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[Let's Play] Napoleon: Total War: The Peninsular Campaign

CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
edited July 2011 in Social Entropy++
This man is a great threat. These are his dreams, but they are only dreams as you will surely see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUDCg9bHzVg

His Majesty George III, the King of Great Britain has made upon this day a demand of valour in a most righteous war. The ignoble imperialist that is Napoleon of France is to lose his unholy grip on Spain, A nation that could be called as proud as ours.

It is hence my duty, Peter of Monmouth, Lord High Quartermaster to relay to you the King’s request of monetary support in this endeavour. Given the likely high cost of this conflict, any gentleman (and in an almost outrageously progressive move, any lady) with funds befitting them should donate what they can to the military of our sovereign island.

Those that do will be entitled to the ownership of a regiment (or sea fairing vessel) & hence the right to name said unit as they wish, & that fighting body will carry that person’s honour ever higher.

The construction of the expeditionary forces to follow these donations will consist of:

Light Infantry
Line Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery


There will also be a chance that Spanish domestic fighters will support our invasion & will also need funding:

Guerrilla Infantry
Guerrilla Cavalry


As any fool would know, our strongest arm is our navy. Those that would consider adding to it should consider adding money to the construction of ship types:

Frigate
Light Ship of the Line
Medium Ship of the Line
Heavy Ship of the Line

I will say that the construction of an army or navy is up to the general or admiral in question. Some are a tiresomely rowdy bunch, & are worthy of words I will not say. In any case, if it were your choice to donate, I would request you to state your preference of the direction of your donation and state:

Your name, Your chosen unit’s name, your unit type preference

If I regard funding as adequate, I will suggest to his Royal Highness that the British Army & Navy is combat ready.

What will follow, will be ugly combat in a beautiful country.




Benefactors:

Land

Snowbeat - Lord Cocksworthy Flush Fusiliers Line ACTIVE, 4 Bts.
Pharezon - William George DeVine Armagh Bandits Light ACTIVE, 1 Bt.
101 - 101 - Screaming Eagles Cavalry DESTROYED
Burning Organ - Lord Suckerton Suckerton's Heavy Suckers Artillery ACTIVE, 2 Bat.
Computer Generated Faggotry - Peter of Monmouth - Royal Engineers, Monmouth-Light DESTROYED
L|ama - Baron Dongswallow The Swallowing Hussars Cavalry ACTIVE, 1 Bt. (2nd Bt. DESTROYED)
chrishallett83 - Earl Hugh McLargecock The Big Bangers Artillery ACTIVE, 1 Bat.
Vic - Sir Mansex Straightington Roaring Lads Line ACTIVE, 3 Bts.
Volucrisus Aedrius -Henrique Tavares - Los Fidalgos de Tolosa - Guerilla Infantry ACTIVE, 3 Bts.
Cowardly - Earl E. Tourun - The Fastest From The Front - Cavalry ACTIVE, 1 Bt.
JustPlainPavek - Major John Pavek - Pavek's Pushers - Light ACTIVE, 2 Bt.
Shock G - Mr. Reginald Shockington - The Humpty Hussars - Cavalry ACTIVE, 1 Bt.
maguffin - Paddy O'Paddy Of Paddyshire - Irelands Reigning Artillery - Artillery ACTIVE, 1 Bat.
John Matrix - Baron Arthur Frederickson - 65th Rifles - Light ACTIVE, 1 Bt.
Fishman - Luis Jose de Celavisa Alves - The Silver Tea Set - Guerilla Infantry ACTIVE, 3 Bt.
dush - Sir Dush "Fightin'" Dukes - Blasted Beggars - Light ACTIVE, 3 Bt.
MechMantis - Lord Charlton Mannerly, Earl of Pembroke - Pembroke Pugilists - Line ACTIVE, 2 Bt.
Zen Vulgarity - Chancellor Charles Zensworth the V - Judges, Juries, and Executioners - Line ACTIVE, 1 Bt.
Sky - Count Sancho Boracho Calderon - Los Mosquititos - Guerrilla Cavalry ACTIVE, 1 Bt.
Metzger Meister - Major Alaric Von Metzger - Thunder Throwers - Artillery ACTIVE, 1 Bt.
MViking - Sir Sean H. Anigan - The Tricky Dicks - Line ACTIVE, 1 Bt.
Steel-Angel - Duke Drago Ivanovich - Eye of the Tiger - Cavalry ACTIVE, 2 Bt.
Sticks - Lord Binderberry III - Binderberry's Bastards - Line ACTIVE, 2 Bt.
Staleghoti - Captain Staleghoti of Canadarfishire The Baconators Light ACTIVE, 2 Bt.

Sea

Zombies Tossed My Salad! - Lord Farthington Cockwallop Walloping Willie Heavy ACTIVE
MrMonroe - Mister Monroe Murderous Mariners Medium ACTIVE, FLAGSHIP
Anjin-San - Colonel Stephen Wronglove Love Below Medium ACTIVE
Staleghoti - Captain Staleghoti of Canadarfishire The Baconator Frigate DECOMISSIONED - CREW RETRAINED, LANDBORNE
Virgil_Leads_You - Walter Butler, Earl of Ormonde Purcell's Honor Light ACTIVE
Druhim - Viscount Devereux of Sudbury - Otterman Empire - Medium ACTIVE
Echilda - Lord Ismbard Daveron, Duke of Surrey - Indecipherable - Heavy RESOURCES REALLOCATED - LAND FORCE PENDING
I.H.N.I.W.T.R. - Lord Irvine Hackleberry - The Floating Cockle - Light RESOURCES REALLOCATED - LAND FORCE PENDING
Elvenshae - Elvenshae - HMS Proserpine "Spring Bitch" - Frigate ACTIVE
Sticks - Lord Rumpleton C. Binderberry III - HMS Three Sheets To The Wind - Medium - RESOURCES REALLOCATED - LAND FORCE PENDING
rockhard556 - Grand Duke Of The General Vicinity Of York - Bed Of Roses - Heavy - PRELIMINARY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZfYtCLA23s

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  • QorzmQorzm Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    If only zergs were in this game

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Lord Cocksworthy's Flush Fusiliers (Line Infantry)

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Ah, very good m'lord. Your fusiliers will see quite some action.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Mister Monroe's Murderous Mariners (Medium Ship of the Line)

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Mister Monroe, your money will put many a hole in French wood.

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    William George DeVine, Armagh Bandits, Light Infantry

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Few men are strong of mind to be a light infantryman. I thank you, DeVine.

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    by the way, "Lord Cocksworthy's Flush Fusiliers" is the full name of the unit. they are very proud of how straight and long they can keep their line in the name of their lord

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  • 101101 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    101, Screaming Eagles, (Cavalry)

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Snowbeat wrote: »
    by the way, "Lord Cocksworthy's Flush Fusiliers" is the full name of the unit. they are very proud of how straight and long they can keep their line in the name of their lord

    My underlings don't like using too much ink, for they are quite lazy, we'll see.

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Ah, 101. Although you have no title, your extravagant donation towards an expensive cavalry unit is appreciated nonetheless.

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Lord Suckerton Suckerton's Heavy Suckers Artillery

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I will chip in with a group of lads that I both love and despise,

    Peter of Monmouth Royal Engineers, Monmouth Light Infantry

    Led by a man archaically named Marcus, filled with booze they are happy. Without, they are angrily vicious. 'Couldn't build a bridge to save their lives, but kill a man, ha. That is one thing they can do.

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Lord Farthington Cockwallop Walloping willie Heavy Ship of the Line

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Artillery is always a welcome sight, Suckerton. I hear Napoleon is fond of his guns.

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    The Heavy Suckers knows how to handle the big guns, sir!

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Heavy ships of the line are few and far between, & so are the men that fund them! Thank you, Farthington.

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    At our guns they shall meet their doom

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    The Heavy Suckers knows how to handle the big guns, sir!

    At the lean year of 24, I am no sir.

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Oh, do not the patricians of this country appreciate their wealth? They should know more than most the value of investment.

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Given my current merriment, I think it to be wise to invest in a wine wagon or two;

    Peter of Monmouth, Ancre Hill Vineyard, Supply Group.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Colonel Stephen Wronglove's Love Below Medium Ship of the Line

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    i got invited to check this out but i don't know what it is or what any of you are doing and the OP doesn't explain anything i can understand

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    The Love Below will be placed well in the fleet.

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    i got invited to check this out but i don't know what it is or what any of you are doing and the OP doesn't explain anything i can understand

    This a Napoleon: Total War expansion and CGF is doing a Let's Play of it. You can name units in this game and he is inviting forumers to become units in game as he fights the French in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars.

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    so help me if you don't have a light infantry unit mockup of the 95th rifles with mr sharpe in command...

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I would like to formally request to be the admiral of the entire fleet.

    Given my donation of a Heavy ship of the line and my years of military service, I think that I am more than up to the task

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Baron Dongswallow, The Swallowing Hussars (Cavalry)

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Earl Hugh McLargecock, The Big Bangers, Artillery

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    With thanks to the generous patrons who have already come forward, I have today taken the first steps to ensure it is well spent.

    My position as Lord High Quartermaster is a new one, that answers both to the King & to Parliament. It is in an unusual position that is not completely involved in either branch of government. I am personally responsible for the supply, recruitment, upkeep & overseeing of all active military or naval units over which we hold dominion.

    I will follow the generals & admirals closely in this campaign. Although I will not have direct authority over them, they will walk the line if they wish not to displease me & lose their funding; the sinews of war are infinite money.

    My first expenditure has been undertaken; the first land regiments have been commissioned & have spent the last few months in training. Just yesterday, I personally went to Salisbury Plain to observe a handful of our benefactors possessions.

    Lord Suckerton's Heavy Suckers were the first I saw in action:

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    For now the crew are training with the lighter 6-pounders, & are shaping up to be a fairly effective support group. The Colonel in charge has told me that now & then some fool will blow himself up though, of which I was "lucky" enough to see.

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    Gunners Bevin, Commerton & Ledwich were attempting triple-time with their fire rate in an attempt to impress me. They possibly thought I might permit them double rations or something along those petty lines. Well, they recieved a double helping iron to the gut. They were Irish, which explains it somewhat.


    After a light luncheon, I continued the afternoon eyeing up Lord Cocksworthy's Flush Fusiliers.

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    'Some stout fellows in that bunch. Very Germanic in appearance, I am told a good dozen or so are Prussian ex-patriots. They appear to follow an aggressive old dog, Schuster, who liberally pigeons his English, yet he still commands enormous respect among them.

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    Some musket drills highlighted some problems with the younger ones getting the powder balance right, but these problems can be ironed out. If not, Schusters eagerness to grab a nearby recruit's weapon to show him personally how to charge & stick a sack of hay means that I doubt they will need much ammunition with his styles.

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    Light Infantry training for the day (involving William George DeVine's Armagh Bandits) was mostly fitness & endurance based. I could never tie them down for an enquiry or two, fast & impetuous as they were.

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    Early evening tea preceded the final hours of the day's exercises with some monstrous dragoons, Mr 101s Screaming Eagles.

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    Although the title "dragoon" still suggest that these men dismount to fight on foot, that practice has become archaic hence these men are trained as heavy shock cavalry.

    Trooper Hays clearly did not enjoy his foot drills:

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    but he, as did all, reveled in the days charging:

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    That they did.

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Aww yiss

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    HUZZAH

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  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Queen be willing, I would like to offer up the services of my personal regiment.
    Sir Mansex Straightington, Roaring Lads, Line Infantry

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    oh I am so down

    Captain Staleghoti of Canadarfishire The Baconator Frigate

    Let's do this!

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    For those concerned about the destination of your investment (for that they are), I hope to assure you that I will attempt to keep the politicing of the money to a minimum. A few characters may have some say in the precise arrangement, though:

    Firstly, the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval:

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    He is rather progressive for a Tory Prime Minister, supporting the abolition of slavery & the Catholic Emancipation. A family man, with charitable leanings, he fully supports the war against Napoleon.

    The Second, Secretary at War Robert Jenkinson:

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    Quite the opposite to the PM, a harsh authoritarian, highly opposed to Catholic emancipation. It remains to be seen how his imperatives may sway the direction of the armies in Spain, especially regarding how possible local populace unrest is dealt with.

    Charles Yorke, First Lord of The Admirality:

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    Will push heavily for Naval over Land force spending, but I believe that the campaign will only see a handful of naval engagements (although very decisive) & an awful many land ones. Ships are damned expensive.

    Finally, The King himself, George III:

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    Is as of now hopelessly insane, leaving his son George IV:

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    as Prince Regent. This is depressing, but also means that His Majesty's influence over the Cabinet is highly diminished, further increasing the possible effect of party politics on my beloved Treasury.

    I say my Treaury as I have veto juristiction over obstructions with regard to pure monetary amounts I need given the state of war, so that is less of a problem.

    On checking the books, it appears we almost have enough beneficiaries to fund 1 decent army group. I will suggest a despatch to reinforce Portugese defenders at Lisbon when I see enough for 2. I will also need to find the right few generals and a good admiral for the expeditionary fleet.

    It is now January 1811, I wish to have the first fresh troops on the ground in Portugal by March.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I rather like the Prince Regent's haircut

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    A sense of urgency has recently a-washed itself over Parliament. A sixty four per-cent majority vote decreed that an expeditionary force of approximately 850 combat-ready bodies were to be despatched immediately to Sintra; Lisbon’s closest major supply port. I made my reservations about the lack of first wave troop numbers, but at least 2 or 3 extra armies should follow within the next few months.

    It is now 20th March 1811. Army Group Lisbon has landed, & is to rally not far to the North. None other than Arthur Wellesley leads them:

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    He is a man with worldly command experience from The Netherlands, to India, to Denmark. A great instiller of discipline, with a petty tyrannical streak, his troops nonetheless are always combat ready when he demands. He was the man that instructed the creation of a grand series of fortifications, redoubts, gun platforms and emplacements that ensure that Lisbon is nigh impossible to attack by land, The Lines of Torres Vedras.

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    Army Group Lisbon consists of:

    Flush Fusiliers Line Infantry 2 Battalions
    Roaring Lads Line Infantry 2 Battalions
    Armagh Bandits Light Infantry 1 Battalion
    Royal Engineers Monmouth Light Infantry 1 Battalion
    Screaming Eagles Heavy Cavalry 1 Battalion
    The Swallowing Hussars Light Cavalry 2 Battalions
    The Big Bangers Artillery 1 Battalion
    Suckerton's Heavy Suckers Artillery 1 Battery

    Sections may be added to each unit as befits operational requirements & cost benefits.

    While we have a port with our strong ally of Portugal, further south in Gibraltar is where we have direct control. A good garrison of infantry, cavalry & some light guns are there. The majority of the fleet that brought the army to Spain has returned to Plymouth, but a small expandable fleet of 2 ships remains stationed in the straight:

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    HMS Murderous Mariners Medium Ship of the Line
    HMS Baconator Frigate

    I will most likely recommend 3 or 4 (at most) extra line ships, to defend the critical supply line linking Gibraltar, Lisbon & The British Isles.

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    The offensive should not be taken with the fleet as of yet, for we have no idea what the Mediterranean is hiding with regards to French vessels.

    Local espionage agentry is provided by Messers Daniel Cole, in the south, & Aston Leake, just east of Wellington’s current position.

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    Local reports remain sketchy at best, for the time being. I believe The Duke will use discretion in his movements until a second army can arrive to cover his flanks.

    An advisable first objective would be to push north to Coimbra, as its port will mean fresh troops will arrive at the front line, as opposed to hundreds of miles southward.

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    oh I didn't realize the ship would have an HMS as a title,

    SOMEBODY GET BELOW DECK AND PAINT OVER THAT 'THE'!

    We are the HMS Baconator! Not some sort of incorrectly named embarrassment to our Lord's fleet!

    Swabbie! Bring me my pipe!

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Staleghoti wrote: »
    oh I didn't realize the ship would have an HMS as a title,

    SOMEBODY GET BELOW DECK AND PAINT OVER THAT 'THE'!

    We are the HMS Baconator! Not some sort of incorrectly named embarrassment to our Lord's fleet!

    Swabbie! Bring me my pipe!

    I'll sort out the necessary paperwork, give the lazy dogsbodies something to do.

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Sober up, men! Look alive!

    Save some of that spanish wine for when we're a'sea!

    His Lordship is calling us expendable, we'll see how expendable he thinks we are once we've defended the supply line, all while looking totally clean and badass!

    AYE?!?

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