[quote=EliteCommander]
It all sounds like something that would take a while to accomplish. Right now, the ship is running on very little resources. They don't have much gold to spend, so anything malakaus does will have to be paid for by the proceeds from what he scavenged off the boat. Once they complete a job successfully, that will change.
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Agreed, we need more temporary shields instead. The hull has armor in it, and the ship was designed with armor around it, we just need some metal sheets to deflect the ballistas and spells. Of course, we'll need mages on deck too,

[quote=Lucius Cypher]
Ah, I see. I was just wondering because right now we are a stripped down Imperial War Ship. Attacking Merchant vessels does seem to be the only viable target right now.Corollary: We should try to take over the ship if possible. You guys did talk a lot about how ours won't fit all the skooma we'd take from the smugglers, but maybe we could try to take over the other ships we raid instead of scuttle them? I mean, seems like you guys have your eyes sent on that slave ship. Slaves are good. If Sharee is a merciful sort, she could offer the slaves a chance to go free or work for her. Or just take over the ship and make them her slaves, though I suspect that this might not end well if no one keeps the slaves in line.
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I want to clarify that Sarel is thinking about raiding the Miriam. Once he learns all the details he will still want to raid it. It is the best viable option.

As for the scuttling or the stealing: The only issue with taking the ship is that we would need more crew, I do not believe we have enough crew to adiquitely man both vessels. Besides, who would run it? And what's to say that person doesn't just run off with it, or is mutinied immediately. I think it is a bad idea, at this early stage, to start thinking of building a fleet. We hardly have one working ship, imagine the cost of two.

[quote=EliteCommander]
I think you are overestimating how much skooma would be in these ships. It is very valuable per bottle, which also means you are not going to find many bottles in one place. A large shipment would be several crates worth, but not all the crates in the ship. The skooma, combined with the more legitimate cargo, would still provide a large margin of profit, since they just stole it all.Also, I think I am going to wait a bit to see if reganza posts. Plus, I'm rather tired.
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I disagree. Skooma is rather cheap, a couple of crates full wouldn't be much of a return for the smugglers, unless they stole it.