NOD Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) La Gomera 11 by Philippe, auf Flickr Commodore Kane stood on the quarterdeck. He was now leader of his own fleet. From Charlatan Bay Commodore Kane sails to Kings Island with his fleet. The fleet consisted of 7 ships. The La Gomera, Cartagena, Habana, Paraiso, Esperanza, Estrella and Trinidad. The La Gomera was the flagship, a heavy war galleon of the latest design. The destination of the journey was Calisto, a wealthy Mardierians settlement. La Gomera 12 by Philippe, auf Flickr Don Frederico Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, marques de Santa Cruz was governor of Calisto. He is a corrupt, greedy and miserly man. He recently invented a new tax. Anyone wearing a hat on the island had to pay a levy. The bay is protected by a large fortress. The governor's palace is located 2 kilometers northwest on a hill. It's time someone sailed to Calisto to say "hello". La Gomera 13 by Philippe, auf Flickr Early in the morning, it was May 21, 622, the lookout sighted the island. "Land in sight!" The ships then changed course to the east. From the east they then sailed in a line west past the great fortress. The guns were aimed. As each ship sails past, it fires at the fortress with a broadside. The brig Paraiso, the frigates Esperanza, Estrella and Trinidad then sailed straight into port. The harbor command was also fired on with broadsides. When the ships docked, the pirates stormed towards the harbor command with wild roars. There wasn't much resistance left. Most of the soldiers quickly surrendered. In addition, the roads leading to the fort and the governor's palace were manned and secured. La Gomera 14 by Philippe, auf Flickr The galleons La Gomera, Cartagena and Habana made another round and covered the fortress with another broadside. After that they anchored outside the harbor. The dinghies were launched and manned. The main force of the pirates was carried into several voyages ashore. La Gomera 15 by Philippe, auf Flickr On land, the pirates were divided. A quarter continued to occupy the city. Half march towards the fortress. Swivel guns and bottle grenades were also taken along. The last quarter marched towards the governor's palace. La Gomera 06 by Philippe, auf Flickr Capitano Miguel Rivera y Moncada is commander of the Calisto Fortress. That morning he believed the world was going to end. The tenente reported to him that a fleet of pirates was approaching. The fortress was already on alert and all the soldiers were in their positions. However, he knew that the situation was hopeless. He had repeatedly advised the governor to fortify the fortress with long-range cannons. The governor had always refused his request on the grounds that no one dared attack Calisto. Did the pirates have information about this? Not a single bullet reached either ship. While the broadsides of the pirate ships bombarded the fortress to ruin. 2 hours had passed since then, the injured were collected and cared for. Only a small part of his soldiers were operational. The sargento reports that the enemy is marching towards the fortress. Capitano Miguel did not want to continue fighting for the governor, so he surrendered. The pirates took guns and ammunition. La Gomera 07 by Philippe, auf Flickr Kilian Qatar was second-in-command and commands the main force of the pirates marching towards the fortress. The swivel guns were brought into position and the pirates got ready to storm the fortress from cover. Suddenly they saw a white flag. Capitano Miguel wanted to negotiate. Kilian Qatar accepted. Weapons were taken away from the soldiers and they were left alone so that the wounded could be cared for. La Gomera 08 by Philippe, auf Flickr Don Frederico heard the thunder of cannons while having breakfast. Haughty, arrogant and conceited as he was, he thought his magnificent fortress was sinking a pirate ship. He wasn't worried and went on eating breakfast. After that he has a meeting with important gentlemen of the Casa de Contratación. This is a trading company from which the governor always gets gifts of money. La Gomera 09 by Philippe, auf Flickr Anton Slavik was a high-ranking commander and commanded a company to capture the governor's palace. There was little resistance, and the palace was conquered very quickly. Kane the leader, Anton and some pirates marched into the study where the governor and the lords of the Casa de Contratación were staying. La Gomera 10 by Philippe, auf Flickr Governor: "I am Don Frederico Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, marques de Santa Cruz governor of Calisto. You disgusting pirate rabble dare to disturb me." Anton Slavik: "Silence Fredi!" Immediately Anton gave the governor a hard slap in the face. He thought his head would fly off his neck. Then Anton kicked him in the nuts. The governor lay on the ground like a whimpering pig. Kane: "Listen, you little sausage! You show me where the doubloons are right now or I'll make a necklace out of your balls." La Gomera 01 by Philippe, auf Flickr Anton pulled the governor back to his feet by the ear. Limping and taking small steps, Don Frederico led the pirates to his treasury. This was filled with many boxes of doubloons and all sorts of gold items. The pirates plundered the entire contents of the room. The crates were loaded onto the horse-drawn wagons. The horses were unhitched at a carriage. After that, the pirates tied Don Frederico and the corrupt people of the Casa de Contratación to the wagon. They had to pull the wagon to the port. La Gomera 02 by Philippe, auf Flickr At the port, the treasures were loaded onto the ships. After that, the entire pirate fleet sailed away. The governor cursed and raged loudly at the port. The first city dwellers took to the streets. Their homes were not looted and no harm was done to any of the residents. A good opportunity to take revenge for the injustice. Residents beat up the governor and his henchmen. After that, they all threw them onto a rowing boat. "Never come back to Calisto!" They quickly rowed away from the island. La Gomera 03 by Philippe, auf Flickr Sorry for the Bad English. I wrote the story in German and then translated it with Google Translator. La Gomera 04 by Philippe, auf Flickr La Gomera 05 by Philippe, auf Flickr On the background of the first photos, Playa de Palma can be seen on Poppy Port: Map: Mardier: Brethren of the Brick Seas: Class 9 The widest point on the main deck is 26 studs included railing. The widest point on the cannon deck is 28 studs included hull (without outside hull tile). The deck is from the aft to the forward railing is 104 studs included railing, at the feet of figurehead is 122 studs. The waterline is 106 studs. Total length is 142 studs. Edited April 22, 2022 by NOD Correct errors in translation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaneStream Posted April 22, 2022 That is one impressive ship! Great hull shaping, beautifully designed. I can only imagine the hours of work that went into creating this amazing model! The story was also very captivating, well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOD Posted April 23, 2022 16 hours ago, VaneStream said: That is one impressive ship! Great hull shaping, beautifully designed. I can only imagine the hours of work that went into creating this amazing model! The story was also very captivating, well done! Thank you very much, I am very pleased that you like the galleon and the story. To build the ship it took me 3 months, for the story 1 week because I'm not a good story writer. That works out to about 125 hours. When it comes to building, I take it easy and often change a lot again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marooned Marin Posted April 23, 2022 You have certainly mastered the Galleon style, and this is great ... but I still like Cartagena better (maybe it's the colours), in any case both are fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOD Posted April 24, 2022 22 hours ago, Marooned Marin said: You have certainly mastered the Galleon style, and this is great ... but I still like Cartagena better (maybe it's the colours), in any case both are fantastic. Thank you very much. I understand you, the many dark brown bricks make it look gloomy. Perhaps more, larger and colored decorations would have been better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
