Virgil Kyle

Biography
Captains full name: Virgil Kyle

Rank Held in the squadron: Esquire

Career: Naval Officer

Age of joining the Navy: 17 years of age

Current Age: 28 years old

Reasons for joining the RN:

-Valour in the rescue of the crew of an important merchantman vessal awarded with admittance into the Royal Navy.

-The chance to help the Royal Navy dominate the seas, and thus make them safe for future peaceful enterprises.

Sum up your captain’s personality and traits: I am good-natured and popular with my crew, and have gained their loyalty and respect through kind and fair, but still firm and disciplined, treatment at sea, as well as relative leniency when in port. I have been told I am fierce in combat, never giving up or waivering in the face of adversity, but I am fair and kind-hearted to the foe outside of combat, and I try my best to show mercy to them when they admit their defeat. I always endeavour to be a good man, a peaceful man, yet still a determined fighter and worthy foe when I must be.

Captains Quote: "Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly." -Virgil

Your captains aims and goals: To work towards the greater good of the Squadron and the King, and maintain my conscience and discretion even when faced with the evil and malice of my enemies. To be fierce in battle, gentle in peace, and merciful to the defeated.

Friends and Family
Bruce Kyle - A British-aligned Privateer, and Virgil Kyle's father.

Laura Ashley-Cooper - Romantic interest of Virgil Kyle, visiting Kyle on a furlow from her father's estate at Shaftesbury, England.

William of Berwick - Kyle's good friend, the 'Mad Duke', who was entrusted to Kyle's care until he escaped in the night some weeks ago on a 'borrowed' rowboat...

Record of Achievement

 * December 1st 1720 - Governor's Commendation For services to the Squadron out of game.


 * November 1st 1720 - Promotion to Esquire


 * November 1st 1720 - Military Cross presented for meritorious heroism in battle against another player.


 * September 2008 - Admiral's Commendation - Awarded for continuing work on the wiki


 * August 2008 - St. George Citation - Awarded for meritorious service in helping other societies to run the blockade of Port Royal.


 * June 2008 - Promotion to Master - Promotion awarded after successful patronage.

Background Story
My full Christian name is Virgil Amadeus Kyle, although I don't commonly include my middle name in formal communication, as I feel I have little in common with the man who made the name famous. I am currently the captain of the H.M.S. Aquila, a sturdy, fast frigate of 44 guns and respectable tonnage and ability sailing in service of His Majesty's crown in the Caribbean. I hail from the free colony of Newport, in Rhode Island, among his Kingship's 13 colonies in North America. However, I am only first-generation 'American', as my father hails from the city-state of Brandenburg, while my mother is a combination of English and Scottish blood, and hails from England. I know; it is an odd mixture, but it has made me who I am, as well as provided me with the opportunites I now have. Because of my mother's heritage, as well as my assistence to a British merchantman in distress off the coast off of Rhode Island some 11 years ago, I have been granted captaincy under the British crown. I was only doing what was right, of course, and I would have rescued those men regardless of nation or creed, but the Admiralty was sufficiently impressed enough by my actions to grant me admittance into the Royal Navy, and furthermore give me captaincy due to my record as a capable, if young, civilian captain. In my current role as a captain of the British Royal Navy, I have seen my fair share of battle, and blood, but insofar as it has been in defense of goodness and righteousness, I view it as a life well-spent. In the future, I hope to provide England with many more years of faithful service, for as long as she will have me!

Shipography
PotBS Commands
 * HMS Ranger - 'Curieuse' class heavy snow - Broken up after foundering off the Caymen Islands
 * HMS Aspis - 'Raa' class mastercraft frigate - Scuttled after sustaining heavy battle damage off Santo Domingo
 * HMS Thorn - 'Algiers' class refit polacre - Currently laid up due to extensive battle damage sustained off Turtling Bay in the Yucatan
 * HMS Bucephalus - 'Alexander' class fourth rate - Lost in port battle against Brethren pirates during the 'Last Stand at Bridgetown'
 * HMS Striker - 'Conquistador' sleek frigate - Currently laid up due to damage sustained at the Battle of Cayo de Marquis
 * HMS Fury - 'Postillionen' class heavy frigate - Sold to Bruce Kyle, the Rhode Island privateer, and familial relation


 * HMS Grace - 'Mediator' mastercraft cutter - Assigned to the Yucatan for trading and escort duties
 * HMS Judicator - 'Dauntless' frigate - Assigned to the 'Redtails' battle group, under Captain James Maddox
 * HMS Aquila - 'Mercy' class naval frigate - Active duty, currently operating out of Nassau
 * HMS Vindicator - 'Reason' class fourth rate - Active duty, operating out of Orleans
 * HMS Pellinore - 'Valiant' class third rate - Active duty, currently operating out of Sisal