Sea Offensive

A Sea Offensive is an event that occurs in Pirates Online, only once in a blue moon.

History
The Sea Offensive was first introduced in mid 2009, where GM's joined forces with pirates to battle off rising enemy ships.

Sea Offensives have only happened under the domination of the East India Trading Company, and has occured twice - before the Battle off the coast of Padres, and before the EITC launched its imperial Expedition Fleets.

A Sea Offensive of the EITC would usually have its toughest ships - Juggernauts, Behemoths, Corsairs, etc. - in MASSIVE numbers along with many lower EITC ships, replacing most of the Royal Navy's ships at sea.

The battles that ensue are usually chaotic and unimaginable, with cannonballs, smoke and fire being thrown about everywhere.

Story
Before the destruction of Padres, an event known only as the battle of Padres occured, with the Marceline Guild leaders marshalling forces of pirates against the gigantic surge of EITC ships, dispatched by Cutler Beckett, to help in protecting the storage of gunpowder in Padres ( to fight against pirates ).

Both the fleets battled off Padres and both sides suffered many losses. Ultimately the EITC's rising fleets were subdued, and the pirates were victorious. But even this could not prevent the destruction of Padres, as it only made the Company's Caribbean leaders more frustrated.

After several attempts at hunting down pirates involved in the event, the EITC sided with Jolly Roger, and allowed the Invasions to happen. The Invasion of Padres was done by Jolly to retreive the Lost Weapons of El Patron which was unsuccessful so they sent the Casa de Muertos.

The EITC began its own agenda to find the weapons, so it began planning Expedition Fleets. To show their fury once again, they sent a LARGE squadron of their Warships, to once again create a Sea Offensive....