position to fire. Me helmsman be an excellent shot with a cannon and we pummeled the dastardly sloop. On a few closer circles it be clear that this be a solo slooper an’ we thought for sure he be a goner.
Alas, we had bitten off more than we could chew. I know now how he managed it but he handled sailing, shooting, patching and e’en the odd boarding action with the skill of a true Pirate Legend. He was not wearing the threads or hoisting the colours o’ a Legend, but Legend he be. He was too much for us an’ after a drawn out fight managed to thwart us and send us both to the locker.
We be a fine crew an’ usually dispatch any aggressive galleons or sloops with relative ease. But on this night we met our match. I tip my hat to this true Legend of the seas.
