Capturing the Bloodsail Buccaneers' shipyard stronghold had taken little time. After the Gryphon Riders' relentless bombardment and shooting, the pirates throughout the shipyard camp had already scattered by the time the fleet's three leading gunships arrived. The gunships encountered no resistance at all, docked without trouble, and disembarked the land troops, who swiftly secured every key location.
The Bloodsail Buccaneers had suffered heavy casualties under the aerial suppression of the Gryphon Riders circling overhead. Terrified, they hid wherever they could, and not one dared show himself in the open. They either sheltered inside buildings or tucked themselves into obscure corners. To prepare for the troops landing behind them, the Gryphon Riders had already secured the docks, allowing the gunships to berth directly upon arrival and disembark the Quel'Danil Standing Army's Battle Pet Ranger Unit, which had come specifically to occupy this place.
After disembarking from their warship, the Quel'Danil Standing Army's Elf Ranger vanguard immediately took over dock security from the Gryphon Riders. They also rapidly expanded their defensive perimeter, keeping the docks and surrounding area firmly under their control to receive the main force that would land next.
Half an hour later, every warship in the fleet had arrived outside the harbor. The docks at this Bloodsail Buccaneers headquarters were poorly developed, with only three berths. With the pirate gunship left at the docks and the warship that had transported the Elf Ranger vanguard already occupying two of them, there was room for only one more warship.
An elven warship therefore entered the harbor under the dockside vanguard's guidance and took its berth. A cluster of troop boats followed behind the gunship. These were landing boats lowered from the various warships, each packed with fully armed Elf Rangers.
The gunship unloaded all kinds of fully armored battle pets: dire