First playthrough: "Oh! this control scheme is like sunless sea! I can get used to this." "I've managed to dodge everything but where are the soldiers? Are they around here? No, this is a dead end and now all I can do is reverse while that turret is free to fire at me. And now I died having saved no one."
Second playthrough: "It's raining when I'm in the middle now? And there's soldiers in the sea! And... what is this shiny circle? That's a lot of people on my ship. what if I go back now? FOUR THOUSAND SOLDIERS?"
anyway I ended my first playthrough with nothing, my second with 8400 soldiers saved. It was fun! The only thing was I was surprised that I didn't take any damage when I rammed the pier at full speed.
Nice pun too.