Kwatchi

Neat idea

A beautiful display LS! (Not sure about the guy in the hamster wheel so much, but it made me laugh)

Jan 5, 618 - In Freeport To the Garvian Admiralty, This month I wish to also condemn the mocced vessel 'WTC Beacon (4)' as a prize. This came into my possession during the recently completed November MRCA. -Captain Silas Pike ===/===/=== Before everyone goes off half-cocked, Mesabi was informed of the reasoning behind this decision by PM. He should be able to get the Beacon sister-shipped in time for the January MRCA this way.

Yep. I sticker sheet a made up a while back.

Why did Corrington not simply raid his base of operations then: Rassilon? Operation to Stamp out the nest of pirates and all that. I believe you can choose that option in the MRCA, and the Army location form doesn’t require a faction wide toggle. There is solution #3 for you. As for the whole trial thing, I’ve killed a few ESL anonymous npcs in MOCs in era 1 and was applauded for great stories. I’m not sure why players have become so thin skinned about it in the last month. But rest assured I will not reference Corrington ever in the future and will go back tomorrow and clean up all references. Finally, I won’t lie. This is getting frustrating for me simply because I keep coming up with creative solutions only for Bregir to politely say ‘no, my way is the only way’, which solves nothing and drags things out further.

What? BoBS is no longer a place to be reasonable! But I will endeavour to be anyway. @BregirSea Rats cannot give a declaration of a cease fire because we have no central government who can make said declaration. Not sure how many times I have to repeat this. The faction also can't declare i) a war, ii) a tax, iii) a national holiday, iv) a megablok'ing declaration. IC, WE ARE A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS! Asking us for some blanket peace treaty is liking asking sheep to count themselves; it is not a happening any time soon. IC, Charlatan Bay should and does not care what Sinbad does. He is not their problem until he steals our rum. Now, because I (did) get along with some of the COR players, I made nice and had Charlatan Bay declare neutrality in this little dust-up. Putting aside the fact you guys broke that neutrality at the very first opportunity, which makes signing a peace treaty with you pretty dubious btw (hey, didn't you guys doublecross ESL on Isla de Victoria too?), Charlatan Bay is willing to be the "bigger man" and make the following offer. I will forgo the joy duty of hanging trying the villainous Count Mesabi and his WTC brownshirts and leave to him Corry justice. (Enjoy the slap on the wrist and crumpets @Mesabi) However, JUST THIS ONCE, we will convene a court and try Captain Sinbad in Charlatan Bay (again... neutral site) as per Sea Rat laws. I promise it won't be a "Are you a pirate?" "Of course" "Great. Let's party" trial. There will be a judge and gavels and everything. We'll have an NPC red shirt there to represent you. That is as far as your involvement gets to be 'cuz... some reason about internal affairs I guess. All verdicts are binding and final. All hangings are enjoyed by me both IC and OOC. Insane cackling will ensue. We'll all pretend that the awesome five part Trial of Sinbad never happened, just like Bobby Ewing didn't really die. After this we go our separate ways and find new people to play with. Now either hold out your pinkie so we can shake on this and so end this ludicrous situation, or grow plums and declare war on us... because THE SEA RATS ARE INCAPABLING OF DECLARE A FACTION WAR ON YOU ANYONE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU ACCUSE US OF DOING IT!!!!

1 vote for me trying and hanging Count Mesabi in the the Charlatan Bay court then. I like the way this is going. Did I mention I have experience building gallows?

@Mike S Let's be clear here. Mesabi the player apologized (more to you guys than me tbh, as he gave up your moral high ground) and we cut a deal for me to give him his ship back. Count Mesabi, OWNER OF THAT SHIP, did not. MikeS, you seem to be melding IC and OOC. If it is a personal grievance you have with Josh, I don't think forum attacks are the right method to use in order to resolve things. It is just raising tension levels for no reason and people will end up walking from the game over it. If it is IC grievance, you may have to get in line. He's a pirate PC roleplaying being piratey in the game hosted in the Eurobricks pirate subforum. And he is doing a good job. And so COR demands that Sinbad submit to your justice make complete sense now. And he even did (in a toungue and cheek way obviously), but you were still not happy. @Bregir If you want to want to hang try Sinbad so bad in your court, I get to hang try Count Mesabi in my court on my terms. Same crime. Simple math. Otherwise move on. You soundly won both engagements with Sea Rats pirates in October; why you have dragged this out rather than celebrate that fact is beyond me. It was fun for a while, but after 3 months it is has become tedious. And recall I gave a perfectly reasonable solution to this whole "crisis" via PM back in early December. You rejected it. Honestly, I am not so much angry as bored with Law & Order: Corrington. ESL was a far more entertaining opponent to play with/against. They need to start another war with a NPC nation so I can have fun again flipping sides daily while making skads of cash in Meloche's stealth rowboat.

Since Mesabi attempted (and failed miserably btw) to commit piracy against me, does that mean I have a say in how his trial is conducted? I captured his ship, but he somehow teleported to Mooretown Bay to stand trial in a Corrington Court and not mine. I never was consulted on that decision. Just curious why this RP etiquette doesn't go both ways here.

Jan 03 618: Aboard the Peregrine at anchor off of Freeport I have clandestinely met with the Mardierian diplomatic officer in port Captain Pike, and I have a dispatch addressed to you. Thank you Mr. Frenetti. You may be an adequate liaison officer, but you are one top notch sneaky git. We'll make a pirate of you yet. Not likely sir. Only teasing. Hand it over please. It is from your nation's intelligence service. It seems the Corrington admiralty's conflict with those buccaneers out of Bastion continues to confound them. Their most brilliant solution is to antagonize all the remaining free ports and declare war against the lot, and that unfortunately means Charlatan Bay. An official declaration from them is expected within the next four days. Astounding! Can the idiot Corrish still not tell the difference between a pirate and free trader? It beggars believe sir. Mr. Frenetti, at this point I sincerely doubt those buffoons can tell the difference between a sow and their own mothers. They have difficulty just keeping their own people under control but that won't stop them from bumbling into a new war through their own sheer incompetence. Nothing to be done about it. As acting Commodore of the colony's fleet, it appears I'll have to make preparations. If your nation would do me a service, I'll have a number of urgent dispatches for you within the hour. We have warnings to send, and it appears we'll need a place some orders with the shipyards. ===/===/===/=== This will serve as the vignette supporting my increase of ship activity level to 35. Additional photographs

I really like the outside facade and the front stoop with the two stairs. Looks sharp.

I am always impressed when someone can build a seamless inside/outside facade. Great job. You make me wish I owned more tan bricks. That drinks cabinet is another slice of awesome.

Hi Phred Could you open @Roadmonkeytj's account [new Sea Rat] please? I owe him some funds and I got a kinda Lannister thing about outstanding debts.

I realize that there were some size guidelines thrown out there during the Era switch, but they were so haphazardly applied I don't hold them in much regard tbh. I don't mean that as an insult, but simply pointing out that there is no consistency applied. Putting a two decker in the same class (i.e. 7) as these warships makes little sense to me: If anything, The Margot was short-shrifted should be pushed up a class and set rule put in place. Class 9/10 = 3 gun deck warship (SotL) Class 8 = 2 gun deck warship (frigate) Class 1-7 = 1 deck warship (canoe to sloop-of-war/corvette) But without being sarcastic, the initial response forced me to spend an hour looking at every licensed ship, which wasn't a bad way to spend a lazy afternoon. It did reinforce my opinion though and mine will be licensed as a class 8.

Welcome aboard Gustav

LOL. Even Meloche didn't raise statues of himself. A nice clean build though. The bust works well.

Happy New Years everyone! I need a size check opinion on a WIP frigate build. Length is 66 studs (5 prefab mid section and 2 ends); width at the waist is 19 studs, and height at the waist is roughly 12 to the the decking. So for comparison purposes, one prefab section longer, a bit wider because of some tumbledown, and one gun deck taller than the IFS. It is certainly not a ship of the line like the Royal Phillipe, so class 10 is out. The only three class 8 comparables are Etats de Boussac, the Expedition, and Terrible/Tonnant, and I think it could fit in that category.

In a bit of self-congratulations, Charlatan Bay has become the first colony to reach city status for the Sea Rats! (Eat our dust Bastion!)

It's funny how that happens with ship builds. You start working on something and before you know it, it has morphed into something grander. It is a lovely vessel of course with quite the jaunty captain.

ROFL

Very nice build. The fishmonger is great!

On behalf of Mayor Amara, I am happy to announce that our colony's charter has been changed once again. Our free port will now be referred to as the City of Charlatan Bay. Thanks to all who helped us get to this point. Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas all!

It is a gorgeous building. Perhaps it is me, but unfortunately the lavender just looks like a white in shadow. Had you not mentioned it, I probably would have missed it. The usage of two separate half-timber wall techniques (three with the side gable) impressed me the most though. Very well put together.

Tricksy lawyer.