Shan Revan Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) It first came to him in a wild dream of swash buckling pirates and carribean paradises but the ludicrous concept stuck with the omniscient emperor. So much so that he investigated the feasibility of constructing a fleet of galleons for his personal amusement. To his dismay, the empire's faculties were all to advanced and the shipyards all refused. A state of melancholy ensued until he picked up his morning paper and noticed that his friend, Rebel Virginia had a large galleon facility and had just sold several. Quickly the emperor raced to his phone, almost tripping on his robe in the processa and hit the 6th speed dial button. "Hey there popey! It's Shan, How're you doing?" "Why the $%&@ are you calling me at 3am, I was busy dreaming about what's his name's sister." "Oh right timezones. heh, Sorry. Anyway I noticed you have a large galleon industry. If you can provide me with 20 top notch galleons within a week I'll clear the debt on your newly finished bunker." "I think you have a deal. Now if you don't mind I'd like to get back to bed and finish up what I started" "Right right. Call me" Putting down the phone he realised what he had just offered in his excitement and cursed. Ohwell some people would just have to do without lobster for dinner for a while. 3 DAYS LATER The pope decided to get a little vengence, whether he was meant to or not. 3am, Omni Island "Breep breep" "Breep breep" "Breep breep" The phone rang with increasing intensity. The beleagered emperor staggered out of bed "ugghh who the hell is calling me at what... 3am?.. it better not be the pope" "Hello, who am I speaking to?" "Hey buddy, I have your galleons" "dammit, I said I was sorry" "well actually you didn't" "Oh. Well I dreamt I said sorry" "Well that's not good enough now is it!" "Fine fine. So the galleons are ready?" "Yes, all 20 of them. It's amazing what some coersion of alternate labour can achieve" "Yes it certainly is. Well I have some great news. Rebel Virginia is going to be the host to the start of a new sporting event. One of the world's most prestigious and I'll be running it. It shall be GALLEON RACING!!!!" "Galleon racing?! You know those things go rediculously slow right?" "Yes, but it will be compulsary for all contestants to dress and behave like pirates" "Are we talking real pirates or the gay pirates with eye liner?" "Whichever floats their boat... every pun intended. Anyway I'll be sending over reports and stuff and inviting the international community to participate. I'll be putting up a grand prize for the winner." "And what's that?" "I have no idea yet but it will be effin spectacular. Now I'm going to bed. Let's not fight anymore. I'll call you later, with timezone in mind" and with that the happy emperor went back to dreaming about pirates. ****PUBLIC DISPATCH**** The Omniscient Empire is sponsering a galleon race from Rebel Virginia to Morroco. All nations are welcome to sponsor a team in the event. Requirements * All members of the team must dress, talk and behave like a pirate. *All galleons must be one of the standard RV galleons as can be purchased from Rebel Virginia. You can also supply your own so long as it meats the same equivalents. Weapons and superflous modifications are not only allowed but encouraged. However any modified ships must still remain within the galleon classification (wind powered, wooden hull etc) *At least 30% of the crew must be intoxicated at all times during the journey. *ample rum will be provided. The omniscient empire is sponsering the event with a grand prize rumoured to be valued at $100 million. OOC: every day I'm going to post up a weeks progress for the ships. a d36 die will determine how far the ship travels each IC day, (every RL day will be a week of IC travel so a maximum of 7x36=2520km in a week or a top speed of about 8knots (a fast galleon). I'll allow galleons within 100km of eachother to attack after the first week. Results will be dice based. (the distance may be changed for balance purposes) Whatever you put on your ship can be used in rp but probably wont affect the final result (being luck based) Feel free to place bets and the like. The winning team gets a prize, I don't know what it is yet. I'll make a map and stuff and update it as the event continues. Have some fun in this spectacular event!. There may be events, such as storms etc. I'll use a dice to determine these and they will affect participants universally. ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN. Edited January 5, 2009 by Shan Revan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Frost Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 OOC: this thread wins the Internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRCatD Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 "If a galleon is purchased from RV, are participants going to be allowed to bring their gadgets to Rebel Virginia to install on the galleons?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Vortex Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 About 10 different teams applied from the Dragon Empire.. due to the State of Dragonisia's Pirate heritage.... "We want in on this! Yar!" Was one teams vocal response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Seb Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 OOC: Simply awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergerberger II Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 The fastest Galleon in the Fracoist fleet has begun sailing to Rebel Virginia, the former TIS Jihad will be winning this race... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael McBride Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Since the only real religion in the Federation of Pravus Ingruo is that of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the cry went up for a team to be put forward. A national contest was put forth for the best pirates, and a team of fifty chosen from those. The fifty men (and ten women who would be placed aboard the ship as well, since Tom Dobbs did not believe in superstitions and wanted to give the men some motivation) immediately went into training on how to operate a wooden galleon. tl;dr: Pravus Ingruo will be entering one team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Frost Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 The crew of the INS Shinjuku have petitioned and have been approved to pilot a ship. One shall be bought from Rebel Virginia immediately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 The NCS Incapable and her crew shall take part in the race. It is suspected that they will fail in a spectacular manner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Virginia Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 "The Theocratic Bureaucracy will be entering a galleon in this race. One of the twenty we have produced will be christened the RVS Guppy. All crew will be required to have full beards. In addition to donning pirate clothing and speaking and behaving like pirates, they will be given pirate names. Since we're not exactly sure what a pirate name is, they will be called their beard color and a number. For example, a man with a black beard is Blackbeard. The other black bearded man is Blackbeard II. Then there is Redbeard. You get it." the Pope explained. "Additionally, the RVS Guppy will be armed with SAMs, machine guns, Greek fire, and RPGs. Also, cannons too. And one artillery piece. The world will learn to fear our naval prowess." the Pope smirked. "Also, if you wish to enter this race you must buy a galleon from us. They cost three million dollars each. Why so much? Because you have no choice if you want to enter." he said while cackling. "That will be all." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Terra Di Agea Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 The crew of the EDM Manta, an old wooden ship used in historical re-enactment, are overjoyed at such an event. They will arrive promptly, and more than likely drunk from the grog. The Manta during a pirate battle re-enactment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilber Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 The Crew of the DSS Manta Ray wishes to participate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Terra Di Agea Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 The Crew of the DSS Manta Ray wishes to participate. OOC: For simplicity's sake, you may want to change the name of your boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilber Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 OOC: For simplicity's sake, you may want to change the name of your boat. OOC: Hell no. I'll sink you :v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Virginia Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 "We shall remind the world that the galleons must be purchased from Rebel Virginia in order to take part in this extravagant event. Also, all order have been approved. Cough up the money please and you will have your galleon. Also, who wants t-shirts? How about novelty glasses? Souvenir cups? We have lots and lots of merchandise!" the Pope said while showing various cheap products. This galleon race might actually prove profitable for the nation. Quite possibly the first profitable venture ever undertaken by Rebel Virginia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triyun Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 The Crew of the DSS Manta Ray wishes to participate. Lemme guess, its crewed by the ghosts of pantless pirates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Terra Di Agea Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 "We shall remind the world that the galleons must be purchased from Rebel Virginia in order to take part in this extravagant event. Also, all order have been approved. Cough up the money please and you will have your galleon. Also, who wants t-shirts? How about novelty glasses? Souvenir cups? We have lots and lots of merchandise!" the Pope said while showing various cheap products. This galleon race might actually prove profitable for the nation. Quite possibly the first profitable venture ever undertaken by Rebel Virginia. "The crew wonders why. The ship was made in the mid 1800's, has had minimal changes made, and the crew knows the boat quite well. Is there some way we could have the boat checked, to make sure it has no unfair advantages?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Virginia Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 "The crew wonders why. The ship was made in the mid 1800's, has had minimal changes made, and the crew knows the boat quite well. Is there some way we could have the boat checked, to make sure it has no unfair advantages?" "I am terribly sorry, but rules are rules. It must be a Rebel Virginian galleon. No exceptions." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilber Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 "We shall remind the world that the galleons must be purchased from Rebel Virginia in order to take part in this extravagant event. Also, all order have been approved. Cough up the money please and you will have your galleon. Also, who wants t-shirts? How about novelty glasses? Souvenir cups? We have lots and lots of merchandise!" the Pope said while showing various cheap products. This galleon race might actually prove profitable for the nation. Quite possibly the first profitable venture ever undertaken by Rebel Virginia. Of course. We wish to place the order for the crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Thankfully, the captain of the crew is an eccentric self made millionaire, and is more than happy to cough up this sizeable fee, plus a little extra for His Holiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shan Revan Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 All galleons will be checked for unfair advantages by my people. The empire is not participating so as to remain neutral. Also one team per nation please (OOC: I only want to roll so many ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRCatD Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) The Wanatet Corporation quickly pays $3 million to purchase a Galleon before the Pope raises the price any further. Instructions for the construction of special devices are sent in a private message. **Private to Rebel Virginia** We need the following installed. Please take a look at this list and approve of it. If any item is not approved, please give the price required in order to approve it. -Cooling System that provides Air conditioning throughout entire ship, and produces a nice supply of Ice in the shape of cannon shells that can be fired. This is to be installed in the back (below deck) -The cannons to be modified to accommodate firing ice shells -All the square sails replaced with Wanatetan flags, and other sails replaced with a black color -A nice indoor swimming pool in the front (below deck) -4 ping-pong tables on the deck, as well as a half-court basketball court with a hoop -A theatre in the middle below deck. It can switch between being a movie theatre or a performing theatre -An indoor dining hall on the deck on the back, with an exposed dining area on top of the indoor dining hall. -A nice umbrella or just a roof to shield the whole deck. Make sure it doesn't block the sails in any way. -Automatic systems for aligning the sails and driving the galleon -Automatic food service system -The outside to be painted in the following design: **Design attached** **End Message** Edited January 5, 2009 by XRCatD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Virginia Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Of course. We wish to place the order for the crew. "Three million for a galleon, and as for a crew, we don't sell human being. Unless the price is right of course." the Pope chuckled. "How much are you willing to pay?" *Private to Wanatet* Seems complex, but we can handle it. Send us some engineers and we'll provide the labor. Also, how much you will to pay? *End* "The Theocratic Bureaucracy will now be raising the price for galleons to five million dollars. All of those who haven't ordered yet, sorry." The Pope gave a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 As an eccentric multimillionaire, the captain of the Incapable will pay for every teams galleon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Terra Di Agea Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 "I am terribly sorry, but rules are rules. It must be a Rebel Virginian galleon. No exceptions." "Then we will need it built in a traditional British style, out of white oak, with dark colored sails. Ideally it would have thick, hemp rope, sales made from traditional canvas, metal trim on the outer walls, glass windows, and a brig, the brig is necessary, the sailors say that they can never sail without a urine soaked lunatic aboard." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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