Jason Lance

Biography
Captains full name: Jason Lance

Rank Held in the squadron: Gentelman

Career: Naval Officer

Age of joining the Navy: 16

Current Age: 34

Reason for joining the RN: To continue long lasting family tradition of service to King and Country.

Sum up your captain’s personality and traits: Calm and composed, a true "Officer and gentelman" in service of the Crown, Jason Lance can no longer imagine the life without the sea and deck under his feet. He is rummoured to sometimes turn the blind eye on crewmembers getting in trouble while on shore leave, but woe to anyone who would think of crossing his will at sea! he has a keen interest in history of naval warfare and is known to use quotes from famed battles of the past when describing his own plans.

Captains Quote: Gentelman, our duty is clear, and so are our orders. To your stations!

Your captains aims and goals: To serve the Crown as his predecessors have done, and make his family proud. To serve his time and one day retire to live the rest of his life as a gentelman should and see his sons continue on the tradition.

Friends and Family
Willem Mollen, freetrader

Record of Achievement
15th August 1720 - Promotion to Master

August 1720 - Enlisted in the Squadron

Background Story
Jason Lance was born at July 23 of 1686 to Silvia and Andrew Lance (Esquire) in Portsmouth. Ha had an older brother - James and sister - Alice. Lance family have had a long tradition of service in Royal military - be it Army or Navy, and was moderately wealthy. As result, Jason recived good education in what his father considered teachings necessary for a genetelman - history, law, natural sciences and mathematics, swordplay and manners. At 1702 Jason was 16 and deemed old enough to begin his career in Navy proper - his older brother was already in Army, and on may the 15th he stepped onboard HMS Torbay as midshipman under command of Sir Thomas Hopsonn - and in the october of the same year so his first major action in Battle of Vigo as HMS Torbay was ordered to break the boom made of masts and scrapped oarts of ships by spanish to protect the enterance into Vigo bay. He continued to serve onboard HMS Torbay untill 1709 - first as midshipman, then as lieutenant. At june 13th of 1709 he recived orders to assume command of HMS Veneration - aging 10 gun sloop and took part in merchant traffic interdiction efforts off the shore of France, capturing several smaller merchantman. As the war with spain draw close HMS veneration succeeded in capturing French 18 gun sloop-of-war - because of poor weather, it's captain had decided to take shelter in one of bays on the coast of France, however, the same bay was chosen by Captain Lance, who caught the frenchman unprepared for battle, raked it's deck by cannonfire, then led his crew in boarding action, capturing the vessel and third of it's crew, although not the unlucky captain who had died in fighting. In following morning HMS Veneration led it's prize over the channel to Portsmouth. Following this success, and noting the exemplary service of Cpt. Lance, he recived command of newely christiened HMS Adventurer - 24 gun frigate and promotion to rank of Commander. As the war ended, Admirality shifted it's assets and after several less eventfull years HMS Adventurer was eventually reassigned to the Caribean Station where it arrived at July 18th of 1718. On the August 1720 HMS Adventurer, still under captain Lance, was assigned to St George Squadron of the White. During early august of 1720, extensive refits to HMS Adventurer are finished and her was re-classified as 36 gun twin-deck frigate.