2: I'm always surprised by how little people manage to put the Limsa storyline together. The captain in Limsa's opening CS is the Barracuda leader in your echo cutscenes which actually take place over 10 years ago. You were copying his firing stance from the first CS, which freaks out the Barracudas because (obviously) it's just like his. Furthermore, the deadbeat pirate you meet in the storyline is the same guy. I'd assume he got demoted or kicked out, or even left after the Ascian got away with the horn which is supposed to control Leviathan.