The weapons Bevris and Terj had were superior to what the others used.  Eight  55 calibre steel projectiles could be loaded into the loading tubes of the pistols and 16 in the rifles.  The pistols could fire rounds at a muzzle velocity of a mile a second and the rifles could fire rounds at two miles a second.  Bevris used his material replicator to make a couple dozen more pistols and the components for a dozen more rifles.  He made sure the power packs were not as powerful as the reactors in his weapons.  But they could still fire about 1000 rounds before they needed to be recharged. 

When the ships were about two miles away, out of effective range of their big guns, Terj and Bevris were picking off sailors with both the pistols and the rifles every now and then.  Since Terj was synthetic, his eyesight was superior.  So he was much more accurate than his partner or the others that were armed with electromagnetic discharge weapons. 

Bevris knew that eventually the ships would be close enough to fire their cannons at each other.  So he had Terj decided to take the action to the enemy.  They both transported into the holds of the ships where most of the gunpowder was located and ignited the powder.  Since no one expected intruders in the ships, no one was guarding the holds. 

But when a powder monkey saw Bevris in the hold of one of the ships he yelled out to the men there was an intruder.  Three men entered the hold and were gunned down as they entered the door of the powder magazine.  Bevris transported to the ship he had left seconds before the ship he had sabotaged blew up. 

There were eight attacking ships that Bevris and Terj sent to the bottom of the ocean.  This upset many of the pirates the two were helping because they knew there had to be treasure aboard the attacking ships.  But when they both promised to try and salvage the wrecks in any way possible, this quieted the grumbling a bit. 

Jorvansport was saved from pirates so that the resident pirates could operate without as much opposition.  The weapons Bevris gave to the pirates he was working with helped them dominate the ocean and allowed them to kill the enemy out of range of the cannons.  But in time as pirates attended services at Bevris’s church, many became Christians and turned from their wicked ways.  They still went to sea but eventually as respectable merchant seamen. 

It took quite few years for Bevris, Terj, and Bevris’ wife and daughters that had been his guests to see Jorvansport become a respectable city with no pirates and government officials and soldiers that weren’t dishonest.   There were still pirates in the world.  But with the technical help of Bevris, more nations developed weapons that were more effective against pirates until after about 40 years, piracy became nearly extinct. 

In Jorvansport, a huge stone church was erected near the docks that had become a much more decent place to be at.  It became the symbol of change for the better that still remains a beacon of spiritual salvation for all those who work at sea.  The pirates were gone.  But not before Bevris lived the adventure of fighting them and experienced the even bigger thrill of leading many to Christ.