[Anguirel]

Greek fire burnt until it had worn itself out. Water had no effect on it it.

It was also psychologically damaging because enemies would hesitate on seeing its siphons.

Its only disadvantage was its fickleness-it sometimes set fire to ships on the same side as those firing it.

However, I think it would be a really nifty addition. It would stop the Gondorians from crushing us at once by superior numbers, and it could initiate some boarding action with Gondorians desperately swashbuckling across in order to silence the siphoners.

Its technological/chemical nature also makes it a suitable weapon for Tolkien villains. It'll be suspenseful reading in the RP...can our heroes silence the gunners? When are the flames going to stop? Oh, wow, it's been plastered across one of the Corsairs' own vessels!

About the boarding/slave freeing-all of the slaves in play are on the Fame and Fortune, so it needs to be boarded, or at least approached very closely, if some slaves are to be freed. Perhaps the Raca could come close, fighters on both sides swing across, a few slaves slip through the chaos, and then our xebec bring out the big guns-the fire siphons-causing theRaca to beat a hasty retreat?

In other words, to advance the slave plot and the soldier plot this may have to be an exception to your "generally"-the story put slightly ahead of the realism.

Or we could just cut that, but then I don't see how the Ferethor thing will ever be resolved...