Isle of Lucy

Isle of Lucy was among the earliest of HILT games, and therefore mostly forgotten. However, that hasn't stopped us from shoehorning it into the canon with everything else!

Background
Shortly after Shanducha became the dominant world power following the Battle for Supremacy, a scientist named Raleigh Ochoa fled, hoping to continue his unethical genetic experiments without the oversight of an honor-bound government.

After a time, he became successful at making horrific monsters which patrolled his island (which he called the Isle of Lucy) and which habitually strayed over to the nearby Rum Isle.

Plot
During a routine voyage, the sailing vessel TVM Copper was passing through the archipelago making up Rum Isle, the Isle of Lucy, and others. During the voyage, the Copper was attacked and destroyed by a giant squid, and the survivors swam desperately to the nearby Rum Isle. Tragically, Captain Morty went down with his ship.

Upon arrival, they split up to explore. Some encountered natives on the island, others encountered wild beasts, and others found treasure.

During a horrific hurricane strike, some of the survivors seeking shelter found a hidden cove, inside which was a large gathering of pirates and two pirate ships.

Using some crazy level trickery, half the survivors gathered together to stage a war dance in full view of the pirates, while the other half created the illusion of a volcano erupting. Happily for them, the pirates interpreted this as evidence that the people could control the volcano, and they immediately surrendered, allowing the shipwrecked survivors to take the pirate vessels and sail away to freedom.