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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J. Alexander" data-source="post: 2435047" data-attributes="member: 28453">Officers Dinner5th day of Sun's Time in the 2nd year of the reign of Xenieda the FirstAt Sea3 hours after sunset Michael will listen to Guiesspee, Chandar and Mangrums comments. When mangrum has finished, he will say "Yes indeed we did learn a lot about our ship and ourselves during the engagement." Turning to Grond and Chandar he will say "Gentlemen, I am sorry for the seating accomodations, I have just realized you must be very uncomortable. Please feel free to make yourselfs as comfortable as possible even if it means sitting sideways to accomodate your height. In the future, I will try to make better arrangements for you" As Grond has remained silent, Michael will take his turn. "All that has been said makes perfect sense. We do need to see about further training and perhaps some more aramment and equipment for the "Retribution" and that can only be remedyed in time and our making ports of call where we can obtain then necessary equipments.Perhaps in the next few days, Mr. Mangrum and Captain Chandar can draw up a wish list of what we need to add in consultation with the other officers and even the crew. They may well indeed have some ideas that may not occur to us that could prove valuable. Off the top of my head, I would suggest pehaprs two additional ballistas and maybe one or two swivel guns or prehaps grenade lauchers depending on what we can acquire." One point that Mr. Mangrum made that i think we should all keep in mind is his observation about out speed. I think we should prepare our arament and our attack plans using that speed and train the crew in distance attacks if possible, to hit and run, hit and run, hit and run until we wear our opponets down, much like we did with the sharks, until we release Captain Chandar and his strike team upon them. We should increase our marines their maximuve as soon as can, depending on the quality of recruits we find and that pass Captain Chandars inspection" "Captain Chandar is right, another raid is unwise, and I will order no such raid at this time. We need time to train the crew  and time to arm the ship. Now that we know the location, we can hit it again upon our return if we so decide it" "As to magical protections and scrying devices, they indeed need to be worked upon. Perhaps in time we can build such defencse with Nac'Losin help and the help of a Ship's Mage when we can recruit one. That recuitment is perhaps one of our most pressing recruitment problems. Also in that respect, I will ask Madame Nac"losin to help stock our sick bay wiht more potions and magiacl healing items that we currently do not possess so as not to tax her and impose upon her skills when they may be desperatley needed to help ward the ship" "Further, I would ask her to head up a small working group to discuss what magical protections may be feasiable and to list those protections the officers and crew may have experienced or heard about so as to make this a safer and healther ship" Assuming that dinner is somewhat finished at this point, Michael will offer a cigar to everyone and ask if they would like to step to the quarterdeck and stretch their legs while we continur the conservaion. "I have but a few more points to make before I shall leave the floor to Madame Nac'Losin and feel we may enjoy the fresh air somewhat than the air of this stuffy cabin" Once that deceions has been made, Michael will continue with hie points. "I know the crew is very much concered about the treasure and it's division. The crew signed on for an 8th month salaried conttact with the final payment of 1/2 of the crew share to be divided among them upon the completion of the contract. Given our good fortune in today's raid, I feel that  this may prove to be unfair to them. In the next few weeks, we shall dicuss this matter in depth and will ask for the crews input. The hard decsion that lies before them is if they wish to void the current contract and it's ending in 8 months and their passage home or their decision in 6 months to join the crew. If the contract is voided, then they must be willing to accpet just a small allowance for personal expenses until such time as crew shares can be apportioned and distributed. Hopefull this can be as often as once a month but could well be once every quarter. Should they delay the decsion till the six month mark then they will lose their right to a full crew share.  Then there are all the obilgations etc that they must be willing to sign onto should they become crew members. As this is a weighty deceions it must be up to each individual to choose his course. However, regardelss of their choice, a bonus will be paid to each crew member which shall be determined at the time of their seperation and I will rely upon the input of the ships councilers in fixing the amount of that bonus. As of this moment, based upon the cash recently acquired it should at least be in the range of 25gp per crew member and may well go up depending upon the amount realized from the sale of the odd goods as well as how successful the sale of the cargo acquired by me is. Finally, I need assistance in the customs of how we should deal with the death of one of our own. Of course his family will immediately recive the full value of his contract and the payment of his crew share when it becomes due. What I am unsure of is if the ship owes his family a wereguild or blood price for his death and what commermative services may be necessary for him. any help would be deeply appreciated in this regard. Turning to the Nac'Losin he will say, "your thoughts Madame"</blockquote>

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