<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b3/Alyssa.jpg)</div><strong>Alyssa</strong>(http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=91076)<br/><hr/>When there was no response from the other ship, Alyssa called out to everyone that was still on the deck.  "Consider them hostile until confirmed otherwise!" she called out as she moved to the wheel.  She didn't take it because she wanted to be able to survey everything around them.<br/><br/>"They are bigger and faster.  Their hull is probably reinforced and have a larger accompaniment of guns and crew.  But they will want to board us and take us afloat.  They want our cargo intact.  But we don't want them afloat!  We want them at the bottom of the sea!  We want them swimming for dear life surrounded by sharks!  We might not be faster than them, but we can out maneuver them.  If we use our barrels well, we can use their slow turning against them or put holes in their hull.  We can give them a chase and make them wonder if our little prize is worth it.  Now come on men!  Full speed!  Make them wish for an easier target!"  She raised her longsword in the air in a victorious pose.