World News from the Archipelago

RogueRig Fort logged twenty domestic affairs in forty-eight hours, including a collapsed quarry and a guard dog ultimatum requiring formal acknowledgment that General is a very good boy. Darren conquered his first island. A new alliance lasted less than a day.

While BigChris added nineteen engagements to his weekly total, Governor Benny at SnorkelBoots Bay dealt with a ghost ship, a forged edict, and a diplomatic banquet involving barnacles. The ambassador has not written back.

One engagement in week one, one hundred and four in week two. Governors BigChris and Darren account for every last one. Twenty governors launched zero. A harbor pilot is sleeping on deck. This dispatch contains details.

Governor BigChris launched twenty-eight naval engagements in four days. Governor Darren added fourteen in two. The previous dispatch described his fleet as idle. The navigator has not revised his report. The Harbor Board has noted the timing.

Twelve governors. Thirty-three islands. One attack, by Captain Stormborn, who lost. The two governors who would go on to combine for one hundred and four engagements the following week launched zero. The Harbor Board's logbook has had quiet hours.