![]() ![]() ![]() New York and other ports on America’s eastern seaboard had waxed fat on the proceeds of piracy, and Bellomont was given express instructions to stamp out the piracy that infested the coast.Įarly in 1695, Kidd took a cargo in the Antigua to London, where he met Livingston – who introduced him to Bellomont. The political backdrop to what followed was that in 1695 the colonial administrator Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, was appointed Governor of New York and Massachusetts, replacing the corrupt Benjamin Fletcher, who was in league with the pirates who frequented New England to dispose of their plunder. During those war years, he had impressed a certain Colonel Robert Livingston, a prominent New York merchant and government official, with his daring seamanship. He was also an experienced privateer, having operated with distinction against French vessels in the West Indies. Born in Dundee, he was by the 1690s a respectable and prosperous citizen of New York, and the captain of his own ship, Antigua. Image: Peter Newark’s Military Pictures Infested coastsĬaptain Kidd was 50 years old when he stepped into the situation that would transform the rest of his life. they are used to kill the crews(the no.Portrait of William Kidd, the Scottish-born sea captain and privateer who became one of history’s best known pirates. your steam account.Īny insight would be appreciated. If you need a ship just send me (reply to this post) your cloud ID (7 letters) or email you used to reg. Other times, I'm careful not to touch their hull and simply board them, but each time, with each of these scenarios (except for a one rare time, so far), the ships burst into flames and sink, when it was my intention on capturing them.Īny insight would be appreciated. Sometimes it seems my grapeshot sinks them, even though their hull was never taken past yellow. ![]() For example, most of the pirate confederacy ships I've encountered, as well as random pirate ships that show-up while I'm gathering floating crates from buying drinks at the tavern. I've been having this issue with non-mission/non-quest pirate ships. I have only started playing two days ago, so I'm inexperienced, but I want to make sure I understand what is happening. There are a few Pirate ships that do that. Originally posted by sjkiser58:Yep if it's a Pirate Quest ship it cannot be boarded. ![]()
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