Atlantic Anchors - Circa 1660 - Now open to heads of governments!

[TristanLuigi]

It is 1660, and the world is connected under the fist of the West...
6 MONTHS PER DAY

But what will you do? Play as a captain of a ship - either a pirate, admiral, merchant, or privateer - or perhaps a mayor of one of the many colonial port cities, or even a defender of the natives or a soldier of the British, as the world undergoes a true revolution when five major powers emerge. Choose an alliance between the British, French, Dutch, Spanish, or Portuguese and set sail for the high seas as you embark upon your quest, whatever it may be.

I talked to Nonnel about his next nation RP, and it's possible (but not guaranteed) that it might take place during this time period. If so, I'll probably set this in the same universe so that actions in the nation RP will affect the map in this RP. Which will probably be fun. For now, the clock is frozen at 1660.

UPDATE: I got bored of waiting, so you can now apply as a king, PM, a governor,  or whatever. Time passes at 6mo/day.

Reference Map:

I know it's not very clear what each region is, so here is a link to the source map.

Empires:

	British Nation: British Commonwealth Company: Honourable East India Company (HEIC, British East India Company) Company-Nation Relationship: Chartered by the Queen, and owned their own colonies It doesn't look like much now, but the British have colonies in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and on the Indian subcontinent. They also assert a large amount of influence over India and Indonesia. They are in a war with the Spanish.
	French Nation: Kingdom of France Company: Compagnie Française pour Commerce des Indes (CFCI, French East India Company) Company-Nation Relationship: Chartered by the King Although the French never created a significant empire, they do have colonies in North America and South America. They also trade frequently in the East Indies, and are currently at war with the Spanish.
	Dutch Nation: Kingdom of the Netherlands Company: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC, Dutch East India Company) Company-Nation Relationship: Chartered, but so powerful that they practically control the Dutch government The Dutch government owns colonies all over the world, including North America, South America, and many in the East Indies. The VOC is the first multinational corporation, and the Dutch are at war with the Spanish but are fairly unscathed; they have shaky relations with the Brits.
	Spanish Nation: Hapsburg Spain Company: None (Spanish Armada) Company-Nation Relationship: N/A; strong crown control and heavily influenced by the Church What the Spanish lacks in an East India Company it more than makes up in its huge amount of territory. The original empire where the sun never sets, Spain owns huge amounts of Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines. They are at war with the British and French.
	Portuguese Nation: Iberian Portugal Company: None (despite an ill-fated attempt) Company-Nation Relationship: N/A; heavily influenced by the Church, and to some extent, Spain Much like Spain, the Portuguese are less mercantile but far more colonial. They own the Brazilian coast, islands in the East Indies, and, uniquely, colonies in Africa. Interestingly, they have quite a peaceful relationship with Spain (despite intense rivalry) and were the first to attempt imperialism - and it worked quite well.
	Pirate Nation: Various, usually hated by governments Company: N/A This isn't really a true allegiance as pirates frequently fight each other, but they were common around the world during this time period. They were especially common in the Caribbean, where they would attack ships to steal their goods; governments responded by hiring privateers to hunt them, legally, for a large portion of the plunder. Some privateers eventually went rogue, though.
	Other Nation: Take your pick! Company: Form your own! If you don't like any of the above allegiances or just want to spice things up, you can pick anything else you want! Many other nations are open to you, such as the powerful but non-colonial Chinese, generally isolationist Japanese, or less orthodox choices like Russia, Sweden, Denmark, or the Holy Roman Empire. And if politics don't suit your fancy, you can always form your own company and convince other people to join you, or fight for natives around the globe.

Rules:

I'm generally pretty loose on rules, so as long as you're not an starfish, you'll probably be fine.

• You cannot play as the head of government for one of the 5 major powers.
• Be fair in your actions. Nobody likes a powergamer.
• Don't RP for other people (godmodding.) When in a battle, I and I alone dictate the result.
• Feel free to do whatever, but try not to isolate yourself from other players. Join fleets, trade with each other, fight each other, have fun!
• You don't strictly have to stay in the Atlantic Ocean. The Indian Ocean gets pretty spicy during this time too.
• Try to be as historically accurate as possible, but if you don't know better it's fine.
• Don't be an idiot. If you are being an idiot, you can be kicked out of the RP. So don't.
• Unless you're being the fun kind of idiot that loads cannons with maple syrup. You'll get yourself killed, but it'll be funny as hell.

Characters:

Template below! Be sure to delete the descriptions.

Code: [Select]

[b]Name:[/b] First and last name
[b]Nationality:[/b] Country that character was born in
[b]Hometown:[/b] Current place of residence or home port
[b]Age and Gender:[/b] This really isn't hard
[b]Allegiance:[/b] British, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, or none; can also be minor powers like China or Prussia
[b]Class:[/b] Pirate (no allegiance) or Privateer (imperial allegiance), Admiral, Merchant, Mayor, or anything else. These are just suggestions.
[b]Physical Description:[/b] A short description of how your character looks and acts.
[b]Personal Bio:[/b] A short description of your character's history and motivations.
Example:

Name: Dread Pirate Johnny Appleseed
Nationality: English
Hometown: Boston
Age and Gender: 32M
Allegiance: None
Class: Pirate
Physical Description: Short with long black hair, fairly strong.
Personal Bio: Born to a poor family, his mother died of dysentery when John was 13 years old. In a effort to make money for his family and for more personal reasons, he set sail for the seas, at first as a merchant, but when he had poor luck he resorted to piracy and is now a feared pirate.

Characters: All of the bolded names are links.

• Ridley Curtis - Privateer in the Indian Ocean; loose allegiance to Dutch and Chinese for money
• Jack Nicholas - Privateer in the Antlantic Ocean; allegiance to the British
• Jack Harfol - Admiral for the British
• Ralph Johnson - A good-old-fashioned pirate! RIP
• Anders (Alders?) Bootsma - Armed merchant (legally); allegiance to the Dutch VOC
• João MonteBro - Admiral for the Portuguese
• Burke Ainsley - Commander for the British and is the only Brit not named Jack

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[Zer0-Senpai]

Name: Sir Ridley Curtis
Nationality: England
Home Port: Huangzhou
Age and Gender: 24 M
Allegiance: Dutch/Chinese (loosely)
Class: Privateer
Physical Description: Short, black hair. 6' 2", moderately muscular.
Personal Bio: Born in England, grew up admiring the people who did boat things, and always wanted to be a captain when he grew up. Abducted in a pirate raid upon his small port town, he was raised as a pirate, learning the way of the rapier, backsword, and musket (tfw too early for rifles). Quickly ascended the ranks and took the position as captain at the young age of 21 and took his jolly pirates all the way to the Indian Ocean and contracts for the Dutch and Chinese killing pirates (I'm paid to have a double standard, forget you).

For the uncultured swine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backsword

[TristanLuigi]

Name: Sir Ridley Curtis
Nationality: England
Home Port: Huangzhou
Age and Gender: 24 M
Allegiance: Dutch/Chinese (loosely)
Class: Privateer
Physical Description: Short, black hair. 6' 2", moderately muscular.
Personal Bio: Born in England, grew up admiring the people who did boat things, and always wanted to be a captain when he grew up. Abducted in a pirate raid upon his small port town, he was raised as a pirate, learning the way of the rapier, backsword, and musket (tfw too early for rifles). Quickly ascended the ranks and took the position as captain at the young age of 21 and took his jolly pirates all the way to the Indian Ocean and contracts for the Dutch and Chinese killing pirates (I'm paid to have a double standard, forget you).

For the uncultured swine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backsword

Accepted and added to OP
going to bed for the night, tomorrow I'll add the allegiance information and review any other applications

[Juncoph]

Name: Jack Nicholas
Nationality: Britain
Hometown: Havana, Cuba
Age and Gender: 26, male
Allegiance: Britain
Class: Privateer
Physical Description: 5'6. Black hair, hazel eyes. 170 lbs.
Personal Bio: Born into a wealthy family, Jack had little out of his grasp. He bought a 40 gun vessel, though, and sought after a contract as a privateer. He got the contract.

[TristanLuigi]

Name: Jack Nicholas
Nationality: Britain
Hometown: Havana, Cuba
Age and Gender: 26, male
Allegiance: Britain
Class: Privateer
Physical Description: 5'6. Black hair, hazel eyes. 170 lbs.
Personal Bio: Born into a wealthy family, Jack had little out of his grasp. He bought a 40 gun vessel, though, and sought after a contract as a privateer. He got the contract.

Added to OP


Richard Curtis spots a ship without a flag drifting in the sea near the Dutch East Indies.

[Zer0-Senpai]

Richard Curtis goes to the nearest cove and hides his ship while waiting for the other boat to pass, then tails them

[TristanLuigi]

Richard Curtis goes to the nearest cove and hides his ship while waiting for the other boat to pass, then tails them

this happens fine without a hitch
Jack Nickolas arrives at Havana, but is turned away because the British and Spanish are at war. nananannananana RETCOOOOOOON

[blockguy™]

the territories aren't historically accurate but okay
Name: Ralph Johnson
Nationality: England
Hometown: Plymouth
Age and Gender: 32, Male
Allegiance: None.
Class:Pirate
Physical Description: Tall, 6'3", Strong, strong willed, just about everything you'd need in a good captain.
Personal Bio: Ralph loved watching the ships sail out of the port.

So he bought his own ship, found a crew, and set sail.

[TristanLuigi]

the territories aren't historically accurate but okay

they're just about accurate
according to this map anyway but it should be correct plus or minus 15 years

also it generally goes with occupied territory rather than declared territory; america isn't shown as independent until the british actually leave, not when they declare independence
are you going to join or nah

[blockguy™]

they're just about accurate

i was looking at it wrong, sorry

[TristanLuigi]

i was looking at it wrong, sorry

the colors are odd because of the sepia thing, it looks nicer in OP but the link is certainly more informative

also i finished the nation logos and i'm just uploading them now

[Agent Legit 22]

Name: Jack Harfol
Nationality: Britain
Hometown: Newhaven
Age and Gender: 21 Male
Allegiance: British
Class: Admiral
Physical Description: Normal size, 5'3'', beard, average build, strong willed, nationalistic, silent.
Personal Bio: Jack was born in Britain, Newhaven. The first thing he wanted to do was command his own ship. He imagined commanding a merchant ship or dropping sailing completely. But when he got older, his dream for the sea became stronger, and so he joined the British Navy, rose through the ranks, and became Admiral.

[TristanLuigi]

Name: Jack Harfol
Nationality: Britain
Hometown: Newhaven
Age and Gender: 21 Male
Allegiance: British
Class: Admiral
Physical Description: Normal size, 5'3'', beard, average build, strong willed, nationalistic, silent.
Personal Bio: Jack was born in Britain, Newhaven. The first thing he wanted to do was command his own ship. He imagined commanding a merchant ship or dropping sailing completely. But when he got older, his dream for the sea became stronger, and so he joined the British Navy, rose through the ranks, and became Admiral.

Sweet, someone other than a privateer
Accepted, although I suggest you to pick a more reasonable age. The British ask you to attack the Spaniards at Havana.

[Agent Legit 22]

Sweet, someone other than a privateer
Accepted, although I suggest you to pick a more reasonable age. The British ask you to attack the Spaniards at Havana.

Could I have where I'm coming from(like north or south), and where the Spanish are?

[TristanLuigi]

Could I have where I'm coming from, and where the Spanish are?

The Spanish will be in Havana, Cuba, as it is their colony. You'll be coming from your port in the British North American colonies.


The boat Curtis is trailing approaches the Spanish Philippines.