[COR - MRCA Result] Sunset Correspondence

[Ayrlego]

 

Westface, October 621

Captain Montroy of the Cardinal's Shadow,

Dear Sir,

I congratulate you on your recent capture of the Corlander flagged vessel Alexander Keith. As the owner of the vessel and a loyal citizen of Corrington, I am of course very upset by this action of piracy on the high seas. However, I must acknowledge your gallant treatment and subsequent release of her crew; who report that during the action, your seamanship was flawless.

As you will no doubt be aware, even before this event, Her Majesty has issued a warrant for your arrest and should we be forced to the tedious task of hunting you down, we shall have no choice but to hang you. I believe this would be a shameless waste of both our resources and your talent. I believe we now share friends in Westface - which you are rumoured to have used as a refuge in the past – so perhaps we could come to a mutually beneficial agreement.

Recently, Corlander shipping has been plagued by Lotii vessels in the New Haven Sea. The Lotii have accumulated vast treasure from their colonies on New Oleonda and continue to attack our merchants without provocation. I propose that you return the vessel Alexander Keith to Corlander authorities. In return, Corrington will pardon you of all past crimes against the Crown. In addition, for a period of three seasons (OOC 3 tMRCA turns), Corrington will issue you with a Letter of Marque against the Lotii and pay you each season to attack Lotii shipping in the new Haven Sea (200DB per turn). In addition, we will provide you with a one-off lump sum payment of 500DB to outfit this endeavour (with additional ships or supplies). For the duration of this task, you will have use of all Corlander ports and the assistance of Corlander authorities should you require shelter or repairs. Any Lotii vessels you plunder or take would be yours to dispose of as you will. Of course it should go without saying, that for this period you would refrain from attacking Corlander shipping.

For your consideration,

Sir Dirk Allcock

Colonial Governor of the Paradise Isles

@Capt Wolf

[Capt Wolf]

Montroy read the letter and couldn't believe his luck. "Can you believe this?" he declared to his quartermaster. "The Corries tried to hang me a couple of years ago, but I escaped before they could put the noose around my neck. Now they're offering me a full pardon, a Letter of Marque, and coin of the realm to equip us … likely because they lost another Third Rater to the Lotus scourge. Har har! Life is good."

Montroy turned to his crew: "Who wants to go hunting the Lotii on the purse of the Redcoats?" His crew replied with a rousing cheer. "Get me some parchment and my pen. We need to hurry off our acceptance of this fortuitous offer. And fetch my charts. We plot a course for the New Haven Sea!"

OOC: @Ayrlego, offer accepted.   

At some point I'll whip up a vig so we can see what Montroy looks like.