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Welcome to Beat to Quarters, a Play-by-Post Text Roleplay set in the early-mid 18th-century. It's the Age of Sail, and also the age of Piracy here in the West Indies. Will you fight for King and Country and uphold the law here at the edge of colonial civilization? Or will you pillage and plunder to your black heart's content? The wind's a-blowin' and the sea awaits, so prepare for adventure...
Following the chaotic battle at sea and the resulting sinking of the Persephone, both the pirates and the navy have gone to ground. The crew of The Sea Hound makes port in Tortuga, hostages and loot in tow, while The Steadfast has docked in Barbados to lick her wounds.
CP plays two well-conceived and very different able seamen on Steadfast. With CP's inspired, exciting and often humorous postings life aboard the Navy ship is surprising and thoroughly enjoyable.
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The Sea Hound A Sloop-of-War with three masts, 24 cannon and two mounted guns, The Sea Hound is strong and swift, though she has sacrificed speed for a re-enforced hull that renders her a powerful skirmisher. At present, she is the terror of the Caribbean.
Captain: Eamon O'Sullivan
The HMS Steadfast A Brigantine with two square-rigged masts and 20 guns, the Steadfast is a small warship, known for her agility and speed. Occasionally assigned duty as an escort vessel, she is primarily a pirate-hunter.
Captain: Jonathan Thorne
Jamaica Another sugar-producing British Colony, Jamaica was under Spanish rule until the mid-1600's.
Capital: Kingston
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Barbados An island under British colonial rule, Barbados is the heart of the sugarcane industry, with flourishing slave-powered plantations that produce frequent valuable shipments.
Capital: Bridgetown
Hispaniola Divided between Spanish rule in the east and French rule in the west, two-thirds of the island serves as a haven for unsavory characters and Spanish privateers, while the remaining third - the French colony of Saint-Dominque - is the highly prosperous "Pearl of the Antilles"
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Tortuga An island off the northern coast of Haiti, overlooking the Windward Passage; Tortuga is home to buccaneers, criminals and all sorts of sea-scum.
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