Just Cause

The Just Cause was a vessel that was part of the privateer fleet of the Napan Isles. She was an aged galleass — a large three-masted ship — with Napan-blue coloured sails. Her main-sails were large and square. The Just Cause functioned as a troop carrier with a capacity for some two hundred Napan soldiers. When fully loaded, she rode "low in the water" and — because of this — was primarily used in coastal waters. The Just Cause was not intended to be sea-worthy in the deep water and high waves of the open sea.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 11, US TPB p.216-217/221-223
==In Deadhouse Landing==
The captain of the Just Cause was "Regen Leath the Fat" when Tarel was the king of the Napan Isles in the period before the formation of the Malazan Empire.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 11, US TPB p.216
When the Just Cause joined the Napan fleet in a sea-battle with Mock's Malazan fleet outside Cawn, she encountered a Malazan vessel, the Twisted, captained and partially crewed by renegade Napans. The Just Cause took chase to capture these Napan outlaws.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 11, US TPB p.216-217/220-223
The Just Cause stuck with the Twisted — even following the Malazan vessel through the rough seas of the open ocean and dangerous waters of the Strait of Storms. Finally, the Just Cause apparently either capsized or gave up the chase as its blue sails could no longer be seen from the Twisted.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 11, US TPB p.220-224 The actual fate of the Just Cause was not given.Deadhouse Landing, Chapter 15, US TPB p.280
==Notes and references==
Category:Ships