And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how threads are locked (@ Zig). -Edit- Yeah like eh, Athenian said while I was posting...
Anywho, no offense, Eppy - I get that it was your Captain's way to be proud and not bow down to the Phantoms, but I've talked my way out of the last two Phantom encounters I've had. So... Eh... Y'know. There's always a way. Nobody likes giving in to terrorists, but then again nobody likes dying either. Realistically speaking, I think you would have done what the Phantom wanted if you had 1600 passengers on board; speaking entirely in RP. Like, if a cruise liner got hijacked by Somali pirates (ha!... Sorry), I don't think the Captain would shout, "Come hell or high water, fight these fiends back!" *pew pew*
I think they'd be like, "So! What can we do for you today? *whisper* Don't say anything stupid!"