[Radek]

SixOfSpades is right. Are all slaves in CC (not on the ship) freed? And what is Hendak doing on the stairs?
I am playing a plain vanilla SoA. I usually do the ship "out of the quest" in the beginning of the game. I go there (without any quest), kill the slavers, free the slaves and (most important) take the loot. Later on, I do CC. When I free Hendak and the slaves, Hendak runs into the pub and kills Lehtinan. Then I get my reward. Only one thing must not be done: interferring the fight between Hendak and Lehtinan. Interferring equals spoiling everything and losing the whole quest.