The NPC Raiders' wearisome assault upon Caribbean holdings continued its familiar pattern of defeat this turn. TROP's garrison at Victoria threw back a raid upon Pirate territory with practiced resolve, the black flag remaining firm above the port. To the north, ORDER proved equally stalwart, repulsing a like incursion at Santa Maria and preserving Great Britain's mastery of the position. Neither engagement yielded to the raiders' pressure, extending their dismal string of reverses and leaving the territorial map unmoved from yesterday's close. The treasury standings remain untroubled. TROP continues unchallenged at rank one, commanding forty ports and dominion over the merchant hierarchy of these waters. No shift has disturbed the leaderboard; the order of Caribbean power endures as it stood yesterday.