The Dutch-Zanzibari episode

William III approaches the members of the Dutch republic's Parliament with an address about the future of the Dutch colonial ventures. "Hello my friends good morn and good day, i come to you in modesty to humbly seek your grant on the Dutch venture to the mysterious land of Zanzibar, an island off the east coast of Africa. i have received word from merchants and adventurers alike that the Arabs there have holed up a tidy fortune in the sale and exportation of Slaves an abhorrent practice to some, an opportunity for others. The Satrap of Zanzibar as they have taken to call themselves are under the so called protection of their god Allah and in some form under the banner of another self proclaimed Arab empire. I come to you as an emissary from god, we have the heathens approaching from the south, the papists there under strain from repeated incursions, men murdered, Women raped and children forcefully converted into Muslims and Janissaries. we must make a stand for our God and his children, i ask not for your permission, but i ask you as men to uphold your duty to these people and Christ, we must take the fortune from the hands of such monsters and redeem such a practice that it may benefit God's Kingdom on Earth! i believe four of our Frigates and a grant of ten thousand to purchase arms and supplies and the men to carry them good day!" 

OOC: William will arrange the plans necessary to carry out the venture, Abraham van Riebeeck will undertake the expedition he will be given express order to not try to jepodise any relationship with the Satrap but rather embolden them with the ten thousand grant from Parliament and set up a trade link to monopolise on the sale of the Zanzibarian goods into the European theatre. ideally he will be able to set up accomodation for some Dutch merchants to stay there until the following year learning customs and gelling an ideally flourishing freindship.