[Saturn] Pirate event

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[Saturn] Pirate event

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A long time coming but I finally got around to transcribing and translating the Saturn version exclusive event involving the pirates kidnapping two girls from your army. The girls will be picked randomly from a total of nine eligable girls: Lorelai, Meg, Valeria, Apple, Lotte, Onil, Sarah, Mina and Esmeralda. For this example it was Lotte and Mina.

I've also prepared some bullshots of the event in English to break up the monotony of the text and give some context to scenes, there's no English version or patch. If you want to see some Japanese screenshots they're available in our in-depth guide to the Saturn version on the main page.

Sometime after meeting the requirement to recruit the pirates you will upon returning to Toran Castle be greeted by Sanchez on the ground floor.

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Sanchez: Master McDohl! Something terrible has happened! It's Lady Lotte and Lady Mina!

-scene moves to War Room-

Mathiu: I will explain the situation.
Yam Koo had set sail for the town of Kaku with the girls on board when he was attacked by an unknown ship.
As he was alone he was quickly outnumbered...

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Yam Koo: I'm ashamed of myself...
As they were leaving they said ”Get 500,000 potch ready!”

Pahn: F-Five hundred thousand potch?!

Flik: That's a lot of money even for the Liberation Army.

Cleo: Either way, we can't just ignore this.

Flik: Who would do something like this and where could they be...?

Tai Ho: My brother's failure is my failure as well.
However, I remember something like this happening before...

Yam Koo: Yeah, it's definitely that bastard Anji behind this.

Flik: Anji the lake pirate?

Tai Ho: Yeah, though I would have thought he'd be too busy dealing with Sonya of the Imperial Navy to do something like this...
Did he switch sides?

Mathiu: Right now we can't spare the army to rescue the hostages.
However, if we leave them to die it will severely affect the morale of the Liberation Army.
Therefor we will have to rescue the hostages simultanously with the original operations of the Liberation Army.
Lord McDohl, I will leave it to you to decide when to rescue the hostages so please pick the members of your advance team with this in mind.
That's it everyone, please act discreetly to avoid this affecting the whole of the Liberation Army.
We're all counting on you.

- scene moves to Pirate Nest -

Leonardo: Are those Liberation Army guys really going to pay up?

Anji: Of course, no one calling themselves the Liberation Army would just let their female
members get killed without even trying to help them.
Besides, it's their fault that Sonya woman is so relentless lately and we're out of money.
Soon they'll be here and our troubles will be over.

Leonardo: Hear, hear!

Anji: Now then... Hey, Kanak!
How are our guests doing?

- Anji and Leonardo move up to Kanak and the hostages, scene will differ depending on who was kidnapped -

Lotte: Where's my Mina?

Anji: Who would that be?

Lotte: My cat.

Leonardo: Your cat...?

Lotte: If you help me find Mina I'll join your entourage.

Anji: We're the Lake Pirates! Why would we look for a cat?!

Kanak: I can... help you look...

Leonardo: We're supposed to be sordid men here...

Anji: .........

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Leonardo: Hmm? Ah!
This girl, I think I've seen her dancing in Antei sometimes...

Kanak: It's Mina!

Anji: The dancer?!

Kanak: It really, really is!

Mina: Ooh? I guess I'm pretty famous, huh?!

Kanak: Dance, dance!

Leonardo: *whistles*

Mina: Actually, I have this rule against dancing without compensation...
Oh ok, one freebie then.

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-Mina dances-

Mina: Well? Did you like it?

Kanak: Best ever!

Anji: Hm? It was okay... I guess.

Mina: Okay, I guess I'll take my leave now then.

Anji: That's not going to happen.

Mina: Awwwwwww...

- scene returns to Toran castle and player regains control, event proceeds once you go to the pirate nest -

Leonardo: What? Who are you guys?!

Anji: Aren't you McDohl of the Liberation Army...?
I would have thought a job like this was a bit beneath you.
So what is your business here?
If you've brought the ransom you're most welcome.

McDohl <choice>:
I have no money for lowlifes like you!
I'll pay the ransom. (<- unfortunately I don't know what happens if you pick this, presumably it sends you in a loop or just skips the fight)

Anji: Well...
Can't say I didn't expect it could come to this...
Leonardo: To arms then, we can't let them get the drop on us!
Kanak: Hehe, please go easy on me.

- Fight ensues, ala playstation recruitment -

Anji: We yield!
I'm surprised.
I didn't think the Liberation Army would go this far.

Leonardo: ......

Kanak: Boss...

Anji: We picked a fight with the wrong people and lost, I can see that now.
We will release the women.
Take them.
I'm not sure why, but I think you'll be able to win McDohl.
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it's nice to see some extra storyline treatment for some of the non-essential characters, and that they've acknowledged Sonya's troops patrolling the lake instead of just sitting in Shasarazade letting all these rebels and criminals sail around doing what they want.
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This is amazing! Great work. Would have been cool if these extra storylines were added into the North American releases for PS1.
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I managed to find the remaining hostage conversations.

Valeria

Valeria: You bastards... do you think you're free to do whatever you please?

Anji: Oh, nothing's free.
I'll be collecting a ransom for you, young lady.

Valeria: Grr... like I thought, you're nothing but filthy lake pirates!!!

Anji: Since it's 500,000 potch I'll be magnanimous and overlook that comment.

Leonardo: With this one maybe we should have asked more for the added trouble.

Valeria: How dare you!
You can't treat people like objects to be sold!

Lorelai

Lorelai: .........

Anji: Hm? What's with this quiet one?
Hey, she's kind of pretty, ain't she?

Kanak: She put up one hell of a fight when we caught her though...

Leonardo: Maybe there's some way we could sell her again after collecting the ransom?

Anji: Are you kidding me?!
There are rules even for pirates you know.
Seriously, what's wrong with you?

Leonardo: But, we've already stooped to kidnapping people.

Kanak: We'll gain a lot of money with the ransom though.

Anji: Enough!
I'm the boss here!

Lorelai: I'll just bide my time...
I can't believe I got caught by these guys.

Sarah

Sarah: Phew, what's wrong with you?
Can't you see how filthy you are?

Anji: What?

Sarah: Aaaah, I can't stand it anymore.
All of you, take off what you're wearing and put it down here.

Leonardo: Do you really think it's gonna be that easy to catch us off guard?

Sarah: Pipe down and do as I say!

Anji: Whoa there...

Apple


Kanak: B-Boss...
Please help meeee...

Apple: Do you understand...?
I'll say it one more time.
I don't know what you lowlifes think you're doing or why I'm here.
Common decent humanity dictates...

Kanak: She just keeps going on like this...

Leonardo: Hey boss, what's this ”hu-mani-ty”?

Anji: Beats me...
But I don't think I want to see it.

Apple: It means the correct way to treat people!

Kanak: Nooo, I don't want to learn things...

Apple: Why, oh why, did I have to be kidnapped by such vulgar
people...?

Esmeralda


Esmeralda: What's this? This room is so filthy it's not even fit for a dog, how can you think this would be satisfactory?
I can't believe you live here!

Leonardo: Boss...
Are we less than dogs?

Anji: Who's on cleaning duty today...?

Kanak: I am.

Anji: Make sure to be thorough.

Esmeralda: Isn't time for tea soon?

Anji: Is everyone in the Liberation Army like this?!

Meg


Meg: Come ooon! Release me alreadyyy!
I'm sick and tired of this plaaace!

Kanak: This one's got a bunch of weird tools.

Anji: They're just toys. She's still a kid.

Kanak: Whoa!
This doll just moved!

Anji: What? Let me see that...
Haha... this is kind of fun!

Kanak: Hey boss, please give it back to me.

Anji: Hold your horses!
Huh? What does this do...

Meg: No, no, no, noooo!
You're going to break my gadget!

Onil

Onil: ...so, if would you believe it, there appears to be a sealed orb hidden in the cave behind the Qlon monestary that...
Hey, are you listening to me?

Anji: Hey, why'd you pick this old hag of all people?!

Kanak: You say that, but it's not like there was anyone else on the ship...

Anji: There must have been someone with a bit more life in them!

Onil: Wha?! How rude!
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LOL some of these hostage conversations are hilarious
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Lol.

When Meg is saying 'You're going to break my gadget!', Is she referring to a prototype Gadget? If true it's probably the earliest reference to one of best character in S2.

Also, has anyone figured out the real purpose of raising the cat other than just a random minigame?
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Not really. The word used is karakuri which means a mechanism or string puppet. Meg and Juppo are karakuri-shi where shi equals master or specialist, this term was last translated as Gadgeteer in Suikoden V. Karakuri can also mean trick which is why Meg and Juppo are mistranslated as "tricksters" in the first game.

Gadget the character is Karakuri-maru where maru is a suffix normally used for ship names. Basically it's all based on the root word "gadget."
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To be fair to the translators of 1, Juppo did dress like someone you'd expect to have a spinning bow tie and a flower that squirts people in the face.
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