Thursday 4 February 2021

AdamC: Lair of the Great Beast the Terrible (45 Points)

There are monsters in the sea... monsters made by men like the First Rate ship-of the-line.  I've Crisned this one le Terrible, a 110 gun ship that was built at the hight of American Revolution.  When she was built she was one of the largest ships ever built in France 
She made one cruise in American Revolution but didn't see any action. She did see action in the French Revolution.  Batteling the HMS Royal Sovereign, Terribble was dismasted in this fight but her crew did not strike and she was towed by the French back to Brest 
She took part in several other cruises until 1804 when she was decomissioned a broken up. I picked this designation because I like the name and it seemed "monsterous" which helps with the theme of our room. Also her long service means 1780 to 1804 means I can slot her into any number of fictionl scenarios.  Note I set things up so I can switch flages her from Royalist to Revolutionary or even Britiish <gasp>
To give you an idea how monsterous she is compared to other ships here she is with a tird rate ship of the line.... seriously a 75 gun ship is all but invisible when behind her.... 
Here is the same ship in front.  Terrible is long, broad and taller than anything other than a ship of same class.  The room grants me 20 points ad then 25 points for the ship, the minions may add additional points for sails rigging and flags as they see fit.

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