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I'll get to posting some time tonight.

So this is in modern times and not the heyday of piracy during Victorian England and prior? Hmm. Then may I be a British soldier leading the task force to take you ruffians down? That would appeal to me far more than being a pirate, unless you'd rather I play the part of the ship's Bosun. Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

TheWalrus

My lack of posting is because I figured it would flow better if posted after Imogen_22 considering you asked her a direct question, by the way.

TheWalrus: Originally I was planning on having this in modern times just with the old time pirate twist but thinking about it, the ship would be blown up with all of the weapons of today so actually I'm going to take this back to the older times. Either way you can be any character.

Averagebear, no problem and yeah that'd probably work better.

That is excellent! I will draw up a profile as ship's Bosun and post it soon. For those of you who don't know what a Bosun does or is, I shall tell you.

The Bosun works in a ship as the foreman of the deck crew. Sometimes, the Bosun is also a third or fourth mate. A Bosun must be highly skilled in all matters of marlinespike seamanship (rope stuff) required for working on deck of a seagoing vessel. The Bosun is distinguished from other able seamen by the supervisory roles: planning, scheduling, and assigning work. Examples include maintenance and upkeep of the ship, handling of the ship's rigging and ground tackle, coordination of underway replenishment operations, maintenance and operation of the ship's boats, supervision of diving and salvage operations (including towing), and serving as shipboard seamanship specialists.

Cheers,

TheWalrus

Alright, sounds good!

Name: Akram "Hawk" Raja

Role: Ship's Bosun

Age: 45

Weapons: French Rapier, Two Clockwork Pistols.

Personality: The Spirit of Fire's Bosun is a veteran sea-salt, a troubled man by the name of Akram Raja, although no one ever refers to him by his first name. The cantankerous Indian from Calcutta enforces discipline aboard the ship with the simple expedient of hurling worthless lubbers over the rail. Raja himself reels in those he thinks worth saving, particularly anyone showing some skill in battle, after letting them flounder in terror of an appropriate amount of time. Such men quickly find themselves at the front of the next boarding party, and Raja sheds no tears if they take a bullet to the gut or drop screaming into the waves between ships. Some have made the mistake of thinking this Stearn demeanor an act and attempted to call the Bosun's bluff. Such idiots rarely get the chance to repeat their blunder.

Raja has a bit of a cruel streak, evidenced by his treatment of fools and his enjoyment of delivering cut-rate explosives through cannons on the end of a sharp harpoon. Few things make him smile like watching an enemy explode and take down a few of his mates for good measure. He has a deserved reputation for going to similarly imaginative extremes when executing shipboard justice against any crew severely neglecting their duties.

Raja has a strong personal attachment to his ship, whatever ship he happens to serve on and sees any attack on the vessel as a personal affront. Each time a cannonball strikes the hull, decks, sails, of railings, his frown deepens, his eyes narrow, and his teeth clench his pipe a bit tighter as he works himself into a proper rage for battle. He takes a sadistic pleasure in watching a wounded adversary plead for his life as they bleed from a rapier wound or gunshot.

The Bosun has a strong sense of duty, but began his seaborne career at 16 as a Shanghaied boy in the British Navy, where his constant disrespect for the Navy resulted in several floggings and a keel-hauling. He escaped after two years and traveled to France, where he learned fencing and pistol dueling and then joined the French Navy at 20, where he served for 20 years, at which time he retired from the Navy and began to sell his exploits as a mercenary privateer. He has been serving with Captain Nicholas Evans for the past four years, and has stood at his side through thick and thin.

Appearance: Akram Raja is a mountain of a man, nearly 6' 2' and all muscle. He wears thick black boots, crimson canvas pants, a brown belt that he stole from an English officer: festooned with pouches and bags, a tank-top style shirt with horizontal black and white stripes, he completes this outfit with a worn and battered peaked officer's cap and brass pipe. His dark brown skin is covered in tattoos portraying everything from Indian designs to nautical monsters. He has a long foo-man-chew mustache, scraggly from dust and grime, and his face is often covered in rough stubble.

There we go, I hope you like it. By the way, what it the name of our ship? I would like to throw Queen Anne, Atramentous, Calamitas, Particular Justice, Spirit of Fire, and Talion our there for possible names.

Cheers,

TheWalrus

Excellent profile. I'm taking a liking to Spirit of Fire. Mind if we use it as the name?

I am pleased that you like my profile, and I would be honoured if we used Spirit of Fire for the ship. That is my personal favorite. So, I take it that I may post in the IC thread now?

Cheers,

TheWalrus

Yeah, totally. Go ahead.

TheWalrus, I was planning on mentioning your character in my first post but I just wanted to clarrify what the other crew members called him. Considering he's in a higher position than my character I'm guessing I could just say sir but when it's not in dialouge should I adress him as Raja or Hawk?

I am sure that anything you'd like to call him he would be fine with. A man like Raja is not going to be as hard on the essential crew, which most of the player-characters seem to be. "Sir" or "Raja" is fine, but "Hawk" is just as well. In fact, the only people who should fear Raja are the NPC crew. Yes, they will fear his wrath, FEAR IT!

Cheers,

TheWalrus

Alright, I'm sorry it's taking me a while to post, but I'm currently drowning in homework. :S I'm going to try and post tonight, and if I don't, I most definitely, definitely will tomorrow night.

Haha, it's fine. Both you and Cap'n , the main characters, have been gone but we've managed to occupy ourselves rather well, I'd say. Don't stress over it.

Yessss! Posted! *punches fist in the air*

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imogen_22 needs to poooost. This way I can poooost. D:

And then Averagebear needs to post so I can!

EDIT: Thanks for posting, imogen. I was worried that this RP had died too, I hope that it won't, I think it could be a really fun time!

Cheers,

TheWalrus

Phew, I finally got to post again! Thanks imogen.

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