Ross Fisher

Honestly, it's a fantastic little build. I love the humour you've injected. And the realism is gorgeous, too. Excellent work.

Hercule stopped for a second to confirm his suspicions. And, yes, he was correct - as usual; some swine had shot him! How dare they! Who? Who the hell had the audacity? Johnny foreigner, obviously. There was a greasy looking Lotii up ahead with a smoking musket and a scared look on his face. The devil! I'll get him! Except he didn't step forward. Instead he walked straight into the floor. There was grass in his mouth. Something was wrong. He tried to right himself, but the body wouldn't obey. So tired. Stupid, really. There was a battle to be fought. De La Tour pulled men into a defensive wall around him. Good on that man! Then darkness took him. There followed a weave of moments; men shifting him into a bed, the barber-surgeon prodding and poking, Jules sitting over him and praying. He eventually found consciousness. Like a shipwrecked sailor finds a spur of timber in a churning ocean. And there he was, standing beside him; the Hawk of Hades. "Why am I here?" he asked. "Get me back to the front. My men need me." "The fight is over, brother," Jules replied. "The men won." "Oh." He pondered. "Georges?" "Oui Général?" replied the manservant. "A bottle of that sparkling stuff the horse-eaters are so keen on." A look passed between the chef and the priest. And then a single nod. "Oui Général," he replied, and then slipped out. What was this? Who the hell did Jules think he was, confirming his orders? Words would need to be had. My, but there were a lot of people in this small room. "What's going on here?" he asked. Didn't they know it was rude to intrude on a gentleman's chambers? "Brother, your condition is not good," replied Jules. "I was shot, so what? We've all been shot before." "Non, Général, we have not," replied a chap in a dark uniform. Rimbaud? de Glenson? Awkward shuffling. "I'm afraid you won't leave this bed." added someone else. Possibly Beauchamp? "This all sounds dangerously like insubordination," he answered. "Is this a mutiny? And you Jules? You're part of it?" "Don't be ridiculous, Hercule. There's no mutiny. You're dying." "Come again?" "You were shot. The bullet damaged you beyond repair. You have hours left. Maybe less." Hercule paused, upset. This was new. "Well tell Georges he had better hurry up!"

@Bricksbypidy Thanks for the feedback. I was comparing her to some of the tubs listed in She seemed about the same as the Class 6 there (more guns, more pronounced quarter deck and forecastle) but, as you say, a lot smaller than the Class 7. What's the general consensus here?

The Ajax is an 18-gun sloop-of-war carrying the Oleonaise royal colours. I think she's probably a class 6, but I'd be keen to hear opinions on that. Not sure what to do with her. I'll probably sell her to the nation or the RNTC, but this may be the point at which I finally give in and join the EGS. I also don't have any backstory, so if you wanna invent that for me, I'd be much obliged.

Can I recommend Beauchamp to recieve that +1xp instead of Hercule Francois? He really did nothing but sit on a horse, drink copiously and yell "fire". Beauchamp was the man who actually developed the strategy, if I remember correctly? For reasons that will shortly become clear, and xp would be wasted on Francois...

Did anything come of this? I have another build:

Any news on this?

Ah, thanks for setting me straight. Good to know!

A really lovely build. Who collaborated on this one? I don't think Royal builds are allowed to be solo efforts.

Golden

It's a fantastic build but heads up, we try not to use modern real world religions in this game. Just because there are a lot of connotations. We don't want it to get controversial. With a couple of tweaks this could be fine, though.

As always, this is sickeningly good. Sickening. I'm jealous.

A lovely build. Can I recommend you give Hiperion a pair of gloves? I think they could bring his outfit together...

Nola Mar is now officially a Large City. Is there some kind of award? Perhaps a cheque...

A lovely build. Well done!

I hate to tell someone off, but I think the Far East is "undiscovered" territory. The only colonies are the ones on the map.

I'll be interested to see where this goes. Excellent work, as always, and I'm glad to see you're channelling your talents into an AMRCA. One thing; you mention Ethiopia and the Low Countries. Where would those be on the BOBS map?

It has been nearly a month. How did the battle play out?

Poor Cooke. Its a hard life!

Ah, lovely work. Thanks very much!

Ah, we get to the secondary storyline. A lovely set of builds.

@Keymonus @Bricksbypidy Thanks! I appreciate the kind words.

As always, I love it. No worries. You do you! It's really valuable that you're fleshing out this world.

A public library? Sounds suspicious. We'll have to send someone to investigate. Nice work!