KMC Forums - Of Pirates and Privateering [RP Thread]

Upon reaching Tortuga, Captain John Owen observed the island. It seemed that the early afternoon was morning to them, as it appeared the pirates were just beginning to rise and go to their daily tasks. This indicated to John that they were up later at night, and slept through the morning. He wanted to get back on Livi'Nion's trail as soon as possible, so he decided the chance for a slight loss of manpower was acceptable. He ordered his crew to take the Intrepid into the port. The pirates quickly became aware of the Royal Frigate, and seemed to quickly rush up to a fort on a hill adjacent to town. Captain Owen ordered the captain of the marine company on his ship to take the fort. The one hundred marines assigned to the Intrepid deployed onto the land, and began marching toward the fort. It was clear the pirates were too vain to fire cannons into the streets where the British were marching, for fear of damaging their own homes filled with gold and other riches they had acquired from their ways of plundering and pillaging. As soon as the marines reached the gate of the fort, a white flag rose up in surrender. Though this was more in fear of a bombardment from the Intrepid, which had its guns trained on the fort as negotiations began to take place between Captain Counterbury and the self-appointed leader of the pirates. In the end, the Intrepid received the supplies it needed and was soon on its way back to the open sea, but the trail to Livi'Nion had grown cold, and Owen knew it would take another defeat of an English ship to learn the new whereabouts of the Lady Orleans...