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Re: From St. Nazarie to Port Block...?
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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:22:38 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Hmmm...seems you Brickish folk are getting a bit too smug.
>
> Bearing that in mind, the Repubrickan Navy (the fine and egalitarian
> institution it is) has
> decided to send a...presence out to yonder Pacific-type points. This is
> no wee sloop;
> rather, it's a first-rank ironclad of the "slap plates on it" variety
> (because, as everyone
> knows, shipbuilding iron isn't the best stuff in the world). Sure,
> there are only 12 guns,
> but what guns they are, and what protection they're hiding behind!
>
> This ship--christened _La Gloire_--is destined to cause all sorts of
> mischief, we're sure.
> Why, it would even be a *dangerous* vessel, were it not for the French
> habit of sending
> the inept and incompetent out to command overseas. (Why? Well, because
> anyone
> worth their salt wouldn't want to leave the K'Nexinent, and it's a fine
> excuse to get rid of
> all those weebles who won't go away on their own.) So, in a sense,
> they're getting the
> biggest, most formidable platform possible, and then flushing it down
> the administrative
> toilet. Terribly French, I say.
>
> Anyways, _Gloire_ is in what I call "Phase Six" of construction, roughly
> analagous to
> fitting-out (albeit with cannon installed). The stack isn't up yet, but
> the stubs of all three
> masts are; I'm planning to keep it close to the ship's historical rig,
> even though I've sort of
> blown it already by giving it only twelve guns. ;) This is an
> exceedingly loose
> interpretation, designed to inspire fear, loathing, and lots of rude
> gestures from the
> Brickish.
>
> A few "current phase" shots, up until I can find a better home; the
> first shows a 3/4
> approach and the second a 3/4 recession:
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> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-foreqtr.jpg
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-aftqtr.jpg
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> The cargo hold (no big thrills, trust me):
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> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-cargohold.jpg
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> It's actually pretty spacious in the ship; this is a shot with the doors
> open. The hold itself
> is nine bricks high and 12x12; there are two "annex rooms" each 5x6x5
> and a platform
> for perishables that's above those two and forward of these doors.
> Plenty of room to
> hold supplies for a ship that has few friendly ports--or that seeks to
> gain command of
> unfriendly ones! Oh, as for the hapless sailors? Well, they sleep with
> the shells,
> underneath the gun deck that can be found in stage three at:
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-3-gundeck.jpg
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> Naturally, the Admiral sleeps in the stern gallery, and has a red
> carpet.
>
> Next, here's the guns run out and ports up. The guns have limited
> pivot--they're fairly
> dangerous that way--and they can indeed depress to hit much smaller
> targets that try to
> close the range. ;)
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-gundeck.jpg
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> My absolutely favourite part of the ship--the stern gallery, where the
> Admiral's cabin is
> located. This came out fantastically! Somehow, those silly hard
> plastic tubes were just
> the right length to meet at the flagstaff.
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-gallery.jpg
>
> I hope to have fitting-out done in the next few days; then the ship will
> be much more
> attractive and look much less like a black and white box with guns
> (which is pretty much
> what the genuine article looked like.)
>
> best
>
> Lindsay
I think "The Junk" will avoid Port BlocK if that behemoth leaves
drydock....hmmmmm...2 cannons, 6 muskets, 1 pistol and 12 katanas vs "THE
IRON GIANT" ...I guess my ship would be the naval equivalent of a fly on the
windshield....oh my !
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