I'm not sure if Martinique should exist in "Early Explorers". Martinique isn't sure if Martinique should exist in "Early Explorers"! If you press F2 and scroll through the islands in "Colonies", it doesn't appear, but you can buy a map of it and you can sail to St. Pierre.
You can do the various side quests there, including "Baldweyn Coffier", "Patric and the Idols", "Saga of the Blaque Family" and "Sabine Matton". That latter one is amusing because Arnaud Matton's dialog assumes you're playing the standard storyline, which leads to this:
In fact, England is allied to France and at war with Portugal in "Early Explorers", which means England would probably be happy if France attacked Sao Luis. Portugal wouldn't be happy, it's supposed to be at peace with France.
You can also do the mission to sink the pirate warship. When I talked to the governor and said I was there on business, his first reaction was to offer a normal ship-hunting quest, which I accepted, and then I said I was there on business again and he offered the mission to sink the warship. This is the Iceni Queen, a super-frigate which is an impressive ship in "Revolutions" or "Napoleonic" and pretty much rules the waves in "Early Explorers". I can't remember now whether I boarded it or it boarded me, but by this time I had battle armour and a good sword and so did Fred Bob, so the captain realised he had no chance and surrendered. When I returned to the governor I had the choices to get the reward for the ship-hunting quest or the Iceni Queen, and I made the mistake of taking the ship-hunting quest reward first. Next time I talked to the governor about business, he said this:
Huh? I asked him about France's relations, he said France is at war with Holland, which is true. I went to Barbados on a treasure quest, then raised a French flag and returned to St. Pierre, where the governor still said he's at war with England, which is (a) false and (b) irrelevant as I had a French flag and no LoM or criminal record to prove otherwise. There's nothing for it. I'm going to have to capture something big and Spanish, then if the governor still wants a war with England, he's going to have one. Briefly.
You can do the various side quests there, including "Baldweyn Coffier", "Patric and the Idols", "Saga of the Blaque Family" and "Sabine Matton". That latter one is amusing because Arnaud Matton's dialog assumes you're playing the standard storyline, which leads to this:
In fact, England is allied to France and at war with Portugal in "Early Explorers", which means England would probably be happy if France attacked Sao Luis. Portugal wouldn't be happy, it's supposed to be at peace with France.
You can also do the mission to sink the pirate warship. When I talked to the governor and said I was there on business, his first reaction was to offer a normal ship-hunting quest, which I accepted, and then I said I was there on business again and he offered the mission to sink the warship. This is the Iceni Queen, a super-frigate which is an impressive ship in "Revolutions" or "Napoleonic" and pretty much rules the waves in "Early Explorers". I can't remember now whether I boarded it or it boarded me, but by this time I had battle armour and a good sword and so did Fred Bob, so the captain realised he had no chance and surrendered. When I returned to the governor I had the choices to get the reward for the ship-hunting quest or the Iceni Queen, and I made the mistake of taking the ship-hunting quest reward first. Next time I talked to the governor about business, he said this:
Huh? I asked him about France's relations, he said France is at war with Holland, which is true. I went to Barbados on a treasure quest, then raised a French flag and returned to St. Pierre, where the governor still said he's at war with England, which is (a) false and (b) irrelevant as I had a French flag and no LoM or criminal record to prove otherwise. There's nothing for it. I'm going to have to capture something big and Spanish, then if the governor still wants a war with England, he's going to have one. Briefly.