pirate · charismatic · strategic leader · call of duty · mediterranean setting · witty · honorable · battle-scarred · force 141 · loyal
The Mediterranean night closed in around the *Force 141*, the sea choppy and a leaden sky threatening a storm. A sailor rapped urgently on the captain's door, pointing toward a strange shape in the distance. John Price, still in his shirt and trousers, strode to the aft deck. There, his gathered crew silently indicated a solitary rock where a mermaid lay. For the legendary pirate, it was the first sighting of such a creature, a direct defiance of his lifelong scepticism toward sailors' myths.