Ludicrouse
Monday, 31st December 2007, 03:39
Well for those who were unable to join us for the event I thought it might be nice to give a quick summary of what happened as it is a nice story of RL pwnage of the high seas.
-30mins til Event
Captains Fluf, Volw, Bagpuss, Kataya and myself were floating about around the Antilles awaiting some word of what was going to happen in this promised event. Suddenly the chatbox burst into life! The Spanish Admiral gave out a call to his nation. He begged his fellow Spaniards to set sail to Havana to protect the Spanish Treasure fleet that was setting sale from the Yucatan fully laden with Mexican Gold. He pleaded for his countrymen to escort this valuable resource back to the motherland to help feed the nation and restore its naval pride!
Shortly after the English Lord High Admiral sallied forth from Port Royal with a call of his own. He called forth the might of the Royal Navy to take this Spanish Gold for King George. A massive fleet began to form just off the coast of Port Royal. A British scout ship then alerted the Lord High Admiral to a ship sailing the colours of none other than Blackbeard himself. Cries of warning shuddered through the British fleet as they prepared their ships for battle.
The French, not to be outdone by the British pig-dogs, summoned all available vessels to Port St. Joe. This is where the Renegade Legion assembled with an ensemble of French forces. Our slower ships brought us word of the amassed forces of the British and even the chilling news that Blackbeard had rallied the Pirate pest into a fleet to rival that of even Great Britain. Captain Endangement joined us at this time, bravely sailing the trade routes, evading the marauding Pirates.
Event Time
All of a sudden, through the expressions of concern about what lay ahead, the French Admiral ordered the fleet to set sail for Havana to try and take all that gold for ourselves. As one the mass of French Warships, Scouts and Galleons set course and sallied forth into hell, heaven or infamy!
About 100miles from Havana the horizon began to sprout what looked like trees, a cry rang out, “Ship's dead ahead!”. The Admiral asked for a report of what his crows nest could see. “Ship's sir, many, of all nations.” replied the crewman. My boson walked up beside me and said softly in my ear “I think there is a storm coming, I hear thunder sir!”. “There be a storm alright, but that is not the sound of thunder.” I reply stiffly.
The fleet set battle sails and prepared for a fight the likes of which we will never see again.
The Fight
The French fleet clashed with our opponents. There were so many ships it was almost impossible to aim for a target so the Renegade Legion squadron formed up and plowed straight into a bunch of Spaniards like a breaking wave on rocks.
The fight went well, the Spanish were busy manuvering to get the wind gauge on us but our speed advantage made that futile. We formed up a line and progressivly sank the Spanish First Raters without much problem. As we moved on in the fight we looked around at all the ships sinking about us! We picked out a single British 'Invincible' First Rater which was stationary, beleiving the crew to be unconcious we moved in and sank him without a single cannon firing at us in reply.
We had now be cutting a swathe through the enemy vessels for about an hour when we pulled up against British squadon of similar strength to ours who dragged us into a fight.
The Brits pilled in at us as a random French ship cut in through their line in an attempt to form up with us. Unluckily for him his ship was just not fast enough and he got chewed up and sunk by 3 Ships of the Line. A brave man, he went down with his ship.
The British beleiving themselves to be better than us split their forces to try and surround us. Their plan backfired when the RL line, lead by myself, plunged straight into the gap between them. We tore them asunder as we split them and slaughtered them wholesale. In their final few minutes they focused fire on my vessel, tearing my bow to shreds I was only seconds from a ruptured keel and a trip to Davy Jones' Locker. In a gallant show of selflessness and seamanship, Bagpuss sail right infront of my bow in his much smaller and less armoured Frigate absorbing atleast two full broadsides to save me from a watery grave. He assured me later than I owed him one, and I cant say fairer than that. We then mopped up what remained with Endangerment sailing a good fight one on one with an equivilent vessel which he beat without much trouble.
We carried on in this fashion losing on Endangerment to focused fire from some Pirate SoL's. The last battle we engaged in was a draw, the Pirate forces sailed a good fight and sunk Kataya before we could retire from battle.
The whole fight was realitivley short with the loss of all the nations Flagships. Renegade Legion retired from the fight after a few hours or tiring battle undefeated and with a huge tonnage sunk in our name.
It was great fun and deffo made me think this game could be worth every penny...
-30mins til Event
Captains Fluf, Volw, Bagpuss, Kataya and myself were floating about around the Antilles awaiting some word of what was going to happen in this promised event. Suddenly the chatbox burst into life! The Spanish Admiral gave out a call to his nation. He begged his fellow Spaniards to set sail to Havana to protect the Spanish Treasure fleet that was setting sale from the Yucatan fully laden with Mexican Gold. He pleaded for his countrymen to escort this valuable resource back to the motherland to help feed the nation and restore its naval pride!
Shortly after the English Lord High Admiral sallied forth from Port Royal with a call of his own. He called forth the might of the Royal Navy to take this Spanish Gold for King George. A massive fleet began to form just off the coast of Port Royal. A British scout ship then alerted the Lord High Admiral to a ship sailing the colours of none other than Blackbeard himself. Cries of warning shuddered through the British fleet as they prepared their ships for battle.
The French, not to be outdone by the British pig-dogs, summoned all available vessels to Port St. Joe. This is where the Renegade Legion assembled with an ensemble of French forces. Our slower ships brought us word of the amassed forces of the British and even the chilling news that Blackbeard had rallied the Pirate pest into a fleet to rival that of even Great Britain. Captain Endangement joined us at this time, bravely sailing the trade routes, evading the marauding Pirates.
Event Time
All of a sudden, through the expressions of concern about what lay ahead, the French Admiral ordered the fleet to set sail for Havana to try and take all that gold for ourselves. As one the mass of French Warships, Scouts and Galleons set course and sallied forth into hell, heaven or infamy!
About 100miles from Havana the horizon began to sprout what looked like trees, a cry rang out, “Ship's dead ahead!”. The Admiral asked for a report of what his crows nest could see. “Ship's sir, many, of all nations.” replied the crewman. My boson walked up beside me and said softly in my ear “I think there is a storm coming, I hear thunder sir!”. “There be a storm alright, but that is not the sound of thunder.” I reply stiffly.
The fleet set battle sails and prepared for a fight the likes of which we will never see again.
The Fight
The French fleet clashed with our opponents. There were so many ships it was almost impossible to aim for a target so the Renegade Legion squadron formed up and plowed straight into a bunch of Spaniards like a breaking wave on rocks.
The fight went well, the Spanish were busy manuvering to get the wind gauge on us but our speed advantage made that futile. We formed up a line and progressivly sank the Spanish First Raters without much problem. As we moved on in the fight we looked around at all the ships sinking about us! We picked out a single British 'Invincible' First Rater which was stationary, beleiving the crew to be unconcious we moved in and sank him without a single cannon firing at us in reply.
We had now be cutting a swathe through the enemy vessels for about an hour when we pulled up against British squadon of similar strength to ours who dragged us into a fight.
The Brits pilled in at us as a random French ship cut in through their line in an attempt to form up with us. Unluckily for him his ship was just not fast enough and he got chewed up and sunk by 3 Ships of the Line. A brave man, he went down with his ship.
The British beleiving themselves to be better than us split their forces to try and surround us. Their plan backfired when the RL line, lead by myself, plunged straight into the gap between them. We tore them asunder as we split them and slaughtered them wholesale. In their final few minutes they focused fire on my vessel, tearing my bow to shreds I was only seconds from a ruptured keel and a trip to Davy Jones' Locker. In a gallant show of selflessness and seamanship, Bagpuss sail right infront of my bow in his much smaller and less armoured Frigate absorbing atleast two full broadsides to save me from a watery grave. He assured me later than I owed him one, and I cant say fairer than that. We then mopped up what remained with Endangerment sailing a good fight one on one with an equivilent vessel which he beat without much trouble.
We carried on in this fashion losing on Endangerment to focused fire from some Pirate SoL's. The last battle we engaged in was a draw, the Pirate forces sailed a good fight and sunk Kataya before we could retire from battle.
The whole fight was realitivley short with the loss of all the nations Flagships. Renegade Legion retired from the fight after a few hours or tiring battle undefeated and with a huge tonnage sunk in our name.
It was great fun and deffo made me think this game could be worth every penny...