In the blink of an eye, Uleric's batons and constables uniform are replaced with his armor, bow and several quivers of arrows. In the split second before this occurs, you see a ring on his finger give the slightest of glows.
"Had I though ahead more, I could have become our walking armory. As it is, Norman, We should send our fastest runner to the nearest guard station to get reinforcements to surround them all and weapons for the rest of you. Meanwhile, we should cut them off from the ship. We can listen to see if he calls Marfanz by name. That will establish that he in fact knows who he is and shows his connection to a known criminal. That should be enough to at least detain Ashstaff for a while."