Brethren of the Brick Seas (BoBS) Introduction and Starting Thread

[SkaForHire]

Drop it like its hot.

[kaiju]

Quick question: are we allowed to rename a captured ship?

Edited May 23, 2016 by kaiju

[Bregir]

Quick question: are we allowed to rename a captured ship?

Quick Answer:

Yes - it has been done already, I believe!

Just make sure it is made clear. (Eg. write: "Unsinkable 2 (Formerly unsinkable 1)" when you capture it)

Edited May 23, 2016 by Bregir

[Mike S]

For those of you that like to see the big picture, here is a map of BoBS discovered lands as of May 616:

Edited May 23, 2016 by Mike S

[Kolonialbeamter]

Wow, cool greeeaat map! Thanks for putting this together, Mike. Sure helps to get an overview

[TitusV]

Nice map!

[Elostirion]

Thanks for the map, Mike!

I've added them to brickseas.com as well (feel free to visit and click around the map). My map over there will need some finetuning, but for first this should do. Feel free to add your builds on those new islands...

Edited May 23, 2016 by Elostirion

[SilentWolf]

I had a question for discussion. What would be considered the best category to license an onshore fishing MOC as? I think it could fit vaguely into several categories so I was curious what others might have already done or what others thought.

[dr_spock]

I had a question for discussion. What would be considered the best category to license an onshore fishing MOC as? I think it could fit vaguely into several categories so I was curious what others might have already done or what others thought.

I licensed my whale oil processing as a factory. What is your fishing MOC?

[SilentWolf]

I built a small fishing Indian build for challenge 1. As there is now a settlement where it happened, I was thinking of licensing it.

[CelesAurivern]

I built a small fishing Indian build for challenge 1. As there is now a settlement where it happened, I was thinking of licensing it.

Mmmm, it's fishing for subsistence right?

Perhaps cultural, since it's a way of life?

Else I would put it under farming (plantation)

[Capt Wolf]

I like the idea of licensing it as a plantation, especially if they're fishing in the same spot regularly. It serves the same function as a farm/plantation.

[Bregir]

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, brave sailors of the Brick Seas,

Are you too troubled by the pirate and privateer menace, preying on peaceful shipping in New Terra and beyond? Or are you simply a sword for hire looking to turn a profit for you and your crew?

Then search no more! The great empires of the Brick Seas are looking for your help in fighting this scourge, so head over there and sign up! Glory and profits await for Oleanders, Eslandolianderians, Corrishmen, and Sea Rats alike!

The Brick Seas Purge of 616

Edited May 24, 2016 by Bregir

[SkaForHire]

the MRCA form for may is up and running with the contractor option.

There is a new army raising form

And a form telling us where units are located. Use this form to move forces from now on.

[Jacob Nion]

the MRCA form for may is up and running with the contractor option.

There is a new army raising form

And a form telling us where units are located. Use this form to move forces from now on.

So do troops on vessels work as increasing modifier for boarding action? And does this work for the coming MRCA?

Aaaaaand how can we dismiss troops we don't need anymore?

[Capt Wolf]

How many additional troops can a ship carry?

[Garmadon]

Every platoon is worth 2 in the crew rating, and every ship may take on board only enough troops to double the original crew rating, rounded down (e.g, a Class 5HA has a crew rating of five, and can take on two platoons of soldiers, which raises its crew rating to 9 - but it cannot take on three, as that would make the rating 11 which more than doubles the original rating. Platoons cannot be broken down into smaller army units).

[SkaForHire]

It depends when they become automated, it might be a manual chore to delete troops. I will let one of the automaters answer that.

[Bregir]

EDIT: Strike all that - I figured it out myself...

Edited May 25, 2016 by Bregir

[Tezclatipoca]

I don't know if I have to mention it here but I created a little prospecting build in order to settle a mine in Elysabethtown in Berelli for the MAESTRO Company. I saw Ska asked some players about the mining prospections here so I am saying it here too.

[Maxim I]

And I set up one in Isla Philip :)

[Jacob Nion]

I may have missed it, but is there an updated list of the trade values? And the zones?

[Elostirion]

2 Questions:

1. Would my entry for challenge 1B qualify as a prospecting MOC for a mine?

2. Is there any limit to the amount of prospecting MOCs per month? Do those count towards the property license limit?

[Capn Frank]

I may have missed it, but is there an updated list of the trade values? And the zones?

I'm really sure that Ska is not going to update the zones and trade values this month, possibly next month.

[SkaForHire]

YEs, even if we don't have a new MRCA next month we will have a new map. For now, one last month on this map.