The Guardian
Praetorian
Privateers and pirates were essentially the same thing: privateers simply carried a government license called a "Letter of Marque." Those whose ships were plundered made little distinction, and when potential gain increased, many privateers turned to indiscriminate piracy. For the most part, these marauders were beneficial to the Crown's interests, as they often ransacked enemy merchant ships. However, once a rogue, always a rogue, and the Crown's own ships became fair game when a convenient opportunity arose. By 1700, the pirates actually ruled Nassau (insofar as lawless riot and drunken revelry constitute rule), and chased off to Great Exuma most of what remained of the law-abiding citizenry. Edward Teach, the notorious Blackbeard, took Fort Nassau as his residence and played cat and mouse games with the British Royal Navy. Finally in 1718, the British Crown had had enough and decided that the pirates needed "putting down."
The British government appointed the former privateer Woodes Rogers as Royal Governor of the colony, and he began his campaign by offering royal pardons to those who would cease their illegal activities. However there were a few exceptions: Blackbeard, a swashbuckler named Charles Vane, and eight other pirates were sought for criminal prosecution. Blackbeard and Vane escaped--the latter after burning a ship to cover his getaway. Blackbeard was eventually killed in June 1718 off the coast of Virginia in a legendary sea battle.
This scenario is a remake of Pirates! Yarr! by Paasky.
It is designed as primarily as a Multi-player Scenario
Just about everything has been changed. There are new unit, The map has been updated, and changed to Snoopy's terrain graphics, with some additions courtesy of pounder's graphics. I have also added additional some additional ships, changed some ships and deleted others.
A ship table has been included. Ship List
There are several people (members of this Forum) that need to be recognized for this scenario being redone and completed.
First I would like to thank Eclipse4449. He is the one that posted the request for someone to finish this scenario. He also provided suggestions and did a lot play testing to help work out the bugs.
Lanzelot and Arexander who also provided some key assistance with play testing and debugging.
I want to give a special thanks to tom2050 and Vuldacon for there assistance with some of the unit graphics and LH's. Without your help this would not have been possible
I also want to thank Imperator, Ares de Borg, Pounder, Wyrmshadow and all the other unit modders whose units I incorperated into the scenario.
If I forgot to mention anyone, I apologize now. It is not intentional but rather because I am just a forgetful old man
Download scenario files HERE
It has come to my attention that the Biq file contains a serious error. The French city of Petit Goave (Just south of the Swashbuckler capital of Tortuga) is completely landlocked due to the placement of a reef directly south of Petit Goave. I have corrected that error and removed the reef. You correct the error by removing the reef yourself, or download the corrected Biq file View attachment Pirates! Yarr!.zip
The British government appointed the former privateer Woodes Rogers as Royal Governor of the colony, and he began his campaign by offering royal pardons to those who would cease their illegal activities. However there were a few exceptions: Blackbeard, a swashbuckler named Charles Vane, and eight other pirates were sought for criminal prosecution. Blackbeard and Vane escaped--the latter after burning a ship to cover his getaway. Blackbeard was eventually killed in June 1718 off the coast of Virginia in a legendary sea battle.
This scenario is a remake of Pirates! Yarr! by Paasky.
It is designed as primarily as a Multi-player Scenario
Just about everything has been changed. There are new unit, The map has been updated, and changed to Snoopy's terrain graphics, with some additions courtesy of pounder's graphics. I have also added additional some additional ships, changed some ships and deleted others.
A ship table has been included. Ship List
There are several people (members of this Forum) that need to be recognized for this scenario being redone and completed.
First I would like to thank Eclipse4449. He is the one that posted the request for someone to finish this scenario. He also provided suggestions and did a lot play testing to help work out the bugs.
Lanzelot and Arexander who also provided some key assistance with play testing and debugging.
I want to give a special thanks to tom2050 and Vuldacon for there assistance with some of the unit graphics and LH's. Without your help this would not have been possible
I also want to thank Imperator, Ares de Borg, Pounder, Wyrmshadow and all the other unit modders whose units I incorperated into the scenario.
If I forgot to mention anyone, I apologize now. It is not intentional but rather because I am just a forgetful old man
Download scenario files HERE
It has come to my attention that the Biq file contains a serious error. The French city of Petit Goave (Just south of the Swashbuckler capital of Tortuga) is completely landlocked due to the placement of a reef directly south of Petit Goave. I have corrected that error and removed the reef. You correct the error by removing the reef yourself, or download the corrected Biq file View attachment Pirates! Yarr!.zip
