Not one penny.
Offer them water and gas enough to get back to port.
Not one penny.
Better yet, have your divers drill a hole in the bottom of the boat while the loudspeakers are going. Offer them life vests in exchange for the captain.
I don’t know why the U.S. Navy doesn’t send a squad of Navy Seals under cover of darkness to overcome these four thugs and rescue the Captain. I’m sure they are more than capable.
“Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!”
http://www.zianet.com/web/barbary.htm
American History: The Barbary Pirates
Better yet, have your divers drill a hole in the bottom of the boat while the loudspeakers are going. Offer them life vests in exchange for the captain.
I like the way you think.
Gotta speak their language.
Better idea. Open topped motorboat with 6 pirates .... have 7 AH-64's fly in and hover around the boat at roughly 50 meters at night. Chain guns can be brutally accurate and 30mm shells ... take out the engines and just put a couple of holes in the boat.
The offer your deal while the helos have a chain gun tracking each pirate by the gunners eye movements. Even if the pirates shoot at the pilots the bullets will just bounce off.
This can be a scary damn view.
