Not sure what to do next Allen stood on the deck and watched the boats as the players stored their weapons and precious items, he knew they were preparing to die and didn't want him to take their things, the system was magnanimous enough to just drop the items from the dead boat at his feet and he could see some of the players looking with greed at the pile.
"So come aboard now", he shouted at them, "I promise not to hurt you unless you try and fight me".
[System: Notice 210M A player issued a remove NPC command, refusing will cost you 20,000 credits, do you wish to comply? Y/N]
"No", he said and heard a cashier sound in his head when the credits were deducted
[System: Attention 210M spending over 50,000 credits in a single NPC will lock its current status and require a Player to pay for making it a Player character, do you wish to proceed? Y/N]
"Yes", as soon as he said the word he fealt like something was pulling him away, his conciousness started ripping apart and the void loomed before his every sense.
Fighting to keep his conciousness and his new life he pushed himself back into the body of the captain.
[System: Welcome NPC please choose the name of your new character]
"Allen"
[System: Notice Allen, your name in this instance is now 'Allen']
[System: Attention Allen your current character is locked from all evolutions be advised not to attempt new evolutions without contacting
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[System: Notice Allen A player is attempting interaction with your new character, interacting with Players will earn you credits]
[System: Notice Allen Credits can be used to purchase new features for your character, refer to
[System: Notice Allen A player is attacking you, you should use your character prompts to defend yourself]
"Fire Broadside" he shouted and two out of the seventeen boats were turned to toothpicks and blood splatters.
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
[System: Notice 210M a player has died from your actions, you earned 250 credits]
"SURRENDER NOW" Allen shouted at the boats, "OR I WILL KILL YOU ALL", keeping his attention at the boats as the System kept informing him of things he could and should do he sent a few Orca crewmembers to bring the Players on deck, they jumped off and shapeshifted into their gargantuan killer whale forms.
The remaining Players stopped fighting and soon were all on deck "Who the hell do you think you are?" one of the women asked Allen.
"Do you know who I am?" he asked back and she took a step back into the group, seeing the scars and trying to match an NPC to her memory, Players never cared much for random encounter NPCs and this AI was acting in unfamiliar ways.
[System: Notice 210M a player has responded to your actions, you earned 50 credits]
"I don't think we met before", she replied finally, "why are you attacking us
[System: Notice 210M a player has requested special interaction, you earned 100 credits]
Thinking about the price for not being 'banished' made Allen realise the actual price was not reflected by his previous balance, needing to kill hundreds of Players and interact an unknown amount of time made his survival seem pretty flimsy now that he put his mind on the subject.
"Why did you attack me?" he asked the crowd of Players