[center][color=00ff00][h3]Abbot Andrew[/h3][/color][/center]

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Andrew laughed and said, “Every captain needs a hat. It is for when you have a plan to deal with the wrecks. Engineers always need block and tackle and ropes too. From what I’ve been told there a lot of uses for them.” He wanted to say the ropes were for tying up the Claws and the Teeth, but he knew that was going to need to be a negotiated peace. His first thought was to just kill off the current leaders and take control, but fear was not his style of leadership. Well, maybe assassination was more correctly not his style of leadership. Fear could be useful. The thought of walking with with four dire wolves seemed to be a tempting negotiation starting point.  

“Yes, they had a massively ugly cannon. Normally used to fight pirates, but they have a tendency to explode and kill crew members,” Andrew said, “I was told they tend to be about as dangerous as the pirates.” 

Andrew pointed out his writing on the wall and the trouble he was having with this. You needed people to make the buildings you needed to get people and buildings to get the people. He wondered about capturing a slave ship to get some laborers. If they got lucky, some might be skilled. He did not think the bank would afford buying slaves and financing them would be paramount to treason. Let along the Scribe and the Captain would probably have him in irons for the whole mess. But, helping a few escape might be okay. 

"So, where do you want to start and what do we need?" he asked the engineer.