Topher Lydon

I actually really like Lt. Stirling. He stands up to Edward, teaches the midshipmen extremely well, he is just a bit of a strict Headmaster to the boys. But when their lives depend on discipline that is not such a bad thing.

I actually really enjoy Artie/Arthur... a play on the whole Severance idea

Since Magistrates were usually Lords (due to the education and appointment requirements) And since England (even today) is still in the firm grip of the Peerage (lucky sperm club) there is definately a law for them, and a law for us. Just take Baroness Moan.. I mean Mone. Who stole 122 Million during the pandemic, and is still sitting in the House of Lords and unconvicted.

Prize Hunting was very lucrative, almost insanely so. A ship like Comet is ideal for it and many Post Captains would refuse promotion to larger ships because it would mean a significant cut in their pay. A wise, and profit minded Highway man knows the value of a ship like that.

A clever man, of a certain Scottish ilk, might just find a way to frame a certain Bulky Lord as the Gentleman Highwayman of Kent.

For those unaware, I build model ships of the line, usually in 1:48 scale. My living room center piece is a 1:48 model of an American Frigate (Constitution, United States, President) (I have not given her a name plate) I have also, in a display in my dining room, a 24 gun Frigate. As well as a rather wonderful little dutch Schooner made out of Cedar. A hobby of mine when I am not writing my tail off.

As for the Comet, this is a dockyard model of a ship from the same year, bearing her rigging and style. To give an idea of her. She is the bare minimum of the Sixth-Rate Frigate, at 24 guns. Distinctive French styling, armed with 9-pound main guns. https://www.charlesmillerltd.com/auction/lot/lot-115---a-148-scale-24-gun-6th-rate-warship-of-the-1741-establishment-possibly-by-a-dockyard-apprentice-circa-1745/?lot=16219&sd=1#

Master's Mates & Midshipmen No. Role / Rating Name Age Birthplace / Origins 15 Master’s Mate Henry Colvill 26 Scarborough, Yorkshire 16 Master’s Mate William Braithwaite 24 Newcastle upon Tyne 17 Midshipman Augustus Keppel Hervey 19 Suffolk, England 18 Midshipman George Montagu 17 Northamptonshire 19 Midshipman Thomas Harker-Ashworth 14 Ashworth Hall, Kent 20 Midshipman Percival Mongomery 14 London, England

The composition of the Comet's Officer Core at this stage: Commissioned Officers & Wardroom No. Role / Rating Name Age Birthplace / Origins 1 Captain Lord Edward Ashworth 26 Ashworth Hall, Kent 2 1st Lieutenant James Stirling 48 Fifeshire, Scotland 3 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Penrose 24 Dublin, Ireland 4 Master (Sailing Master) Nathaniel Gibbs 54 Deptford, Kent 5 Ship's Surgeon Enoch Garmson, M.D. 17 Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Blackwood is a claggy old seahorse. An opportunity and opening like this is something he won't miss. Trading the paranoid and cautious Hughes with Eddie's hungry, quick wits... definitely a gain for him.

Time to get started.

Good Morning

When disgraced aristocrat Edward Ashworth is handed command of a captured French frigate, he inherits a crew of criminals, castoffs, and terrified boys—and a chance to prove himself on the frozen colonial frontier. As French privateers and a monstrous new warship stalk the ice, his young midshipmen forge unbreakable bonds in blood and shadow, risking everything for a country that would hang them for who they love.

The rhythmic, metallic clank of the capstan pawls echoed across the grey, churning waters of Portsmouth harbor like the slow, deliberate ticking of a colossal clock. Hundreds of bare, calloused feet pounded against the holystoned oak of the main deck, the men throwing their entire, miserable weight against the heavy wooden capstan bars. The thick, hempen anchor cable rose dripping from the freezing depths of the Solent, shedding thick clumps of dark mud and rotting green kelp. Post-Captain

1749 The sensory assault of the Portsmouth naval dockyards did not merely greet a man; it aggressively, violently overwhelmed him. The air was a thick, abrasive, almost chewable amalgamation of conflicting odors that clung stubbornly to the skin and burned the back of the throat. There was the suffocating, heavy stench of boiling Stockholm tar, the sharp, stinging, pervasive bite of the salt-heavy Channel wind, the rotting, sulfurous tang of sun-baked kelp left exposed on the mudflats at l

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Lord Lucan comes to mind

Tom maybe a scrawny little Ectomorph, but that boy can take it. Just ask Percy

Tomorrow the HMS Comet sets sail for the Frozen north, in The Wolf at Sea

The Covent Garden Molly House was no longer a sanctuary of muffled velvet and illicit, candlelit whispers. It had been violently transformed into a staging ground of frantic, desperate preparation. The news of Edward’s immediate recall to the Royal Navy had swept through the townhouse like a squall, tearing away the comfortable illusions of their criminal empire and replacing them with the harsh, ticking clock of a wartime mobilization. Edward was everywhere at once. Dressed in his immacula

Unfortunately for Anya, the Witch-hunters and her father's Volksgaard are two very separate factions.

Shem is being handed an arsenal, but Kaelen is not a fool. He tested, identified Shem's breaking point and applied the right pressure. Naughty Apprentice, thought you could hide in the Motor Pool and I wouldn't find you.

KIT will not surrender HIS Operator.

Thirteen The Architect and the Witch-Hunter The clock had begun its countdown. Shem’s promise to Anya Volkov—a non-negotiable contract sealed by the threat of Radé’s life—had plunged him into a profound, chilling emotional shutdown. He still functioned, flawlessly, but the core spark of his personality had retracted entirely, leaving behind a shell of quiet competence. The following morning, Shem was promoted. The Commissar’s evening lecture had been the usual sermon on the glo

Thomas Harker-Ashworth, Midshipman, RN