Release the Krapfen!!

Sorry Cal, I could not help myself! The story is finely crafted in every detail. The pirate language is well dosed and I loved how the Kraken appeared, almost smoothly and horrificly at the same time. You were also capable of transmitting some powerful and evocative sceness like:

and the victorious bellow of steel through wood echoed out of a hundred lungs.

One last note: we do want robo-pirates!