Southshore ( WC2 Alliance ) Briefing . " With the safe return of the Elves from the loathsome clutches of the Orcs , the Council of Silvermoon has resolved to combine the armies of Quel ' thalas with those of the Alliance of Lordaeron . " " As a show of their support , a mighty fleet of Elven Destroyers have been sent to help safeguard the Lordaeron mainland . " " In preparation for the arrival of these ships , Daelin Proudmoore - Lord of Kul Tiras and Grand Admiral of the Lordaeron Fleet - has ordered that you begin the construction of naval facilities near the township of Southshore . " " There is some suspicion that the Horde has constructed a secret base near the mainland , so it is imperative that you begin building your defense with haste . " Background . The troops and Milan ' s first task on arrival was to build another farm to feed the larger number of workers and sailors that would soon arrive . Next , they set the workers to collecting materials from the mine nearby and continued training new peasants as fast as their resources permitted . The destroyer on which they had arrived remained in place to guard the shoreline ; the soldiers stayed near camp , since spies had confirmed reports of an enemy base offshore . Rather than risk an encounter , they decided to build up as quickly and quietly as possible . Once they had five workers in the mines and a small amount of gold saved up , they constructed a lumber mill from the wood on hand and still had enough for another farm . The troops were unhappy not to have a barracks , but they were planning a naval assault and , therefore , trained still more workers to gather wood for processing in the new mill . No enemies had been spotted yet , but they knew they were about . After several days of gathering lumber , they began construction of the shipyard on the shore to the east of their camp . On the night before it was completed , a small boat carrying shipwrights and sailors emerged from the mist above the waves . They were lucky to have come through alive . The troops gladly provided with whatever building materials they needed , and soon they had christened their first oil tanker . It was a shoddy contraption , held together with pine tar and luck , but it managed to ferry enough supplies to build an oil platform nearby to the east . They built a second tanker soon after , and a steady flow of black gold was soon filling their oak barrels as fast as they could make them . At the same time , more farms were being built to feed the growing population of workers , who easily outnumbered the troops stationed there . They were all much relieved when construction of new destroyers began , because they still had not enough time or resources to build a barracks . With the surplus of workers gathering materials , they build five warships in a matter of weeks . With this powerful fleet , they first sept along the coastline northeast and nicely exploded a troll spy . Keeping this in mind , they then swept westward and secured the coast in that direction . At the western edge of the coast , steered directly south toward the horizon and quickly spotted two enemy destroyers guarding one of their own platforms . These they sank effortlessly ; then they gave their platform the same treatment . From there they sailed east and spotted more destroyers around a small island . Those they sank below the waves first ; then they opened fire on the structures and enemies on the island . When the smoke from their cannons cleared , all that remained was scattered debris . The column of smoke on the horizon prompted the remaining orcs on the mainland to attempt a raid , but even the few troops guarding the camp were able to stop them . From there it was only a matter of time before they built three more platforms — just in time for the approaching flotilla of warships that would soon transform their camp into a busy seaport . Milan ' s troops were not present to see it , however , since new orders took them elsewhere as usual .