The sound of the side Ballistae firing twanged only a moment before, following the captain's orders, Stoella poured on the speed.  Zephyr, the elemental launched the ship forwards at maximum speed.  Doxi ran for the front of the ship, her silk panties somehow flying off the tip of her boot and fluttering off into the distance behind them.  Too late to worry about those now.  She pounded the familiar boards of her ship and threw herself down a hatchway and then through the access port to the front gun deck.  Tearing off the tarp, she quickly wrestled the cannon ball into place in front of a pre measured smokepowder and wadding packet.  Once it was loaded she pulled out the locking rods, allowing the gun to move about and swivel.  Not a moment too soon either as Stoella's voice came over the ship's speaking tubes.  "it's on us capn, hold onto something."<br/><br/>Doxi was at the gun so it was a simple matter to grab and hold on as the Virtuous Maiden lurched to a sudden slow.  The sound of the port ballistae firing again sounded and a roar of pain or surprise as the dragon shot past, now directly in front of Doxi's main gun.