George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
The captain would have thrown him off of the ship long ago, if it weren’t for the fact that they were horribly short-handed.
Rusty Pete the gunner had retired.
Old Scutty had left to start his own crew.
That would have been manageable if it hadn’t have been for all the guys who’d gotten killed in raids and battles.
But then, they’d died because of George’s blunders.
Every one of them. Chalked up to “accidents” for insurance purposes.
As long as the insurance policies paid well, he’d keep George.