No Treasure for Pirates

Takhisis said:
We would like to ask of ze King of Angle-terre vhy zere are some of zeir ill-mannered and badly-shaven seamen trying to follow our corvettes with one of zeir Ships of ze line east from Grenada? Hopefully zis is a misunderstanding caused by ze perfidious usurpers of Calais, non?
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Answer from Governor Bertrum Wilberforce: this Ship of the Line (and some other ships) are reinforcements on their way south to Cutthroat Island to replace the French ships that have left their positions their...

On the same topic: a small English Flottilla asks for fresh water at Port-de-Paix.

Takhisis said:
Do les Anglais have any propositions for trade or other things?
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We would love to set up some trade relations, but unfortunately neither techs nor luxuries seem to be tradable in this world... :(


T013, Feb. 1657:
Bombardment of ships at Cutthroat Island and Namibia continues.

In the northern waters Corvette2 signals the Ol' Bucket: friend or foe?

GPS to Jarovid/Spain
 
Fresh eau? You can have today's eau de la trine, Monsieur. Mayhaps in a couple of months our ships could arrive at ze Namibian shore and rescue les Anglais from zeir blunders.
 
We would like to ask our cousin, King of France, to specify to which possessions north of Equator he is exactly referring to.
 
As usual, Cadiz bureaucracy is slow to respond, because those smelly pirates are not under its windows.

At the sight of pirate forces amassing just outside the town (and encouraged by city guard), good residents of Tampico started to raise funds needed to appease wild bunch waiting on their doorstep.

They sent all they got, hoping it will help to sent pirates away.

GPS to Peglegs.
 
Vell, in exchange for ze viceroyalty of New Spain and la Florida, ve are proposing to help you in ze conquest of every single thing south of what is also known as ‘Colombia’. Sounds like a fair deal, non?
 
The Peglegs are very pleased with the Spanish generosity and are off to the nearest Tavern to take a fresh bath and invest the newly earned money in a month's supply of rum. Three cheers to the mayor of Tampico! If we can return the favor in any way, just let us know.

GPS to Eclipse/Swashbucklers, T013
 
Le Roi de France is most scandaliseé by zese flagrant displays of corruption politique made by ze Spanish Empire and zese filthy pirates.
 
If you want to take part in it, we can visit a French town next time, ok? No one shall say that the Peglegs are biased and give an unfair preference to any one nation... French gold is just as welcome as Spanish gold.

Mad Jack
 
You found Ol' Bucket? He is Friend, He had drifted off over night away from his Convoy, it was that or he is Scouting North of the Trade winds, either way the Amaranth is catching up to him now to get him on coarse.

GPS to France
Mar 1657
 
Les pirates with wooden legs are most certainly blasé about zeir co-operation with ze Espagnards. Zis is most disappointing from zem.
 
We believe it is obvious that governor of Tampico, outnumbered and outgunned, acted on his own and made his decision trusting it is in best interest of the people under his jurisdiction.

Should the French navy instead of sunbathing around Cuba, pursued those pirates governog might make different decision.

Regarding French proposals, all we can say is that cooperation against piracy seems to be the most we can hope for, but it is also up to the King of France.
 
But, monsieur Ambassadeur d' Espagne, why do you forbid us from sunbathing? Ze heliotherapie is most beneficial to ze health of the body human!

And a king does not hurry for anyone, least of all a bandit of the sea.
 
T014, Mar. 1657:
Bombardment of ships at Cutthroat Island and Namibia continues (yet again).
In the Sahara desert the first Undead Pirate is tracked down by English Line Infantry and -- well, what?! "Killed"? "Extinguished"?!

GPS to Spain/Jarovid
 
To monsieur King of France: An old witch that used to wander the streets of Cadiz told me once that in distant future people will be weary of sunbathing.

Be warned, those future guys are supposedly wiser then we, their ancestors.

Treasury emptied, pirates gone, life returned to normal. For now.

GPS to Peglegs
 
What kind of roi, we wonder, wanders the streets of Cadiz with witches and other impious creatures?
 
We assume that the King probably didn't speak with her on the streets - after all, she used to walked the streets, which means she no longer is... Meanwhile she probably confessed under the Inquisition, right?!

The Peglegs are still partying...

GPS to Eclipse/Swashbucklers, T014
 
Funny thing that such question is coming from someone who can't decide on what to have for breakfast before hearing from, what was his name... Nostradamus or something.
 
It's ze cathedral of Notre-Dame, monsieur l'Espagnard. Ve are very religious in la France.
 
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