Yesterday i did some Cargo Runs with a friend who plays more occasionally than me and has to deliver some more goods to get better reputation with the Merchants. So we did some and once we were asked to deliver to Plunder Outpost.
So we did and already saw a Galleone not far away. We delivered and just when the last Cargo was aboard the Galleone arrived and started shooting. We voted down the Level 5 Emissary because we already wanted to call it a day and prepared to defend ourselves.
Suprisingly the Galleone turned around and fled or was unable to do a smooth turn, because they made a long wide arc.
We followed and catched them, after a short fight versus only 2 pirates we sunk the galleone and gathered some loot when one of the pirates was still alive.
But oh wonder not salty and not shootung but carrying a skull out of the water to us.
I said ok you are allowed to get on board, we can bring you back to the Outpost and you can sell what you want.
So we did, sailed back to Galleones Grave - haha - and let her sell some of the stuff we got from them :D
I have to say i never rescued a pirate from a ship i've sunk and let him sell the loot he has lost to us.
Well we selled the most XD