Action - 1721 -October 17 - Pirates off of Belize!

Ships in Action:
British Captains of Saint George Squadron of the White

Commodore Lord Joseph Fletcher - HMS Bude, Tigre-class Mastercraft Frigate

Captain Baron James Raleigh - HMHV Redoubt, Trinidad-class Frigate

Captain Sir Jean Lafitte - HMHV Windbreaker, Capriceaux-class Mastercraft Frigate

Captain Sir Roderick Morrow - HMS Ares, Tigre-class Mastercraft Frigate

Captain Kyle McAvoy - HMS Saturn, Hercules-Sleek class Frigate

Captain Jessie Ashden - HMS Marius, Tigre-class Mastercraft Frigate

Pirate Captains

Matt Macer, Conquistador Sleek

Lil Treb Macer, Conquistador Sleek

Montague Callahan, Minerva MC

Mariuela Orgins, Coonquistador sleek

Swedish Chef, Conquistador Sleek

Rizzo the Rat, Conquistador Sleek

Action_Setup:
While trying to put some points on Bleize for the port battle tomorrow, Frenchy got tagged by a Rat. 5 SGS members moved to join the ight as did some more Rats. SGS formed a line as quick as they could while the pirates came in at diffrent locations due to reinforcement locations'''

The Action Itself
The Rats were split up a bit and all were failfitted so that there armor was paper thin. They tried to slow down and pick us off one at a time but because of this encircling strategy they tried they were never able to bring enough guns to bear on us and soon Rizzo the Rat went down to give us our first kill. However, even though the pirates could not bring a lot to bear, they still managed to widdle down Captain Ashden and soon after Ripper sank, so too did Ashden. At this point to battle was in the balance as Morrow was heavily damaged and due to loss of crew and spiking could not turn but Lord Fletcher came in and gave Morrow a great block allowing him to fully repair and soon after that another Rat, Matt Mercer, went down to the Locker. All during this time due to the heat of battle and the rat spikes, SGS got fanned out a bit and soon Lafitte went down as they were able to pick him off at the end of the line and Baron Raleigh became heavily damaged but still in the fight, however, though able to rejoin the line somewhat and help to finish off a third Rat before he was struck down by Swedish Chef and another as one hit him in the stern and another on the bow. Morrow gave a devastating blow to the one on the stern hitting him directly on hte nose but the two ships did what they needed to do and sank Raleigh, however this left the Rats still somewhat spread out and McAvoy, Fletcher, and Morrow put the finishing touches on the one who helped to sink Raleigh. As the fourth one sank, the other two still floating had had enough and ran away.

The Result
SGS earns a narrow victory.

SGS lost 1 x Trinidad, 1 x Cap MC and 1 x Tigre MC

Rats lost 4 x Conq Sleeks

Lessons Learned
After watching a video presented by Captain McAvoy, I have concluded that actually having a tight line would have led to the engagement being lost as the Rats would ahve simply hit the rear with a few ships while the others played tag with the front to keep them occupied. Still we tried to keep close together and this would allow for a the block Lord Fletcher gave Captain Morrow later though we could not do anything of the rear of the line. Frenchy and Raleigh, however, contributed by holding the attention of three Rats and those three continued to pay little attention to anyone by Raleigh for a a minute or two even after Frenchy went down. This allowed for the block by Lord Fletcher and for Morrow to repair and then for those two and McAvoy to finish off the separated Rats. Still Guardians and Escorts could have been better and it is up to each individual captain to call for them when needed, as well as to make sure that you have things like bronze or explosive, gunpowders, admiral overhauls, experts, etc so that you can stay in the fight and do maximum damage.