Event #10: WHO RULES THE SEAS LOG
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Event #10: WHO RULES THE SEAS LOG
The Corsairs disperse to complete their work across the Eternal Ocean, the whole of the organization is buzzing with activity. The scholars are hard at work on drawings and the engineers on the initial fabrication of the weapons. The Flotsam fleet is rather thin as ships are criss-crossing the ocean ferrying Corsairs to areas to complete their important work.
MISSIONS
A Mine Reborn: The captured mine on Hesaeth has remained silent since the Corsairs collapsed it on the Imperial heads during the defense of Flotsam. With the additional expert manpower from Vindess, however, the Corsairs are prepared to breathe life back into it, making it operational once more.
Priority: Semi-Optional, at least one log for securing metal must be completed.
Recommended roles: Gatherers
Challenges: The cave-in the Corsairs caused was quite extreme, so re-excavating the mine will be dangerous and difficult work.
Extra: If both A Mine Reborn and Salvaged Steel are completed, the Gambit “Surplus Steel” will become available for the following mission.
Salvaged Steel: The battlefield that was once the mining town of Vindess is mostly quiet now, with Imperials cleaning the area with the intent to move in new citizens and servants to work the mines. While this is occurring, the gear and equipment from the fallen soldiers is still available for the pickings, so long as a crew of Corsairs is daring enough to do so.
Priority: Semi-Optional, at least one log for securing metal must be completed.
Recommended roles: Infiltrators
Log Leader: This log is eligible for a Log Leader, if one is chosen we will message the leader additional details.
Challenges: Stealing the equipment under the noses of the Imperials will be difficult, exceptional stealth and logistics will be required.
Extra: If both A Mine Reborn and Salvaged Steel are completed, the Gambit “Surplus Steel” will become available for the following mission.
Gunpowder Raid: Synthesizing gunpowder in the Eternal Ocean is difficult. There are a few sources of sulfur, most notably some of the volcanic areas of Hesaeth, but by and large the Corsairs get by on Imperial supplies. With the immense amount of powder these new weapons will require, the current stores are not enough to sustain both it and the standard Corsair operations, so more must be stolen. The Corsairs are targeting an Imperial Supply Run to Elysium.
Priority: Semi-Optional, at least one log for securing gunpowder must be completed.
Recommended Roles: Combatants
Log Leader: This log is eligible for a Log Leader, if one is chosen we will message the leader additional details.
Challenges: Corsairs will need to capture, but not sink the Imperial escort ships so they can steal their resources.
Extra: If both Gunpowder Raid and Sulfur Hunt are completed, the Gambit “Surplus Powder” will become available for the following mission.
Sulfur Hunt: The Corsairs will need to make their way into Imperial territory near one of the active Hesaeth labor camps and steal their sulfur supplies.
Priority: Semi-Optional, at least one log for securing gunpowder must be completed.
Recommended Roles: Infiltrators and Gatherers
Log Leader: This log is eligible for a Log Leader, if one is chosen we will message the leader additional details.
Challenges: The Corsairs will need to sneak past both guards and miners both in order to obtain the sulfur, as well as find a way to remove the large barrels without attracting attention.
Extra: If both Gunpowder Raid and Sulfur Hunt are completed, the Gambit “Surplus Powder” will become available for the following mission.
Archipelago Sweep: The Fallen Isles must be swept of hostile Imperials so the new weaponry may be set up. This must occur with precision on an exact date in order to secure the islands for the Corsairs before the Imperials can muster the legions.
Priority: Critical
Recommended Roles: Combatants
Log Leader: This log is eligible for a Log Leader, if one is chosen we will message the leader additional details.
Challenges: This attack will require a coordinated sweep from a bulk of the Corsair combat ships, airships, and armors. It will be a large-scale engagement the likes of which the Corsairs have never undertaken before.
Turncoat Nobility: The Fallen Isles house many nobles who are at least somewhat sympathetic to the Corsairs or otherwise firm in their preference to live far removed from the Empire. These nobles might be turned to the cause.
Priority: Optional
Recommended Roles: Negotiators
Log Leader: This log is eligible for a Log Leader, if one is chosen we will message the leader additional details.
Challenges: The nobility in the Fallen Isles are a diverse bunch and while some are sympathetic to the Corsairs, some are not. The Corsairs will need to carefully negotiate in order to ensure success, and prevent an early warning to the other Isle residents that the attack is coming.
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QUESTIONS
Date: 2025-06-10 03:58 am (UTC)FINAL PARTY PLANNING
Date: 2025-06-10 03:59 am (UTC)A MINE REBORN
Date: 2025-06-10 03:59 am (UTC)SALVAGED STEEL
Date: 2025-06-10 03:59 am (UTC)GUNPOWDER RAID
Date: 2025-06-10 04:00 am (UTC)ARCHIPELAGO RAID
Date: 2025-06-10 04:02 am (UTC)TURNCOAT NOBILITY
Date: 2025-06-10 04:02 am (UTC)Archipelago Sweep
Date: 2025-06-13 04:44 am (UTC)If no one else wants to, I can be log leader.
Salvaged Steel
Date: 2025-06-13 03:37 pm (UTC)VILLAIN FIGHT
Date: 2025-06-14 12:01 am (UTC)They struck her home. Her stronghold. How dare they! How dare they!
She'd had to spend several weeks overseeing repairs, but the rage had continued to burn and smoulder, into it became an inferno.
Such disrespect will not be tolerated. And if you can't rely on your servants to defend a supposedly highly-defended fortress...well, then some things one must do yourself.
And so away she goes, transformed into a dark will-of-the-wisp, until she finds the floating fleet of Flotsam. She alights on the bow of the biggest ship, as the sky above darkens into a terrible storm.
"Degenerates," she says, in a voice that magically rings out across the entire fleet. "Fools. Pathetic insects with delusions of heroism. Did you dare to think that your insult would be forgotten?"
Lightning strikes the ship's mast, and begins to burn. And Maleficent faces the fleet with yellow, hellish eyes.
"Now you shall deal with me," she says - and then her form begins to change. Skin becomes dark black scales, nails become vicious class, teeth and jaw become a giant maw within which burns the fires of hell. And she grows larger, and larger again, until she is the size of one of a ship herself.
Her true form, finally revealed - the Duchess Maleficent is a dragon. And she is here for revenge.
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Date: 2025-06-14 01:31 am (UTC)The first trick is Ultrahand; a ethereal line of green light that stretches from his right hand to any fallen boulder, and lifts it up like it were a feather. Whenever Link does this, his arm changes into a strange form - but the moment he releases a boulder and the light disappears, his arm returns to a normal appearance. But with Ultrahand, Link can easily move what would normally be quite difficult for multiple people to move.
The second trick is bomb flowers, and the willingness to use them. If Ultrahand can't dislodge any fallen debris, explosions will more than do the job.
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Date: 2025-06-14 05:19 am (UTC)Gunpowder Raid
Date: 2025-06-15 07:20 am (UTC)Re: Archipelago Sweep
Date: 2025-06-16 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-16 12:25 am (UTC)(Link hasn't asked about growing them, but presumably someone has set up something for him.)
The new magic isn't that out of line for what wizards can do back home, so Ilphyl is more concerned with what can be cleared with their own magic, which often was going back in and refining Link's demotions so it becomes a stable passage with a good floor for moving loads. It means spending a lot of time in their base form, which means occasionally Ilphyl might need a break. A deep rothé was a familiar animal to Ilphyl even if the animal (not quite a musk-ox, but in that familiar) was not common in the area.
Re: VILLAIN FIGHT
Date: 2025-06-16 12:45 am (UTC)A dragon... his lips split into an almost maniacal grin - Harlock knew he had descended from knights, but to think it's him - a pirate that would actually get to battle though the excitement was tempered by the curse over his head. There's no turning back, and he'll be damned if he just hang back now.
"My friend..." He whispers softly as he ran his fingers over the . "You know what to do in the worse case," with that, he lifted his head, calling out loud and clear across the Flotsam's network. "The Arcadia has arrived and we'll be providing artillery support! Any ship that is in no shape to fight - fall back, we will cover your retreat."
With that, the guns took aim before firing off an opening volley - more to draw her attention.
Re: VILLAIN FIGHT
Date: 2025-06-16 02:58 am (UTC)"Flotsam Command to Sea Stirrer, location and nature?"
"It's-- it's a witch, she's transforming, we're..."
"Commodore, should we respond? We've a load of steel."
"Captain, you took me in for six months, and you cannot even answer that!?" Natalia near as roared and picked up the ship's wire. "Attention, all hands! Slip Penguin livery, run up Flotsam colors! Engine room, all ahead flank!"
"Engine room, all ahead flank," Eowyn called back.
"Penguin livery struck, ma'am."
"Flotsam Command, this is Mad Archer, responding to code black." Natalia watched the speedometer and the helm like a hawk.
"Mad Archer, this is Flotsam Command. Switch to channel 5 for response control."
"Flotsam Command, Mad Archer, clearing channel."
Natalia listened to the other ships reporting in. "All hands, general stations."
"Bridge, engine room, we are all ahead flank!"
"All ahead flank confirmed. Deploy luftfoils!" Natalia braced herself against the turbulence of sea-based takeoff.
Outside the ship, a half-dozen luftfoils on each side moved from inside the hull to outside, giving an impression of unfurling wings. This, then, was the project Grand Penguin!
The Mad Archer suddenly picked up speed as water resistance became air resistance, and Natalia braced perfectly against the helm, and laughed. Airborne! They were airborne! It worked! She rotated the luftfoils and raised the flaps. A little higher now, to keep from crashing into the waves. "Engine room, all ahead cruise."
"Cruise aye."
"Captain, i have to pilot, inform response, please."
Captain Bart Clinton got on the ENC. "Fleet Response this is Mad Archer, alt 500, ceiling 20,000, speed 95, vector 159 to intercept with Sea Stirrer, advise."
"-- Mad Archer, fleet response, repeat speed?"
"Fleet response, ninety-five knots."
"-- understood, Mad Archer. Proceed present course and altitude. ETA three minutes."
"Besides," Natalia says. "We promised to deliver to this detachment, yes? It's just a little hotter than we thought is all. Battle stations! Battle stations!"
"Fore castle, turret secure."
"Aft castle, turret secure."
"Port castle, all bays secure and readied."
"Starboard castle, all bays secure and loaded."
And now, all Natalia had to hope was that they were better shots than Russians were.
"Archer, fire for effect as soon as you have a solution."
"Fleet response, Archer, fire for effect, aye."
"Bridge, fore castle, i see the dragon."
"Fore castle, bridge, fire for effect!"
The Arcadia's ether cannons barked before the Archer's did, but her firing angle is wildly different. Hopefully that might pin down the dragon just a touch.
Re: Gunpowder Raid
Date: 2025-06-16 03:11 am (UTC)because shucks howdy--
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Date: 2025-06-16 03:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-16 07:59 am (UTC)As Ilphyll deploys their magic though, Link gets a little distracted from his own work. Because this spell, he hasn't seen before - and he's fascinated.
"...You make walls?" He says, wondering over to peer at Ilphyll's handiwork.
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Date: 2025-06-17 01:01 am (UTC)Renne nimbly alights upon the deck of the Arcadia, a blue glow surrounding her as she gathers as much energy she can into a blue jewel. "Cestus Phantasm!"
The waters surge as an enormous whale of water and mirage suddenly emerges from the deep abyss and explodes from the water, launching its enormous body through the air and at Maleficent. The water and mirage ether make it seem a physical form, but should it impact it will explode in a burst of magic, dispelling any beneficial effects and draining the capabilities of its hapless target.
Turncoat Nobility
Date: 2025-06-17 01:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-17 01:33 am (UTC)That was the thing about magic; for things that could be done with ordinary labor, it was often more effective to just get a bunch of people with tools, but a spellcaster could get something done quickly.
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Date: 2025-06-17 04:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-17 10:17 am (UTC)And still useful, in this instance. Link's bombs were fast, and Ultrahand let him perform the work of multiple hours of manpower in just moment...but if things went wrong here, neither of those abilities would be able to help.
"...Save for collapses?" he suggests.