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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > 1 Brig (Steve Jackson term - a bigger version of...)
>
> Brig = Brigantine, a semi-standard class of warship (~16 guns).
I was using it in the sense of the term as Steve Jackson uses it in his Pirate
Game rather than an actual ship (I know, a Brig ain't a ship).
> > Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
>
> Someone asked: Skull's Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda.
> My fleet is primarily post-1870; it's three Fluyts (truncated Armada
flagships)
Not tubby enough (IMHO). Whenever I get an extra brown midsection, I can
return one of my CCs to its proper hull, which would release the red hull to
become a 1 center section Fluyt. They had fluyts post 1870? I thought they
were much earlier.
> and an ironclad of the Coles Turret type (but not like HMS Captain--I can sail
> this one in a breeze), made of four center sections and bow and stern of the
> fourth Flagship. I sometimes make another ironclad from the front and back of the
> Time Vessel. However, I've ended up making waterline predreadnoughts and torpedo
> boats--any of which could lay my ancient craft low. Damn the proletarianization
> of the navy!
>
> LFB.
No ironclads yet, kinda late for pirates.
Bruce
(made it over 100!)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
> > > 1 Brig (Steve Jackson term - a bigger version of...)
> >
> > Brig = Brigantine, a semi-standard class of warship (~16 guns).
>
>
> I was using it in the sense of the term as Steve Jackson uses it in his Pirate
> Game rather than an actual ship (I know, a Brig ain't a ship).
It's not a boat, either. :) I presume it's a simple matter of confluence.
> > > Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
> >
> > Someone asked: Skull's Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda.
> > My fleet is primarily post-1870; it's three Fluyts (truncated Armada
> flagships)
>
> Not tubby enough (IMHO). Whenever I get an extra brown midsection, I can
> return one of my CCs to its proper hull, which would release the red hull to
> become a 1 center section Fluyt. They had fluyts post 1870? I thought they
> were much earlier.
Indeed fluyts are far far earlier (c.17th-C.). The fleet is primarily post-1870,
but the fluyts and ironclads fall into an earlier era (Holdovers? Anachronisms?
Easy targets? You decide!). Sorry I wasn't clearer with my non-segue. I actually
think a sectionless Armada Flagship is tubby enough for a Fluyt, if built-up
properly--although maybe it's more of a cog, since it's hard to get more than one
effective mast on the darn thing. Either way, lyddite shells from _Indomitable_ or
the destroyers tended to make short work of 'em.
> > and an ironclad of the Coles Turret type (but not like HMS Captain--I can sail
> > this one in a breeze), made of four center sections and bow and stern of the
> > fourth Flagship. I sometimes make another ironclad from the front and back of the
> > Time Vessel. However, I've ended up making waterline predreadnoughts and torpedo
> > boats--any of which could lay my ancient craft low. Damn the proletarianization
> > of the navy!
>
> No ironclads yet, kinda late for pirates.
True--but not if you try to build SMS Emden. ;) A pirate of the nationalistic
sort! Arrr. (Actually, Mueller wasn't bloodthirsty--too much of a gentleman to be
a "true" pirate.)
> (made it over 100!)
Go us!
LFB.
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
>
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> > I was using it in the sense of the term as Steve Jackson uses it in his Pirate
> > Game rather than an actual ship (I know, a Brig ain't a ship).
>
> It's not a boat, either. :) I presume it's a simple matter of confluence.
It's a thing that floats and has sails. :-)
> > > > Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
> > >
> > > Someone asked: Skull's Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda.
> > > My fleet is primarily post-1870; it's three Fluyts (truncated Armada
> > flagships)
> >
> > Not tubby enough (IMHO). Whenever I get an extra brown midsection, I can
> > return one of my CCs to its proper hull, which would release the red hull to
> > become a 1 center section Fluyt. They had fluyts post 1870? I thought they
> > were much earlier.
>
> Indeed fluyts are far far earlier (c.17th-C.). The fleet is primarily post-1870,
> but the fluyts and ironclads fall into an earlier era (Holdovers? Anachronisms?
> Easy targets? You decide!). Sorry I wasn't clearer with my non-segue. I actually
> think a sectionless Armada Flagship is tubby enough for a Fluyt, if built-up
> properly--although maybe it's more of a cog, since it's hard to get more than one
> effective mast on the darn thing.
I seemed to have mentally skipped over that "sectionless" Armada Flagship.
Yeah, that can be tubby, though I put two lateen sails on it and try to
visually lengthen my mid-sectionless AF. A wide front/stern would be a true
tubby cog, though I have often refered to the stock Crossbone Clipper as a cog
(extremely derisively).
Bruce
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