Chapter 49 Onions (1/2)
”Where's the quest start?”Mina was looking over his shoulder at the map.
”We'll enter an instance at these coordinates,”Nix pointed to an area in the middle of the ocean. He glanced casually at the rest of the fleet, they were keeping pace but only because Delphi was running at three-quarter sails.
”Contact Captain!Off the port bow!”Louie's deep voice yelled out, ”Land-lubbers.”
Captain Delphi glanced at Nix, ”Up to you Nix.”
/Guildchat: Nix:Small detour, we'll catch up.
”Go get her Captain.”Nix grabbed Mina and walked toward the bow where the Aquarion Assault team was waiting. They seemed more nervous than they should be, ”relax everyone and work in teams.
Mina summoned her Vila and assigned one to each of the two-person teams.There were five Aquarion pairs, her and Nix were the odd ones out, they would fight solo where needed.
The ship they were chasing looked to be slightly larger than theirs, it turned toward the Phoenix and very quickly the distance began to shrink rapidly.
”Hard to Port!”Captain yelled out the command at three hundred meters, the other boat was still closing the distance.
Nix watched as the Phoenix turned sharply, by the time they were perpendicular to the closing ship, they were at two hundred meters.”Perfect timing.”
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”Fire!”Delphi watched as both mains of the larger ship were shredded by the accuracy of the Phoenix's twenty pounders.”Hard to Starboard!”
The Phoenix turned again, this time running parallel to the enemy ship, they were at three hundred meters.
”Let's try our luck, Fire top cannons!”Captain Delphi had her eyeglass out as the top 28 cannons fired.Half of them hit the ship, three of them at the waterline.
Nix grinned at Mina, ”They're dead in the water.”
”Bring us around!”Delphi was about to give the command for fire order when the opposing ship ran up their white flag.She smiled at looked at Nix, ”what do you want to do?”
Nix took out his eyeglass and examined the ship, she was taking on water.The ship was called the Alabaster and belonged to the Nottingham Guild.”Loot it and leave it.”Being too heavy-handed would paint a bigger target on them.
The Phoenix pulled up broadside and a half dozen grappling hooks sailed over, a minute later the two ships were secured.The opposing crew opened their hold and stepped back.Nix was expecting angry faces, but the sailors actually looked relieved.
”Thanks for the mercy.”A voice from beside him called out.She was leaning against the rail also, only a few feet away.”There are too many ships at the bottom of the sea out here.”
Nix eyed the woman, she wore the tradition eyepatch of a pirate.He could see a bad scar that ran the length of her face, so he guessed the patch wasn't a gimmick.”You the captain?”
”Yes, Captain Faryn, well-fought today.”She extended her hand over the rail and they shook cordially.
Nix noticed that the pinkie finger on her right hand was missing.”Will you be able to make it back to port?”
She pulled off her bandanna and wiped her forehead with it, she had deep red hair that was tied up in a complicated braid.”It'll be close, we've only materials for half the low hits.”
Nix turned his head and looked at Delphi was had been monitoring her crew.Sometimes crewmen would be overaggressive and start fights with the losers, she didn't want this win to turn into a deck melee.”Can we spare some repair material?”
Captain Delphi considered it for a moment before nodding, ”I'll send what we can spare over.”
”Thank you, Captain.”Taryn smiled at Nix and bowed low before turning.”Let's fight another day!”
Less than half an hour later the Phoenix had resumed its route to the quest coordinates.They were at full sail while Nix and the Captain examined the loot.They had come away with six chests.
Captain Delphi was all smiles, ”it was a good win Nix.What's the split?”
”Call it a bonus and split it up between you and the crew.”Nix patted her on the back and walked away.He wasn't an expert, but he liked what he saw.A new crew had easily taken down the Alabaster.They would only get better.
/Guildchat: Nix: Dalton you around?
/Guildchat: Dalton: I'm at the Hub if that's what you mean.
/Guildchat: Nix: I'd like to put an order in for 120 pairs of deck shoes.
/Guildchat: Semmi: You guys done already?
/Guildchat: Nix: Yes, we are enroute.
/Guildchat: Jun Li: How much damage did you take?
/Guildchat: Nix: None.
/Guildchat: Dalton: No problem.
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The entrance to the instance was a huge transparent arch in the middle of the ocean.It was a few hundred feet across and perhaps five hundred feet high.More than enough for the ships to enter side by side.
Colonial System Quest Message: You have entered the Onion Instance.
Quest: Onion
Duration: Unknown
Description: Take 3-5 ships and scout
the small island of Veshu.
Reward: 5000 Sea-Farer faction points.