Making a Dash For It

"It's pretty dangerous back there, too," Sigourney replied. "I don't wish to face the wrath of whoever's on those ships when they land and start looting and pillaging."

"At the very least, we're a moving target on board this ship." Sigourney added.

"Very well," Louise nodded. "We'll stay here and stake our lives on Haljon and the Nyriad."

The Hespanish ships blockading the harbor were much larger than Haljon's cargo cutter - but Haljon hadn't sailed this harbor for all these years without learning a trick or two. By hugging the deserted southern shoreline of the harbor, the Nyriad was able to escape notice by all but one of the warships. The single warship that spotted her was able to fire a single shot before the Nyriad sailed by. The fixed catapults couldn't be turned quickly or effectively, so the warship continued to bombard the harbor.

However, the ship did not escape unscathed:

1. The sails had all been badly burned.
2. There was a hole in the hull at the waterline, one that needed to be fixed quickly.
3. There was a second line of Hespan warships outside the harbor, waiting to deal with stragglers.
4. The ship had picked up an unexpected passenger - Irix himself, found cowering in the hold below.

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