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Caradec Takes Command, Declares War on Pyrates
La Bastide Gazette, Dec 1694
by Patrick Petit
The sterling young sailor has become master of his own ship, Le Spectre, and is proving himself a bulwark of the seas. Caradec, has been appointed captain only for 6 months and yet this achievements dwarf those many years his senior.
Not content with patrolling trade routes and coddling merchants, the captain has developed a penchant for hunting pyrates. Among his vanquished foes are Jack Hooper and Badru Aguda, leaders of the Rusty Blades pyrate gang who plagued the waters around La Bastide.
Of this young man, there is only fault. His father, a factor of the Compagnie Royale, has been arrested for pocketing large cuts of Compagnie trade. It is a serious offence that all employees should take measures to avoid.
Yet even this blemish fails to sully Caradec’s character, for he was the one who turned this own father in. Of all French captains, few show such dedication to the honour of the King, the Country and the Compagnie.
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