The summoned harbor officers clear a path from the counting floor toward the signal chamber. Loyal Clerks carry the preserved payment ledgers, while Governor's Guards hold back, uncertain before the displayed signet.
Beyond the chamber doors, salt wind stirs a forest of signal flags. Harbor charts cover the walls, and watch bells hang ready above a table marked with the three hostile galleons guarding the mouth.
Don Hernán Valdés
The signet commands this chamber. These officers will read the harbor’s flags, sound its bells, and obey the authority now placed before them.
Hernán presents the governor’s signet above the signal table. The harbor officers bow, while the clerks set their ledgers beside the charts and keep every payment record within sight.
Don Hernán Valdés
The galleons control the mouth through overlapping watches. One flag can summon their patrols, and one bell can close the harbor before an intruder reaches the batteries.
A senior signal officer points to colored pennants, anchorages, and the narrow channel between the shoals. Around the chamber, every waiting face turns toward Redmane and the signet.
Don Hernán Valdés
Give the order, Captain. We can make Ballantyne colors lawful throughout this harbor, or use the chamber to blind the galleons before they understand who commands them.
✓ Quest Accepted
Break the hostile galleons’ control of the harbor mouth
“I command the bells to blind the galleons before Ballantyne ships move and send instructions to Matteo to seize each galleon as they’re distracted.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Intrigue, rolled +0)
Captain Redmane
Sound the bells in sequence. Blind the galleons with false alarms, and signal Mateo to seize each vessel while their watches are divided.
The wanted poster catches against Redmane’s coat as she raises the governor’s harbor signet. She frees it without breaking cadence, then opens the command ledger across the signal table.
Don Hernán Valdés
Ring the western warning, then the battery alarm. The galleons will turn toward each summons while the true channel appears quiet.
Reads Naval Tactics turns the watch chart into a clean sequence. Silver Tongue makes the order sound routine, while the signet and command ledger give every officer lawful confidence.
Harbor Officers
By the governor’s authority, the bells will sound. Signal flags will direct the galleons toward the false alarms.
The bells clash across Puerto de las Sombras. Flags rise in disciplined succession, drawing the three galleons apart as harbor officers relay Redmane’s instructions through the chamber.
Mateo Vargas
The opening is clear. Ballantyne crews are aboard all three galleons, and their colors are coming down.
Across the harbor, Mateo’s coordinated seizures secure each distracted galleon before its guns can bear. Inspiring Presence steadies the chamber, and the officers continue ringing under Ballantyne command.
Quest Complete
Break the hostile galleons’ control of the harbor mouth