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Mutiny #3
"Mutiny" chronicles a seafaring conflict where armed wreckers engage unsuspecting merchant sailors in combat, with the battle ending nearly before it begins. The wreckers load long boats with plundered cargo and set the freighter ablaze, driving it toward the beach as a scene of modern-day piracy. When the captain places the crew on half rations and refuses to explain his decision, tensions aboard the ship escalate as the men question his authority and one sailor incites the others to mutiny, declaring "Let's do something about it—let's mutiny! Are we or are we slaves?"
