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Wolfsea

Wolfsea

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Thinking of doing an RP set during the Golden Age of Piracy within the North Pacific. Anybody interested in this?

BTW feel free to create your own colours if you want your own ship.
 
I had actually been considering doing something like that. Can it be set around the mid 1600 to early 1700s?
 
I've been working on a timeline for the Bustos Eastern Shipping Company...this RP would certainly flesh it out
 
Finally. Something interesting. I can get back to RP!

Count me in. The Syrixian Imperial Navy, the Grand Sheirenese Fleet, and various pirates groups should be involved.
 
Okay, this sounds interesting! Since an official government wasn't formed in the 1600's and 1700's, I can go back to my roots with the Aldarovian Naval Fleet. I might be able to include some Dalzinian, Dezerathian and Farspearan pirates, but they'll most likely want to sabotage the ships. Count me in.

I'll still be able to do this even if it is not set in the 1600's and 1700's.
 
Ok, so am thinking of the year 1710, if people can post their historically relevant map claims I can do a but of tweaking and make us a map.
 
So we are roleplaying this on the NP map, then? In that case, are we claiming our land and sea area or just the land?
 
May I play the part of a pretentious gold-carrying nation that get invaded by the pirates?
 
Wolfsea:
Ok, so am thinking of the year 1710, if people can post their historically relevant map claims I can do a but of tweaking and make us a map.
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Yus! I finally get to make a map of the Syrixian colonial empire!
 
Syrixia:
Wolfsea:
Ok, so am thinking of the year 1710, if people can post their historically relevant map claims I can do a but of tweaking and make us a map.
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Yus! I finally get to make a map of the Syrixian colonial empire!
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You'd even have a large chunk of Esplandia at this time. So my pirates would be more like privateers employed in disrupting your trade lines.
 
Esplandia:
Syrixia:
Wolfsea:
Ok, so am thinking of the year 1710, if people can post their historically relevant map claims I can do a but of tweaking and make us a map.
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Yus! I finally get to make a map of the Syrixian colonial empire!
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You'd even have a large chunk of Esplandia at this time. So my pirates would be more like privateers employed in disrupting your trade lines.
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MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
 
I'd be interested in this concept. Ceretis would exist on the map, but St Owhela would be a colonial holding during this time period.
 
Aww yeah. State-funded piracy, just like England with Sir Francis Drake. At that time, we were building up the military a lot, as we began to discover more, and find potentially-hostile nations. The navy has always been our strongpoint, and we'd be in charge of the waters. We'd only raid enemy ships, though. Ally ships would be untouched.
 
1505: High Council commissions a four-ship exploratory expedition to Floresque, aided with Floresque sea-charts and maps. Despite losing about half of its crew by the time it returned a year later, the trading and selling of McMasterdonian and Floresque goods, generated a large return.

1506-1519: News of this expedition entices Bustian merchants to send their own fleets to Floresque and back. Even as some fleets were lost, many successfully returned. Their success begin to cut out McMasterdonian and Floresque middlemen in the Grand Duchy, increasing the returns of their expeditions.

1520: The Grand Duchy expands its influence beyond the Kianese Empire by exploring new trade routes, seeking out new resources and new civilizations, to boldly go where no Bustian has gone before.

1522: Grand Duke forms Bustos Eastern Shipping (BES), a charted company to control the supply vs demand to ensure profitability of expeditions to far away lands. This new company unites several Bustian merchants, many of which were financially backed by members of the High Council, under one banner. Giving them the power to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, and establish colonies.

Bustos Eastern Shipping becomes the first multinational corporation in Eras and first company to issue stock to the public.

1523-1540: Permanent Bustian trading posts established along various trade routes. During this time, small Bustian shipping/trading companies either become bankrupt or are bought out by BES, creating a monopoly on foreign trade.

BES also begins to carry Bustian diplomats and begin to represent Bustian interests abroad.

Minor wars and skirmishes occur along trade routes with indigenous peoples to secure strategic ports.

1540-1600: BES invests into ship building, arms manufacturing, farms, factories, banking, and related infrastructure at home and abroad. Grand Duke allows BES to hire its navy and marines for escort and garrison duties along trade routes.

McMasterdonia sees Grand Duchy's wealth, imposes higher taxes as the price for allowing BES to continue to operate under the Kianese Empire. Often calls upon large portions of the Grand Duchy's navy and marines to fight in the name of the Empire.

1600-1700: Some BES trading posts form pseudo-colonies. Taking advantage of local climate and population to produce various items for the Grand Duchy.


Timeline in progress regarding the BES...
 
I would love to be involved :) 1710 would be around the golden age of Hiskjriaanii mercenaries, so we would everywhere during this time (same territory though).
 
The concept sounds interesting, but Sasten at the time was a giant squabbling mess of 20+ small countries, half as many navies, a few dozen city-states, two large empires with their alliances/vassal states and a confederacy, all of whom could barely suppress the urge to try and conquer each other. I'll have a thought about how to RP something like that, as this is quite an interesting concept for what might be my first actual RP here, but I can't really promise anything given how complex my history is.

Edit: Also, quick historical note: privateers are notoriously unreliable, especially when you end a war with someone and they find themselves out of work. You've given them a fast, well-armed ship and a predisposition to attack merchant shipping. Take away their primary jobs, and you get pirates. To my knowledge, quite a few pirates in that era IRL were former privateers who were either put out of a job by peace treaties, or simply decided to go rogue because they could make more money that way. If I do end up joining this, well, there is a reason why most of the Sastennic predecessor states largely refused to use privateers.
 
Sasten:
Edit: Also, quick historical note: privateers are notoriously unreliable, especially when you end a war with someone and they find themselves out of work. You've given them a fast, well-armed ship and a predisposition to attack merchant shipping. Take away their primary jobs, and you get pirates. To my knowledge, quite a few pirates in that era IRL were former privateers who were either put out of a job by peace treaties, or simply decided to go rogue because they could make more money that way. If I do end up joining this, well, there is a reason why most of the Sastennic predecessor states largely refused to use privateers.
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I agree with this mostly, and it would be a good way to reason why piracy appeared in your country in the first place. The privateer I've created for my nation's history actually was awarded the title of count by the king for his services, which would give him a reason to not want to go into piracy. His crew may still choose to do so, I don't know.
 
This still a thing? Cus if I'm gonna return to RP I want this to be where I do it.
 
I'm still on for this, and it sounds like others are as well. I think we're all in a holding pattern waiting for it to start or for there to be more movement on how it should be handled.
 
Gonna write a post, and my main ship is the Vasa, if it were built properly. Heck, I even have a poster of that ship in my room, from when I visited Stockholm.

Quick edit, I need someone to be on bad terms with. At this point, a slightly crazy king is in charge (King Carl IV, who is the leader until the Despotoan Coup) and a weak prime minister who basically does what the king asks. In this case, it's ravage the ships of enemies, especially those with colonies, who exploit the wealth.

My first post will be the beginning of Gustav Bengt's (I'm putting a revamp of the Xentheridan language with more emphasis on Swedish) career in piracy, with his wealthy family giving over the Vasa for privateering/piracy for him to use and become the hero of Xentherida, etc.
 
Well it was that or the D.U. HQ, they were pretty much the only islands that weren't already claimed. Besides, having pirates on your doorstep has it's advantages, lots of lovely contraband... especially since you have an imperial navy that would probably crush them, makes sense they'd offer you goodies in exchange for being left alone.
 
The Empire wasn't founded yet in 1710, but don't worry, I can justify the piracy with other means. Kannex was divided into several states at that time.
 
Sakira's Sorrow definitely isn't it, they're rounding the island with Ceretis and Xentherida on it about now.
 
I think I'll join this.

At this point, Nebula is in civil war; Baron Rhyos of Andromia, after being ejected from the Council of Lords by his political enemies, has begun a rebellion with the support of the merchant class, as well as a number of disenfranchised earls from Galacta. A shipping company run by merchants sympathetic to his cause has hired a group of smugglers and privateers to bring in goods to support his troops, while at the same time cutting shipments from various other states sympathetic to his cause. The Lords, meanwhile, have commandeered the navy to protect and move their own supplies and weapons.

Feel free to pick sides :P
 
Right now my character and ship is sailing about disrupting Syrixian shipping near to Esplandia, but if anyone would like me to join in doing something with them let me know and I'll find an excuse to be over there.
 
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