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New Terra’s most reliable source for shipping news.

JANUARY 616. VOL 1 ISSUE 8

 

 

WAR COMES TO THE FAR REACHES OF CIVILIZATION!

 

Much news comes about the waging war between Eslandola, our governor, Garvey, and Prio against our former liege, the King of Mardier.

 

 

 

From the papers in MARDIER:

 

Our glorious King Alphonse XIII has struck a mighty blow at the pitiful Eslandolans and Garvans!  

 

The Prime Minister has declared that all public bells be rung 30 times starting at noon on January 18th in honor of our many glorious victories.  Which included victories over the following Eslandolan towns in the New World: Trador, Puerto Alijo, Salida Este, Fuerte Unido, Nova Terreli, Elysabethtown. It is said that the Crown has made enough in plunder to upgrade its fortresses at Calisto, and Kingsport once the rebelling governor’s forces are subdued there.

 

Unfortunately, due to financial hardships in Calisto, it seems that nearly 90 gold has gone unaccounted for.

 

 

 

From the paper in PRIO:

 

Duke Alex has once again thwarted the Mardierian Scourge!  A fleet of vessels belonging to King Alphonse showed up on our horizon on the 14th inst. The Duke called all ablebodied seamen to defend the port, and an engagement ensued. They lost their flagship before turning back. We lost some brave sailors, but the guns of Fort Prio were able to drive away the enemy. Huzzah!

 

 

 

From the papers in ESLANDOLA:

 

Today is a black day for our country. Word has come from the Far Seas that many of our settlements were raided by our enemy Mardier. King Alphonse’s navy hit many of our smaller settlements and Nova Terrelli.  Any eyewitness account of the battle of Terrelli Bay gave a report of the following:

 

 On the 6th inst. the Crimson Fleet, MARDIER’s most famous fleet sailed to this port. The defenses of this city were in impeccable shape, and our royal fortresses began firing as soon as the enemy was in range. It happened that the Garvey Second Fleet was stationed in our port taking on provisions. This was lucky, as the Crimson Fleet is quite large, and the Garvians sailed to meet it.  A combined effort of Eslandolans and Garvans were able to repel the Crimson Fleet, causing our enemy many casualties, including three smaller ships.  Garvey had no ships lost. Mayor Fontonajo gave a rousing speech the next morning to all of the town. We will not be broken!

 

Other good news includes our forces catching a MARDIERIAN Trade convoy fleet.

 

The good news is tinted with poor news,  Nova Terrelli was the only port of ours that successfully repelled attackers.

 

In Puerto Alijo, on the 1st inst. Mardier forces made off with a prominent citizen, Mrs. Jasmyn Cuervo and a small amount of cash.

 

In  Trador, the mighty trade settlement of MAESTRO, few defenses left a few soldiers dead, and over 75 gold plundered! A similar story in Salida Este, where the Gold Fleet of Mardier made port on the 25th last.  On the 30th last, the coward pirate L’Olius under Mardier flags raided Fuerte Unido, did some damage and took a large share of the town bank with him. Pontelli was sacked by the Blue Fleet of Mardier on the 21st last, losing a large share of money, and the poorly defended Elysabethtown was visited by the Yellow Fleet on the 1st inst.

 

In all total, at least 400 gold has been stolen from Eslandolan coffers and over 150 are dead. The nation must act!

 

 

 

From the papers in GARVEY:

 

A glorious raid, a glorious victory, but two devastating raids on our possessions beyond the line have made for an eventful month. We fared nearly as bad as our allies, losing 200 gold to the Mardierian war machine. At the writing of this paper, Freeport is still under occupation by the 7th Mardier Regiment. The infamous “Bulldogs”.  King Leopaldis surely will avenge this and rescue our poor brethren across the ocean!  However there is good news! We were able to stop the Mardierm Menace from taking our ally’s port Nova Terrelli!  We also raided Calisto and found fortune in the Prio seas!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raided Settlements

 

DB Lost

 

Soldiers killed

 

Civilians killed

 

Notes

 

ESL

 

       

Trador

 

77

2

0

Raided by small MAR fleet consisting of five vessels.

Puerto Alijo

 

4

0

0

Raided by MAR privateer "Le Penguin". Jasmyn Cuervo taken prisoner

Salida Este

 

64

2

7

Raided by the Gold Fleet of MAR.

Pontelli

 

92

5

13

Pontelli's trade value is not the same as listed on the index, it is only 110 in the official records.  Raided by the "Blue Fleet" of MAR

Fuerte Unido

 

71

25

37

Raided by L'Olius , battle fleet of 10 vessels, 1 MAR regiment  the 14th Regiment, "The Golden Sons"

Nova Terreli

 

0

42

15

Repelled the MAR "Crimson Fleet" with the help of GAR "2nd Fleet"

Elysabethtown

 

102

11

0

Raided by MAR "Yellow Fleet"

TOTAL

 

410

87

72

 
         

GAR

 

       

Freeport

 

210

120

100

Occupied by the 7th MAR regiment "Bulldogs"

Leopaldis

 

87

25

30

Attacked by MAR "Orange Fleet"

         

MAR

 

       

Calisto

 

89

23

16

Raided by the GAR 1st Fleet

         

Prio

 

       

Alexport

 

0

15

0

Defended against minor MAR fleet

 

 

SHIPPING NEWS

 

Plot on merchant captains around the New World?

 

We have many reports of mutinies this month. From a sickly tale aboard the Black Marlin, to other mutinies upon vessels of all nations.  One keen observer has pointed out that this seems very much like the fabled  secret kabal, known as the Inspireritti, bent on world domination. Indeed the knife found lodged in the captain of the Black Marlin had their motto inscribed upon it “victoria aut clade refert, in fine virtus regit.” No reports of Inspiritti artifacts on the Empty Barrel, but it seems that there was a strange pamphlet found on El Rubi.

 

 

 

LORD OF THE SEA RETURNS!

 

The Seas are no longer safe from Poseidon’s Wrath! It is true that he has unleashed his pet beastie upon us all once again. Such was the sight in the scourge of 359, where many documented witness to the almighty Kraken.  He has been let loose again, and now, in the middle of the Drolitic Ocean,  he feasts on the ships of all nations.   Numerous sightings confirm some sort of water demon, and three vessels paid the ultimate price this month. Filo Morado (ESL),  États de Cauzac (OL), Esprit Royal (OL) all went to the bottom to satisfy this creature’s hunger. Our recommendation – stay on dry land!

 

MAESTRO Goes Rogue!

 

This tantalizing bit of information was passed on to us…

Dear Lord Damaximus,

I don't think it is necessary that we take steps to incorporate the East Trade Wind Company into our own mighty Trade Company. The ETWC being a tiny, itsy bitsy trade company made up of Eslandolan merchants who don't know a Doubloon from a two-pence and who have made about enough DBs trading in the MRCA as Unrigged Nordau's parrot, I don't see any benefit. Even more, I think that it would only lower our own capability to trade and make money. On top of that, they would be of no use of our struggle against the King, since the ETWC troops in Fuerte Unido can barely tell the sharp side of a sword from their's mum's broom, and are more often found in the hospital then on the battlefield. They'd cost more to maintain then they could ever loot!

Yours sincerely,

Lady Elysabeth of Drondil

It seems that Lady Elysabeth was correct, seeing how poorly the settlement defended itself against MAR.

 

Editors Column:

 

The Queen gave birth to a baby with horns!  Queen Annetta has been shamed again! We can only consider this to be Poseidon’s curse for hating Oleon. Nobody knows if this baby  really exists, but  the baby is said to have been whisked from port and sent to its true father, King Fernando.

 

 

Skaford Heights to be Purchased by OLEON!  It has been said in these parts that OLEON is so rich that they plan on buying the island known as Skaford Heights from MARDIER to end the war between ESLANDOLA and King Alphonse.

 

 

 

Great Civilization of Gold found in the Safehaven Region!  One intrepid sailor who was aboard one of the first voyages to the Safehaven region has brought us tales of a city there made of so much gold, the entire economy of Eslandola could not match that amount in a year!  The sailor has yet to divulge where the city is, but when he does, this paper will be folding and we will be moving to strike it rich on that island!

 

 

 

 

 

Extended Reports:

 

 

Name

 

ship

 

Faction

 

DBS

 

Result

 

Ayrlego

 

Lady Jacqueline

COR

491

Chased by pirates

Ayrlego

 

Alexander Keith

COR

388

 

azog

 

La Fleur Pourpre

OL

138

 

blackdeathgr

 

Gladiateur

OL

0

Took "Milton's Burden" 4A from Daemon St. Lure

blackdeathgr

 

Crete

OL

1120

Golden Voyage

blackdeathgr

 

Little Hermes

OL

296

Golden voyage

Brandon Stark

 

Dagger

OL

74

 

Bregir

 

Sphinx

COR

169

Outran a pirate.

Bregir

 

Revenant

COR

0

Hit a reef off Berelli, stuck there now.

Bregir

 

Blazer

COR

572

 

Bregir

 

Goshawk

COR

360

Attacked by a pirate, saved by HMS Friends Forever

Bregir

 

Dozy Dragon

COR

150

 

Bregir

 

Justicia

COR

0

 

Brickwolf

 

Eliza

COR

118

 

Brickwolf

 

Corland Supplier

COR

126

 

Brickwolf

 

Corland Provider 2

COR

167

 

Brickwolf

 

Small Fishing Boat

COR

0

Taken by pirates.

Capt Wolf

 

Far Horizon

ESL

499

Attacked by pirates,  confusion in the escort fleet leads to the  Beluga being captured by the pirate Harrison Torn, while Far Horizon gets away.

Capt Wolf

 

Piece of Eight

ESL

1035

 

Captain Becker

 

Pegasus

OL

269

 

Captain Genaro

 

Centurion

OL

0

 

Captain Genaro

 

Étoile du Sud

OL

799

Attacked by unknown ship, but Perseverante fought it off.

Captain Genaro

 

Pride of Poseidon

OL

230

Turned back to port after one stop due to leakage. Swordfish rammed the ship causing a hole in the bow.

Captain Genaro

 

Le Protecteur

OL

0

 

Captain Pirate Man

 

Swift

OL

74

 

Captain Pirate Man

 

Jenny 1 Rowboat

OL

2

 

Captain Pirate Man

 

Jenny 2 Rowboat

OL

10

 

cb4

 

Parakeet

SR

89

 

CelesAurivern

 

Valkyrie II

COR

169

Golden Voyage!

CelesAurivern

 

Peregrine

COR

0

Uneventful sailing

Col. Brik

 

Empty Barrel

OL

0

Stayed empty. Mutiny, although quelled, prevented this ship from making port.

Corington

 

HMS Whisper
HMS Bullshark
HMS Gauntlet

COR

0

HMS Whisper sinks unknown 3A in defense of the Alice.

COR

 

HMS El Bellos

COR

0

 

COR

 

HMS Bagg of Bolton

COR

0

 

COR

 

HMS Badger

COR

0

Caught a 2WR pirate "Jimmy Sticklegs"

COR

 

HMS Pandora
HMS Golden Goose
HMS Captain's Chest
HMS Huntress
HMS Publius
HMS Mars
HMS Friends Forever
Mardiers Misfit

COR

0

HMS Pandora take 5HA Globe Traverser, pirate. HMS Mars takes 3HA pirate Grand Viper, Friends Forever takes  unknown privateer 4A "Ghost Ship"

COR

 

HMS Victoria

COR

0

 

Dannylonglegs

 

The Singsong

OL

211

 

dr_spock

 

Incognito

SR

79

Attacked by other pirates, but saved by Poseidon's Revenge.

dr_spock

 

Pink Lady

SR

0

Flotilla captured ships see Clearance.

Dukesc

 

The Lightning

OL

2013

Golden Voyage

Dukesc

 

HMS Tiddlywinks

OL

0

 

Dukesc

 

The Aspire

OL

525

 

Dukesc

 

The Taurus

OL

315

Outran a pirate

Dukesc

 

The Navigator

OL

0

 

Dukesc

 

The Ranger

OL

0

 

Dukesc

 

The Galaxie

OL

0

 

Dukesc

 

The Corcel

OL

138

 

Dzoni90

 

Comet 2

OL

211

 

Elostirion

 

The Cotton Lady

ESL

123

 

Elostirion

 

La Presta Canosa

ESL

0

Sprung a leak, returned to port.

Elostirion

 

Pearl Diving Canoe

ESL

25

Found some pearls!

Elostirion

 

The Colonia

ESL

1644

Golden Voyage

ESL

 

Victoria

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Great Scott

ESL

0

Took 2T "Margert" (MAR)

ESL

 

Migery

ESL

0

Flotilla found a Mardieran Convoy. Defeated and captured the escort: 4HA "Wyvren", took 5T "Goldilocks", 5T "Merry Merfish", 3T "Tuna King" owned by the Eastern Bumbel Tuna Trading Company

ESL

 

Blood Diamond

ESL

0

Shared capture with Migery and Catfish Supreme

ESL

 

Catfish Supreme

ESL

0

Shared capture with Migery and Blood Diamond

ESL

 

La Raya Venenosa

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Maiden of the Deep

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

La Salamandra

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Oscuridad

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Beluga

ESL

0

Taken by Harrison Torn, pirate.

ESL

 

Morning Fog

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Stormbringer II

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Dread Treasure II

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Golden Grasshopper

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Gallant

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Asesino II

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Plunging Dagger

ESL

0

Shoots at the Kraken, but cannot kill the beast.

ESL

 

La Raya Venenosa

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

Maiden of the Deep

ESL

0

 

ESL

 

La Salamandra

ESL

0

Captured MAR 3A Privateer "Wolf"

ETTC

 

Belson (Formerly Heart of Eslandia)

COR

477

Attacked by pirates, defended by  Pandora

ETTC

 

Sparta

COR

600

 

ETTC

 

Golden Filly

COR

572

 

ETTC

 

Catfish Supreme

COR

0

Performed admirably

Faladrin

 

La Raenette

ESL

384

Golden Voyage

Franco Clarke

 

Stingray

OL

420

Attacked by pirates

Franco Clarke

 

The Pharaoh

OL

0

 

Franco Clarke

 

Colombe

OL

250

 

Franco Clarke

 

Vif

OL

250

 

Franco Clarke

 

Black Barbarian

OL

0

 

Garmadon

 

White Doubloon

ESL

0

Taken by MAR Battle Fleet.

Garmadon

 

Shooting Shuriken

ESL

225

 

Garmadon

 

The Fog-Breaker

ESL

303

Sees the Kraken… lives to tell about it.

gedren_y

 

Consort's Duty

ESL

550

Outran a pirate.

Gideon

 

Zephyr

OL

560

outran a pirate

Gulagurag

 

Night's Whisper

SR

0

 

Jacob Nion

 

Queen Annetta's Revenge

SR

0

Flotilla caught CARNO Merchants: 4t "Warped Wood," 4T "Lady Arlene," and 2T "Applevilla"

Jacob Nion

 

HRS Infatigable

SR

0

 

Kai NRG

 

The Golden Snake

ESL

124

Golden Voyage, profited after the rest of their confoy turned back or was killed.

Kai NRG

 

Filo Morado

ESL

0

Sunk, Kraken Food.

Kai NRG

 

Dark Spirit

ESL

0

Returned to port scared by Kraken

Keymonus

 

Mr. Twistie

OL

138

 

Khorne

 

The Torino

OL

0

Sunk in a light gail.

Kolonialbeamter

 

Persévérante

OL

0

 

Kolonialbeamter

 

La Recouvrance

OL

710

Outran a pirate

Kolonialbeamter

 

Comtesse de Praenia

OL

888

Caught by pirates, rescued by  HRS Audacieuse

Kolonialbeamter

 

États de Cauzac

OL

0

Before the very eyes of the rest of the flotilla, a massive beast rose from the sea and in one motion snatched the midsection of this ship, and pulled her under to the depths. Zone 11

Kolonialbeamter

 

Diligente

OL

0

Took pirate "Peggy Pete" 3A

Kolonialbeamter

 

Santa Clara

OL

525

 

Kolonialbeamter

 

Vigilante

OL

0

 

Kwatchi

 

Peregrine

SR

0

Flotilla took a Mardier trade convoy. 4A "Puck's Jest," 5T "Tango Kid" 3T "OL's best,"  1T "Light Carrier"

Legostone

 

Wringe II

ESL

38

Sprang a leak after two ports.

Legostone

 

Reventazon

ESL

768

Golden Voyage!

Legostone

 

Green Winds

ESL

436

 

Legostone

 

Santiago

ESL

424

 

MAESTRO

 

La Mystique

ESL

179

Sprung a leak after one port.

MAESTRO

 

Colour of the Wind

ESL

436

 

MAESTRO

 

Dragon's Revenge

ESL

0

 

MAESTRO COR

 

El Rubi

COR

424

Mutiny, but brought back under control.

Matthias

 

Cog 1

OL

148

 

Maxim I

 

Purple Rain

ESL

960

Golden Voyage

Maxim I

 

Prince of Stedor

ESL

624

 

Maxim I

 

Golden Star

ESL

139

 

MCTC

 

Prince Fernando

ESL

480

 

MCTC

 

Jon El Flurry

ESL

422

 

Mike S

 

Black Marlin

COR

113

A spy on board the ship, for whom, nobody is sure of, strikes at the captain while sleeping.  Luckily, he is able to survive the attack and defend himself. As the sailors come to his aid, the spy jumps overboard, cuts the ropes on the captain's boat and rows away. The Black Marlin chases, but soon finds a port to get the captain's wounds tended to.  Only made half of their journey.

Mike S

 

Armina

COR

0

 

MKJoshA

 

Golden Dragon

SR

0

 

MKJoshA

 

Pineapple Revenge

SR

0

With Clearance

MKJoshA

 

Clearance

SR

0

Captured CAR 6HA "Priest's Bounty", passed up an unguarded OL trade fleet.

MKJoshA

 

Darting Frog

SR

0

 

MKJoshA

 

The Viper

SR

0

Captured 4A MAR "Long John Bronze"

MKJoshA

 

Jade Piranha

SR

0

 

Mpyromaxos

 

Le Fierté

OL

129

 

nivremis

 

Crimson Dragon

SR

26

Sprung a leak, went back to port after one stop.

Nova Terreli

 

Joan's Raft

ESL

5

Not much discovered.

OL

 

HRS Infatigable II

OL

0

 

OL

 

HRS Audacieuse

OL

0

Took 3HA pirate "Loner King"

OL

 

HRS Pride of OL

OL

0

 

OL

 

HRS Ville de GranOL

OL

0

 

OL

 

HRS Breshaun

OL

0

 

OL

 

HRS Ville d'Acropolis

OL

0

Fought Daemon St. Lure's 5HA "Winds of Fortune" to a standstill after they took Astrapi II. Was unable to get Astrapi II back.

OL

 

HRS Astrapi II

OL

0

Lost to Daemon St. Lure. Notorious Pirate of Bastion.

OL

 

Fleur Verte

OL

591

 

OL

 

HRS Triton

OL

0

Sunk 2A pirate "Bandit"

OL

 

HRS Eltina II

OL

0

Sunk 5HA pirate "Turtle"

OL

 

HRS Tigre

OL

0

 

Phadeout

 

El Heraldo de Oro

ESL

576

 

Phadeout

 

Ultimo Fénix

ESL

240

 

Phadeout

 

Gold wing

ESL

0

Found a wreck of Ile de Zeus, came back to port to get supplies to salvage, went back out, never seen again.

Phred

 

The Demon Sea Turtle

OL

0

Took pirate "Holly Jolly" 4A

Phred

 

The Aspiration

OL

744

 

Phred

 

The Benefactor

OL

420

 

Phred

 

The Turgut

OL

0

 

Phred

 

The Resurrection

OL

0

Did not leave port, terrified of Kracken.

puvel

 

HMS Alice

COR

100

Caught by pirates, but saved by HMS Whisper

RNTC

 

Esprit Royal

OL

 

A beast of otherworldly qualities came forth from the sea and snatched this vessel.  Some believe Poseidon is vengeful as the Oleanders have forgotten his wrath.

robinnilsson403

 

The Prophecy

OL

446

 

Scarst

 

Saucy Jack

COR

480

Golden Voyage!

Scarst

 

Half Moon

COR

565

 

SR

 

Poseidon's Revenge

SR

0

Saved Incognito from 5HA pirate "Strumpet"  Captured.

SR

 

Vagabond King

SR

0

 

SR

 

Catfish

SR

0

 

SR

 

Walrus Returns

SR

0

 

SR

 

Corporal Milton

SR

0

 

Sebeus I

 

Piranha

OL

138

 

SilentWolf

 

Pinto Filly

COR

436

Outran a pirate

SilentWolf

 

Don Obello

COR

 

Served well

SilentWolf

 

"Alexander"

COR

155

 

SilentWolf

 

Flying Colt

COR

81

Chased by a pirate

Sir Stig

 

Silver Scythe

ESL

250

Almost caught by a Mardieran Privateer

Skaforhire

 

Dancing Dogfish

COR

600

 

The Sarge

 

Ètalon

OL

394

 

TitusV

 

The Esmeralda

ESL

576

 

TitusV

 

(The) Arkady

ESL

345

Golden Voyage! Made mad profits!

Tomsche

 

Crepe Fruite

COR

15

Found some fish.

Tomsche

 

Fingernail

COR

17

Found some less stinky fish.

Tomsche

 

La espada

COR

57

Caught wind of a vessel sunk of the coast of OL, salvaged it.

Tomsche

 

Cod Hunter

COR

0

Caught Brad the Pirate! 3A

Tomsche

 

HMS Terrigan

COR

0

 

Tomsche

 

Sea Sparrow

COR

0

 

Tomsche

 

HMS Green Dragon

COR

243

 

Ulric Brickenheim

 

Little Rat

SR

126

 

Zaael

 

The Fiesta

OL

422

Golden Voyage

           

 

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So much intrigue and war! Definitely exciting times around. Though the rumors the paper spreads are definitely bizarre. Everyone knows Queen Annetta could only give birth to an angel. 

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Wow, over 30000 DB total added to the wallets of everyone. And all 20 vessels built by me have survived this MRCA without much damage and earned a good chunk of that. I'm happy with this result:P

MAESTRO Corrington hasn't received the 424 DB from El Rubi. 

Edited by Legostone

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4 hours ago, SilentWolf said:

So much intrigue and war! Definitely exciting times around. Though the rumors the paper spreads are definitely bizarre. Everyone knows Queen Annetta could only give birth to an angel. 

:grin: 

All hail the Queen..

...Annetta's Revenge! Dread Pirate Captains Morgan and Sinbad strike again! 

Unperceived by the war torn grand nations, the world sees the dawn of the golden age of piracy.

Edited by Jacob Nion

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An announcement in the paper reads:

To entreprenant individuals of all nations!

The Montoya Estate offers anyone who savages the Revenant, rightful property of the Estate, and returns it in repairable order, a bounty of no less than 100 dbs!

Regards

Ibn al'Sayeed,

Manager of the Montoya Estate

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All the confusion in the Double Duty trade route seems to have removed the Island Rose from all records. Hopefully @SkaForHire can find out what happened to her.

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Kraaken food... how lovely. :tongue:  Still, all things considered, I think I made about as much as all my previous runs added together...

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Aiden Coyle will personally oversee the investigation of the attack on the Black Marlin. OOC: this could be a good story starter...

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8 minutes ago, Legostone said:

What happens with the upkeep for the lost soldiers?

18 minutes ago, Maxim I said:

And how do you see which soldiers are lost?

Just like in real life, soldiers' lives don't matter... You pay upkeep for units - and keep paying until you disband them.

Units (that fight on land) fill up with new men over time. In case they were decimated too much, that unit will have to pause the following MCRA. However, as there were no particular announcements as to which units were affected (and the war rules aren't out yet), for now there should be no repercussions regarding all units' next month performance.

I'm assuming fort (and settlement) garrisons are a steady number at all times.

If ships with complement troops fall into enemy hands or sink, these units just need to be placed somewhere else (using the troop placement form) to see service again at full strength.

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So this is what success feels like.

Groovy!

 

@SkaForHire Great idea to add an universal antagonist Ska.  We were certainly lacking something to act as the big, bad boogeyman for storylines.  As one really interested in MRCA result MOCs for this one, has the physical details of Mardier troops & marines ever been fleshed out?  Is there a flag out there I can print? Do their troops have a jacket colour chosen for them yet?  Not that there are a lot of free colours remaining tbh.

Corrington = red
Oleon = blue
Eslandola = green
Garvey = orange
Duchy of Prio = purple
Sea Rats... erm... Charlatan Bay =  Black (with light blue)
 

Mardier = what's left? White, Pink, Brown, Yellow

 

 

 

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@Kwatchi Mardier has yellow as coat of arms. Also congratulations to your loot. It was about time that the bishop shows that he can bite.

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The following open letter has been sent to the offices of the King's Port Advisor

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As has been reported, a naval squadron from Charlatan Bay (assisted by a vessel of the Eslandolan navy) recently came into conflict with a Mardieran convoy in open waters.  This ended in taking of one vessel of war, as well as three trade ships.  There are some ham-fisted legal attempts underway at present to negotiate the return of said vessels.  Allow me please clearly state our position on the matter.

While it is a fact that the squadron's flagship and one escort were sailing under a valid Letter of Marque issued by the Eslandolan Empire, the action against the trade ships was unilaterally taken by the Charlatan Bay fleet command.   The Eslandolan Department of the Navy are blameless in this decision, and by consequence of inaction have no legal bearing in the matter of possession of said trade vessels in this case.

As for Charlatan Bay, we dismiss the legal claim on the ships by Mardier and declare them spoils of war, as a declaration of conflict between that nation and our colony was made after the recent base treachery by the Mardieran Navy against our fleet.  We have decided these ships will amount to restitution for the sinking of the Athena's Grace and theft of the Donatus

While we welcome a Mardier embassy to plea for peace if King Alphonse so chooses, be forewarned: we will not meekly tolerate aggression of the Mardieran military as some others have, as seen in recent events.  As our beloved Lord Bishop Meloche has stated: "We may be a small dog, but our bite is stronger than our bark and it will be felt."

Sincerely,

Mstr. Willem J. Morris, esq.
Mayor of Charlatan Bay & Majordomo to his eminence, Bishop-Captain Emil Meloche

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Considering there are now 4 class 6 vessels in the game, wouldn't it make some sense to allow us to purchase them as well?

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29 minutes ago, Legostone said:

Considering there are now 4 class 6 vessels in the game, wouldn't it make some sense to allow us to purchase them as well?

As stated before, we are working on the new classes, so please hold your horses for a bit :)

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Just now, Bregir said:

As stated before, we are working on the new classes, so please hold your horses for a bit :)

The trouble is that they already exist in game and basically no one has ideas about their stats:P

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I think those class 6HA have 7 masts, 50 gun rating and 5000 men on it!!

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Well I surely did not expect to see the next MRCA so soon... And once again great reading,

Maxim: No doubt! :laugh:

Fair winds and calm seas!

Captain Charles J. Becker

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@Kwatchi Back in the day of some court trial MAR vs. ESL I used this flag here from Ska's Flickr:

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There's also a second one:

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Also: Great to see some SR fleets victoriously returning home :thumbup: Wait... did I just say that?! 

Another more general thing... to me the traders income seem a fair bit too high. That is in absolute numbers, compared to property yield (it'll take six months for a 100x100 studs royal property to pay off, and the yield of 500DB can be topped by a medium trade-ship), and now also compared to raids: the MAR raids on practically all ESL settlements yielded 400DB - 'collected' by a ton of ships - which can now be compensated by a single lucky trading 2F...

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1 hour ago, Legostone said:

Considering there are now 4 class 6 vessels in the game, wouldn't it make some sense to allow us to purchase them as well?

Which ships are class 6?

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@Capt Wolf
Captured CAR 6HA "Priest's Bounty", passed up an unguarded OL trade fleet.
The HMS Tiddlywinks (DukeSC) is a 6A that was captured a few months back

Bregir and Ayrlego won class 6 vessels.

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11 minutes ago, Kolonialbeamter said:

@Kwatchi Back in the day of some court trial MAR vs. ESL I used this flag here from Ska's Flickr:

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There's also a second one:

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Thanks KB but Ugh!  Yellow will be tough for non-fleshie soldiers to portray without looking like they ripped their jacket arms off.  I'm going to try to play with MS Paint tonight and come up with something viable as a uniform print.

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Ah, right, prizes from the previous challenge. I was under the impression that they could only operate as class 5 until the new ship classes were posted? Is this not the case?

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15 hours ago, gedren_y said:

All the confusion in the Double Duty trade route seems to have removed the Island Rose from all records. Hopefully @SkaForHire can find out what happened to her.

Maybe another person who has access to the sheets can confirm this, but I don't have a form for Island Rose, when did you submit?

14 hours ago, Legostone said:

What happens with the upkeep for the lost soldiers?

Nothing, KB addressed this correctly. It will matter in the new system, but not now. Plus, some of those deaths were story deaths.

13 hours ago, Kwatchi said:

So this is what success feels like.

Groovy!

 

@SkaForHire Great idea to add an universal antagonist Ska.  We were certainly lacking something to act as the big, bad boogeyman for storylines.  As one really interested in MRCA result MOCs for this one, has the physical details of Mardier troops & marines ever been fleshed out?  Is there a flag out there I can print? Do their troops have a jacket colour chosen for them yet?  Not that there are a lot of free colours remaining tbh.

Corrington = red
Oleon = blue
Eslandola = green
Garvey = orange
Duchy of Prio = purple
Sea Rats... erm... Charlatan Bay =  Black (with light blue)
 

Mardier = what's left? White, Pink, Brown, Yellow

 

 

 

KB covered some of this. Yes, they are Orange or Yellow, but also have infamous "Blackcoats"  that was written somewhere...  So that might be an option as well. 

11 hours ago, Legostone said:

The trouble is that they already exist in game and basically no one has ideas about their stats:P

Assume they are larger than a 5HA

10 hours ago, Kolonialbeamter said:

 

 

Another more general thing... to me the traders income seem a fair bit too high. That is in absolute numbers, compared to property yield (it'll take six months for a 100x100 studs royal property to pay off, and the yield of 500DB can be topped by a medium trade-ship), and now also compared to raids: the MAR raids on practically all ESL settlements yielded 400DB - 'collected' by a ton of ships - which can now be compensated by a single lucky trading 2F...

That is why we rewrote the MRCA so this doesn't spit out this way.  The upkeep on ships will be prohibitive, and cargo values will be decreased.  However, the original intention of the rules was for trade to be dangerous... there just are not a lot of unescorted ships any more. Even with powerful pirates.  Also,two sources of privateers this MRCA were busy directing attacks and not picking off merchants.

10 hours ago, Capt Wolf said:

Ah, right, prizes from the previous challenge. I was under the impression that they could only operate as class 5 until the new ship classes were posted? Is this not the case?

They have stats, sail them how you want. Assume that they are bigger than a 5HA.

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