Marie Elena
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The Marie Elena is a pirate ship docked in the Waterfront District of Imperial City. The pirates around it will attack you should you attempt to board, or if they catch you looting the nearby crates.
Note that the crates on the dock next to the pirate ship, and next to the gangplank, have a special status -- as do the pirates. Because they are pirates, taking their goods, or even (in most cases) attacking them, is not considered a crime in the Imperial City.
For this reason, the "theft" icon will not appear when you point at the crates; but be warned that the owners (the pirates) will consider it stealing! Unlike the vast majority of item thefts in the game, you can sell any items you loot from the Pirates' crates to merchants. However, be aware that your count of "Items Stolen" (in your Journal) may go up.
If you are attacked by the pirates, you can legally defend yourself, and any nearby city watch guardsmen that see the assault will come to your aid. So you may want to wait until a guardsman is nearby before approaching the ship for the first time.
The pirate that does nothing when seeing you is generally not a threat, and will usually only utter snide comments if you take items from the crates, or board the ship.
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- The Captain of the vessel will not appear (on or off the ship) until you begin the assassin's guild quest A Watery Grave; this makes "The Captain's Cabin" a good place to store your items (on the floor) if the two aggressive pirates are dead.
