User Guide

Pirates of the
Caribbean
Overview
You are not the only pirate in the Caribbean, cully. Not by a long shot.
There are other pirates out there - mess around with them and they’ll
use you for shark bait, by the powers!
There are two different classes of pirates in the Caribbean: there are
generic (unnamed) pirates who sail about, attacking ships and cities.
And there are nine named pirates, who are competing with you for
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Completing Missions
When you complete a mission you gain that nation’s gratitude - which
might result in an immediate promotion or at least several steps
toward your next promotion. You gain Fame, as well.
There is no penalty for failing to complete a mission.
Villains
There are many villains wandering the Caribbean, and a surprisingly
large number of them have done you or your family wrong or are
wanted by the State.
Some villains are sedentary and stay in one place until you get around
to dealing with them. Others, however, move from city to city across
the Caribbean at whim. If you take too long to reach a villain’s last
known location you may discover that he has long since moved on.
You may chase a villain halfway around the Caribbean before you
catch him.
When in town, villains are most often found in or around taverns. The
bartender will know where to find him.
You don’t have to go to a city to encounter your villain, by the way.
You might catch him between cities, travelling aboard a powerful war-
ship. If you defeat his ship in battle you will then get a chance to con-
front him right then and there.
If you lose a duel against the villain, he mocks you and moves on to a
new city, and you must begin yet again. If you defeat the villain, he’ll
surrender and tell you what he knows.
Keeping Track of Your Quests
You can find out about your active quests/missions by going to the
“Quest Log” in the information screens, or by clicking on the quest
icons on the Navigation screen. See the Game Controls section for
further details.
Once you have completed a quest, it will disappear from your log and
from the Navigation screen.
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Book Three
The Memoirs of Captain Sydney
Them famous pirates? Yeah, I did tangle with ‘em, now and
again. It would be hard fer a fellow not to - they was always out
lookin’ fer someone to gobble up.
I remember back on ’22, I think it was, I ran into Blackbeard off
of Puerto Rico. Well, there I was with me royal sloop Bernice and 75
o’ the toughest pirates this side o’ Barbados. Bein’ proud as Lucifer ‘n’
as dumb as a barnacle, instead o’ turning tail and runnin’ I puts me
helm over to engage the enemy and make my reputation.
Fer the record, the fight lasted less than one quarter of an hour.
Blackbeard let me get to within a hunnert yards, then turned his frigate
hard a-port, bringing his broadside o’ forty guns to bear. Ten seconds
later I’m in the water watchin’ me ship set course straight fer Davey
Jones’ locker.
Well, Blackbeard didn’t hang me - which was decent o’ him, I
thought - instead he laughed and dumped me in jail fer six months, “fer
to learn respect fer my betters.”
I did, too. Next time we met I was in a brand-new frigate -
which I upgraded with every improvement on the market. And I made
d__n sure I had the weather-gauge.
I didn’t win that battle, neither - it kind of ended in a tie at night-
fall, both our ships afire, masts fallen, fifty men or so overboard. No
sir: I didn’t win, but he dint neither and I don’t think old Blackbeard
was laughin’ at me any more.
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