Introductions

There's a grand total of a dozen people waiting to greet you when you reach the ship proper. All men, most of them muscled up, one fat... and you're the only one bothering with a life vest. The fat guy has slacks, a button-up shirt, and a vest with some brass; everyone else is wearing jeans, about half of them in tight t-shirts.

The fat guy steps up and extends his hand, "Hi, I am Captain Adam Sinclair Smith of the Southern Express, and want to be the first to officially welcome you aboard."

You manage not to cringe at the acronymns as you shake his hand and he introduces the crew, finishing with, "...and First Mate John Big you'll meet later, as we need someone on the bridge at all times. That's all of us: I'm afraid you'll need to time share a bunk; we don't have spares."

You process that as you stand on the deck of a ship where - if it weren't for the containers - you could set up several regulation size football fields... and there's just the two guys that picked you up, the dozen meeting you here, and one on the bridge? "Just fifteen people on a ship this size?"

The captain chuckles, "The ship practically runs itself. Come on, let's go get some dinner..."

"Oh, about that..." you pull out the bottle, "...the abandoned rich dude's villa was stocked. I brought a bottle of booze as a present."

You hand it over, and he takes a moment to look at it, whistling, "You said this place was stocked? And definitely abandoned?"

At that moment, the a radio in the captains poclet cackles to life, "We have to go. You can give the official order, but I'm getting us underway now." The engines start up at the same time.

The captain frowns as he answers, "That island has a lot of riches. I want to raid it."

"Move order came from a British aircraft carrier," the radio crackles back, "They'll be using the island for munitions testing. We're in the death zone, and they don't seem very patient."

"Understood." the fat man sighs, "Get underway."

The man puts the radio away, looks at the bottle, and looks at his crew, "Who's up for a million dollar hangover?"