You mean Nate Thurmond <| sep |> Ideally , yes . These men are clearly no ordinary slavers , to be so bold as to attack the mainland . There ' s something going on here , something beyond a desire for new ships and chattel . He turned back to Asher , looking at him directly . What I ' ve brought today is only the first wave of our total force . These galleys and longboats will establish lines of patrols and communications , that we might catch these pirates returning to their bases . The second force consists of dromonds , and will arrive under the command of Ser Aerys Velaryon within . the next few weeks , I should assume . They will be used to strike out as needed . He looked over to his cousin , who was standing close by as usual . He figured he was probably explaining things he wasn ' t especially qualified to explain . Valarr , would you go and fetch Ser Orys ? I ' m sure he can give a more complete picture to Captain Asher here . uancolie