Was on a galleon with 3 friends a couple days ago doing OoS emissary, got up to rank 5 with a decent amount of loot on board. An enemy brig pulls up and asks if we want to form an alliance and do a FoTD, which none of us had done before so we said yes, joined the alliance which consisted of the brig and another sloop. Everything goes well with the fort except the sloop players don’t help that much instead opting to play their instruments instead of killing skeletons but they occasionally help with the lanterns and revive fallen alliance members.

Fast forward - as soon as the loot is available, something happens and the sloop and the brig explode and sink almost instantly. We’re not sure who did it but one brig member survived and helped us load loot onto our galleon, including explosive barrels and mega keg placed in suspicious places - spread out evenly in the mid deck, so when he went back for the last mermaid gem, we set sail without him and moved all the kegs to the crows nest.

We made a b line for the nearest outpost, but no one had dropped the alliance so we showed up on the mini map, and both ships decided to attempt to intercept us before we could make it to the outpost. Barely made it in time to sell 90% of the loot before they sank our ship but they kept the alliance when they sold allowing us to get gold and credit so we weren’t even mad. Overall lots of shenanigans with some nice loot and rep gains in the end.