Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Ah, the idle dreams of youth.

A skilled captain would slip away.

A less-skilled captain would (if pressed) use one magnetic pistol on a steamer, under the hull, to disable the escort, then slip away.

Jerry Bruckheimer would waste two magnetics into the props (but he would add big explosions), and then fire four more (more explosions).

I do like the 1000+ kilometers idea... how far down is that?

Less Jerry. More Wolfgang.