Post by Intermittent on Jan 5, 2016 8:03:55 GMT -5
Senior Captain Franco a Exalted Champion Captain in the Ruesland navy stood upon his Pursuit Brig and surveid his ship while the dock hands loaded the goods from the fishing town of Lamorosa, located in the sea of Acada.
The ship (his forth) had been upgraded with additional crew space of 20 and arments of axes & muskets along with 5 masts and 2sails added with chain shot ammo.
He glanced at his 1st mate Kezar Baltos who was casting his medical eye over the crew and then his 2nd officer Nathaniel Sveet who was surveying all with his hand on the hilt of his sword allmost daring someone to do something stupid. Seeing everything was in hand he gave both a nod and withdrew to his quaters for a moment of reflection.
He had been a captain for 4years and 300days now and had decided on a military career from the start with some mixed results, early on deciding the best way to proceed would be to take commissions and build his reputation thus, which may have been a bit rash and hastey especially the bounty contracts, still in the first 2 years he had managed to complete 8 reject 3 and fail 5 which 4 were bounty contracts and proved even thow he had the zeel for it he did not have the skills and they had easily fled. Apon reflection he then decided to ply the trade routes in East Acada for the next year & half taking or buying ships and upgrades increasing experience while keeping and eye on the political situation and hitting the east company for reputation boosts to further his career. Deciding to try and stay neutral with the rest for the potential damage caused frew future commisions.
About 3&half years in he decided to again pursue reputation frew commission work it would be difficult because of the targets set he would need 16 more completed with only room for 1 failure to achieve this. After a few contracts he had found himself in the star fall sea where they had run into a ice demon ship called the Pain Forger and swiftly sunk it, and then onto the sea of acada where ship yards were proving they could not handle multiple damage repairs, and where due to pressing time would start risking multiple contracts.
And so now with commissions drying up in the Sea of Acada and two commissions taken both in opposite seas currently 7 short and with half a year to go to achieve next goals he had decided to return to West Acadas complete the contract and hopefully gain some multiple close together ones..
The ship was fully loaded now so we set sail with the wind directly behind us and entered West Acadas in the SW quarter with a mind to take the neutral winds NE, it was then the beast emerged directly in our path, we had been used to seeing kraken from a distance but never this close and with a mixture of dread curiosity and anticipation I ordered the attack, in those first initial moments we learned much, this krakan was slow and easy to keep a distance from but experienced and tough enough to dodge, deflect or take cannon fire. Stalemate either we withdrew or risked close combat...we risked it and entered the fray proper...the crew firing at the head of the beast while expertly using there axes on the tentacles while I and Sveet made good of any opening to cause as much damage as possible, we had the best of it thow at times seemed not able to land a single wound..eventually it was over and with the crew cheering and Kezar Baltos patching up minor wounds, I heard for the first time Nathaniel Sveet laugh in joy who then turned to me and said Rostrak the Man, classed as a lv21 in which after a moment of shock (I am classified as a lv 12) could not help laughing myself...
Then back to the matter at hand and with a quick mapping of area along with some souvineers/proof and sushi taken we headed for our next port of call spirits high and chests puffed out in inticepation of reception and glory.
The ship (his forth) had been upgraded with additional crew space of 20 and arments of axes & muskets along with 5 masts and 2sails added with chain shot ammo.
He glanced at his 1st mate Kezar Baltos who was casting his medical eye over the crew and then his 2nd officer Nathaniel Sveet who was surveying all with his hand on the hilt of his sword allmost daring someone to do something stupid. Seeing everything was in hand he gave both a nod and withdrew to his quaters for a moment of reflection.
He had been a captain for 4years and 300days now and had decided on a military career from the start with some mixed results, early on deciding the best way to proceed would be to take commissions and build his reputation thus, which may have been a bit rash and hastey especially the bounty contracts, still in the first 2 years he had managed to complete 8 reject 3 and fail 5 which 4 were bounty contracts and proved even thow he had the zeel for it he did not have the skills and they had easily fled. Apon reflection he then decided to ply the trade routes in East Acada for the next year & half taking or buying ships and upgrades increasing experience while keeping and eye on the political situation and hitting the east company for reputation boosts to further his career. Deciding to try and stay neutral with the rest for the potential damage caused frew future commisions.
About 3&half years in he decided to again pursue reputation frew commission work it would be difficult because of the targets set he would need 16 more completed with only room for 1 failure to achieve this. After a few contracts he had found himself in the star fall sea where they had run into a ice demon ship called the Pain Forger and swiftly sunk it, and then onto the sea of acada where ship yards were proving they could not handle multiple damage repairs, and where due to pressing time would start risking multiple contracts.
And so now with commissions drying up in the Sea of Acada and two commissions taken both in opposite seas currently 7 short and with half a year to go to achieve next goals he had decided to return to West Acadas complete the contract and hopefully gain some multiple close together ones..
The ship was fully loaded now so we set sail with the wind directly behind us and entered West Acadas in the SW quarter with a mind to take the neutral winds NE, it was then the beast emerged directly in our path, we had been used to seeing kraken from a distance but never this close and with a mixture of dread curiosity and anticipation I ordered the attack, in those first initial moments we learned much, this krakan was slow and easy to keep a distance from but experienced and tough enough to dodge, deflect or take cannon fire. Stalemate either we withdrew or risked close combat...we risked it and entered the fray proper...the crew firing at the head of the beast while expertly using there axes on the tentacles while I and Sveet made good of any opening to cause as much damage as possible, we had the best of it thow at times seemed not able to land a single wound..eventually it was over and with the crew cheering and Kezar Baltos patching up minor wounds, I heard for the first time Nathaniel Sveet laugh in joy who then turned to me and said Rostrak the Man, classed as a lv21 in which after a moment of shock (I am classified as a lv 12) could not help laughing myself...
Then back to the matter at hand and with a quick mapping of area along with some souvineers/proof and sushi taken we headed for our next port of call spirits high and chests puffed out in inticepation of reception and glory.
