The Nit-Picky Barbel, four guns, seven souls. An eight league voyage. The open sea. Brigands and barbarians out for blood. Except it's not human blood (which doesn't exist). It is Kraken blood.
Kraken blood??!?
Oh yes, mates. See, in that world, Kraken blood is a coveted prize. It is not produced by Krakens, of course, but by ships that you have successfully attacked boarded, and subdued. So coveted, in fact, that just two mugfulls of the stuff is enough to buy a new ship.
An interesting twist on the whole setup is that you can use real money to buy in game money. And you can always tell who bought their rank - just like in real life. I am a captain by name only. In reality, my skills probably rate me somewhere above pirate and below officer. To wit: last night an impetuous officer boarded my ship at port and declared his intent to lead the boat in battle navigation. He was rated as master, and so I demurred. What followed was a perfect dance of sailing, gun use and thrown grappling hooks. As I busied myself on the gun deck, the young officer brought down larger ships with the Barbel three times in a row. He had help from other able bodied pirates on board, but.... well. I certainly felt old and weak, much like Howe did before retiring and going below deck much earlier than the battle's end at the Glorious First of June. The irony? It WAS the glorious first of June.
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