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The Drunken Raider had been at sea too long, I am Captain Jason ‘Panther’ Rivers and I knew this all too well, as did my none too trustworthy first mate, Carver ‘Shady’ Aranas. .
We had high tailed it out of San Juan without ever leaving the ship, barely having dropped Anchor. The Vision of the Governor’s cannon ship headed in their direction had told me all I needed to know. Only later would I find out that Shady had entertained the Governor’s wife at the old inn, and left her pregnant with his child. The woman had been hanged, but their was still a debt to be paid by both Shady and the crew of the Raider.
“How much rum do we have left?’” The Captain asked his first mate. “Won’t last the night, and the cured meat and fruit is gone or bad too. We still have a few barrels of water, perhaps three days worth” The Drunken Raider had a smallish crew of twenty four, twenty men, four women and a small monkey.
I knew the crew could survive without food for a few days, but rum and wenches were needed to keep this crew manageable. That had been the goal in San Juan, they had plenty of gold to secure the alcohol, provisions, and the “release” my men...and women needed. The few women of the crew did their best and enjoyed the task, but unless their teats could start producing rum, I would soon have trouble, if not mutiny. I actually laughed at that thought, I knew none of this crew individually or collectively had the guts to take me on, but poison or some other act was never out of the question. Even on my own ship I had a taster, a job perk necessary for most pirate captains.
“Then we need to secure replenishments. Both Antigua and St. Kitt’s are a two full days sale, with decent wind, but my guess is the Governor will have the same welcome ready for us in Antigua as we just left. However, the Commander’s plantation on the Southern tip of St. Kitt’s should give us what we need. We just need to sail in and moor around midnight, ideally we take it by stealth, but if violence is required, then violence it will be.”
The Commander’s plantation was well known and readily identifiable in this part of the Caribbean. Its owner was the former Commander of the Southern Fleet of the Royal British Navy, the plantation and its holdings a retirement gift. The Commander, and his family, transplanted from London, lived on the palatial estate along with the field hands and housing staff. It was easily among the most valuable estates, outside of the Royal and Governor’s palaces in the entire Caribbean Sea.
The orders were given, and despite the grumbling, the prospect of an exciting pillage kept the crew focused on the task at hand. We spotted the Southern coast of St. Kitt’s at the end of our second day, it was shortly past midnight. The Drunken Raider was a galleon, won in a fight From Spanish explorers whose follies into the pirated seas proved costly. The crew was ready and dropped their long boat to traverse quietly into the bay. The men tried to move quietly, following the Panther’s command. However, as soon as they had moved from the beach below, up to the brush surrounding the terraced housing of the massive plantation, a guard dog began barking their warning.
The Captain signaled everyone to be quiet, and I stepped out of the brush. Suddenly in the distance I made out a single figure, female and slim, I moved toward her, hoping not to frighten as I closed the gap....
We had high tailed it out of San Juan without ever leaving the ship, barely having dropped Anchor. The Vision of the Governor’s cannon ship headed in their direction had told me all I needed to know. Only later would I find out that Shady had entertained the Governor’s wife at the old inn, and left her pregnant with his child. The woman had been hanged, but their was still a debt to be paid by both Shady and the crew of the Raider.
“How much rum do we have left?’” The Captain asked his first mate. “Won’t last the night, and the cured meat and fruit is gone or bad too. We still have a few barrels of water, perhaps three days worth” The Drunken Raider had a smallish crew of twenty four, twenty men, four women and a small monkey.
I knew the crew could survive without food for a few days, but rum and wenches were needed to keep this crew manageable. That had been the goal in San Juan, they had plenty of gold to secure the alcohol, provisions, and the “release” my men...and women needed. The few women of the crew did their best and enjoyed the task, but unless their teats could start producing rum, I would soon have trouble, if not mutiny. I actually laughed at that thought, I knew none of this crew individually or collectively had the guts to take me on, but poison or some other act was never out of the question. Even on my own ship I had a taster, a job perk necessary for most pirate captains.
“Then we need to secure replenishments. Both Antigua and St. Kitt’s are a two full days sale, with decent wind, but my guess is the Governor will have the same welcome ready for us in Antigua as we just left. However, the Commander’s plantation on the Southern tip of St. Kitt’s should give us what we need. We just need to sail in and moor around midnight, ideally we take it by stealth, but if violence is required, then violence it will be.”
The Commander’s plantation was well known and readily identifiable in this part of the Caribbean. Its owner was the former Commander of the Southern Fleet of the Royal British Navy, the plantation and its holdings a retirement gift. The Commander, and his family, transplanted from London, lived on the palatial estate along with the field hands and housing staff. It was easily among the most valuable estates, outside of the Royal and Governor’s palaces in the entire Caribbean Sea.
The orders were given, and despite the grumbling, the prospect of an exciting pillage kept the crew focused on the task at hand. We spotted the Southern coast of St. Kitt’s at the end of our second day, it was shortly past midnight. The Drunken Raider was a galleon, won in a fight From Spanish explorers whose follies into the pirated seas proved costly. The crew was ready and dropped their long boat to traverse quietly into the bay. The men tried to move quietly, following the Panther’s command. However, as soon as they had moved from the beach below, up to the brush surrounding the terraced housing of the massive plantation, a guard dog began barking their warning.
The Captain signaled everyone to be quiet, and I stepped out of the brush. Suddenly in the distance I made out a single figure, female and slim, I moved toward her, hoping not to frighten as I closed the gap....