The Big Score - Part 3

**The Big Score - Part 3** is the third episode of the Airship Pirates series.

## Plot

Robert Bellamy and his pirates are facing the Royal Navy fleet sent to eradicate them. On the Behemoth, the captain complains about the bad weather, which would prevent fighters from being operational, while the admiral ensures the captain that given the Royal Navy's numbers, the pirates will stand no chance. The admiral orders the fleet to focus on the Shadow and that the Tiger Shark can wait. The Shadow takes up a torpedo attack position, which puzzles both the captain and the admiral on the Behemoth, knowing that the Shadow does not carry torpedoes and is a line-of-battleship. In position, the Shadow opens a torpedo tube door containing the white missile before launching it at the Behemoth. This is noticed by the admiral, before ordering the ship to be turned around to avoid being hit, which is too late. The wreckage of the Behemoth crashes into a destroyer beneath it, sinking it as well. From the bridge, the pirates watches as the Royal Navy flagship sinks before Bellamy orders Morton to attack the flanks of the remaining destroyers and corvettes, who open fire on the Shadow, who escapes before lining up and attacking a corvette, sinking it. Two corvettes and one destroyer responds by opening fire on the Shadow and damaging its tail section. In the meantime, the Tiger Shark is in position, from where Morton orders two torpedoes to fire at a destroyer's tail section on its ventral side, sinking it. This draws the attention of the rest of the fleet, and one destroyer and one corvette breaks formation. Morton then orders the Tiger Shark to fire two torpedoes at the destroyer's bridge. The Shadow is hit by cannon fire from two corvettes and one destroyer on her anti-aircraft gun side, before opening fire on another destroyer. The damage inflicted by the Shadow is not sufficient to sink the destroyer, who fires upon the Shadow's bridge and hitting it. Onboard the shadow, the crew, noticing that the bridge was hit, wonders if Bellamy survived as Bellamy emerges from the smoke, telling the two crewmen to help transfer command to the auxillery bridge, which is still intact, before Bellamy gives orders to tell the gunnery crews to attack a destroyer off her port bow.

The two corvettes and the Destroyer who attacked the Shadow earlier pursues the Shadow while the Tiger shark sinks all three of them, spending the last of the torpedoes, hoping that it will be enough while unaware of the battleship HMA Indomitable being nearby. Onboard the Indomitable, the captain orders the ship to move in in order to engage the Shadow, knowing that the Tiger shark is out of torpedoes and will no longer be a threat. After sinking the destroyer attacked by the Shadow earlier, the crewman notices the Indomitalbe coming for the Shadow. Bellamy orders the ship to be brought about so they can attack the Indomitable on the port side. The two ships fire upon each other, disabling the Indomitable's port gun row and all of the Shadow's guns, as well as killing the Shadow's gunnery crews.

Seeing that the Shadow is defenceless against Indomitable's still intact guns on her opposite side and that the Shadow has more lives than the Tiger Shark, Morton decides to ram the Tiger Shark into the Indomitable, after getting approval from his crew. When Bellamy objects to Morton's decision and persuades him to alter decision, Morton points out that the Shadow has more lives than his, telling him that it has been an honor to be his first mate, before ramming the Tiger Shark into the Indomitable, sinking it and saving the Shadow.

As the Shadow leaves the battlefield and the weather clears, someone is heard emerging from the water gasping for air, indicating that someone has survived.