Century of Pirates

And do you know, what nipple? Did you hear, how do sails burst under the shots of canister-shot, how the sides of converging close ships crack? Did you feel weight of atsteksk gold in hands, and breeze from the blade of sabre, glancing aside in an inch from your ribs? Did you see how is fury in the eyes of enemy replaced emptiness of death? How does wind smell after a volley 30 instruments, and blood on the deck of the taken ship? Did you feel taste of victory – when does a command from 30 filibusters take the Spanish galleon loaded up to the top on boarding?

Is not it? Then you will have possibility all of it to know!

Qplaze TM present:

Date of output: March, 2007.

1647 year, pool of the Caribbean sea. Enormous, but already beginning to weaken the Spanish empire, just making off the conquest of South America, strengthens the power of gold of the American Indians destroyed by it mountains. England, applying on the role of leading sea power, and no less ambitious France, contest with it for earths and treasures both Amerik. Kariby become the arena of this fight, birth-place new colonies, baffled political love affairs, and also robberies and violence, which was not seen by light. Tortuga and Port-Piano is included in history as the capitals of the states of filibusters – pirates of the Caribbean sea, killers and robbers – but also famous heroes.

Exactly at this time, when a decisive captain with a bold command can knock together the whole state for one bloody night, and pirates have a supper with kings, on Caribbean a young timber-toe arrives by hard intention to become a fame. We do not know whether it was succeeded to him, because history did not save his name – but it knows you.

Because it you.

Coming you to hire ships and give orders to the flotillas, to head boarding and chopped on sabres with hostile captains, drink in taverns with killers and dare-devils and to search pirate treasures in jungles, take by assault of city and to kiss daughters of governors. It you will provide oneself imposing collection of scars, titles and earths – or, possibly, will make off the way early, as all of pirates, in arms of Marine Devil.

To choose you, whose side to accept in this war, whose ships to rob, and where in the end to die – in an own bed on an own island, in a dirty flophouse, or how and it becomes the real filibuster – in a sea, from a hostile blade or bullet. So, are you ready? Age of pirates waits you!

A game begins…

Did you some time reflect about that, who you could be in past life – by a hero or slave, navigator or grave-digger?

Your career on Caribbean will be begun with the choice of the name and biography – to the that moment, as you decided to expend all of your economies in a small manoeuvre ship and command of daring persons, being not afraid of type of blood. Possibly, all of youth did your pass under sails, voice become hoarse from commands and cheap rum, and notches on your wooden leg remind about the pair-three of the successful boarding under your beginning? Or on the contrary – are you soft French seignior, self grace from silver buckles on shoes to the tag of your fatal sword, separated from a royal court for absurd character and great number of duels? And can be, you are an office bookman, abandoning the European universities for the sake of uncertainty of New Light, not seeing farther own nose, but masterly owning an operating knife and boarding hatchet? Or anybody yet?

Also coming you to choose abilities which you provided oneself before – in fact you certainly studied eloquence or military business, fencing or navigation?

In the future, with experience, you will perfect the skills and will find the great number of new capabilities about which even and to dream did not wipe off before.

Your ship will arrive in port of that nation to which you have the honour to belong, and then you will be given an own fate. Caribbean of XVII age is this boiling caldron of nations, languages, gold and blood – can instantly eat up you, if you will be reckless. The great number of pirates furrows their waters, hiding from the ships of hunters, and attacking defenceless merchants and heavy Spanish galleons. Not a single flag can guarantee you safety, not a single fortress can serve as reliable defence – and able to protect nobody from you. All of ways to riches and glory lie before you – it is needed only to choose.

The simplest, and relatively safe method becoming a rich person is trade. Different commodities sell and buy ports of all of nations on different prices, and you can conduct years, buying in a rum on Jamaica and selling off him on Tortuga, and in the total to knock together the decent state. Trade will do you nobody enemy – unless will bring over attention of pirates to you, so that not forget to contain in order of cannon, and in time repair sails. But trading in a tobacco and cotton of glory will not extract – if you, certainly, to it aspire.

Because those, who indeed searches riches and glory on Caribbean, usually choose on your own other way – way of marine robbers and robbers.

Your ship can make an effort take any ship which will be able to go after on boarding, and the instruments of which will allow to be to itself approached. you will have personally to lead a boarding command and win over a hostile captain in a fight one on one.

After it can you do with the taken ship whatever – to allow on a bottom, rob, pass to him all of command, to interrogate a captain for the purpose useful information – suddenly it happened him to store up anywhere a sack with gold?

However hope that your robbery will get off you from hands – after this time you will become a pirate in the eyes of all of nations, in every peaceful port on you will show fingers. Naturally, England far fewer will be disordered, if you will rob their not ship, but Spanish, and French’s will not too grieve from drowning England – but take into account, purchasing friends is much difficult, than enemies, and even sometimes it is the thunderstorm of seas safe port is needed.

A pirate for one nation will be able early or late to become a hero for other – but for this purpose you must it will be purchase a letter of marqueat one of friendly governors.

Under a protection this paper you will be able to rob and kill in the name crown – and for the own enriching, certainly.

Battling on one side of nations, you will be rewarded titles and earths, able to get a nobiliary title, purchase an own estate and even married on the representative of noble family is whether the not limit of dreamings of any adventurer?

Or do you dream about greater? Possibly, did you believe in the recitals of grandiose treasures of American Indians, about the temples hiding the gold statues of ancient gods and mountains of jewels forgotten in jungles? Possibly, that gold which can be extracted a robbery and war you already are not enough? That, dare, and, perchance, you will find that search.

But while after you the great number of the skippered ships and won wars is not counted, take into account is an end can your adventures and life put the most ordinary things – such for example, as rebelling on shipboard. There is absence of rich booty in the distant swimming, lack of meal or rum can serve a the same drop which will overfill patience of your sailors – and as a result will whip off you in a sea. And also exactly for your plans can fatal appear pair of holes in sails which you so did not order to patch, wrong choice of accoutrement for the first volley, or successful sabre blow of your opponent. There are not little things in life of the real corsair. On the long days of expectation of suitable booty your ship will become your house, and a tavern is in the nearest port – by a base and paradise for your tired sailors. Exactly there they will be able to spend the lyres and pilasters obtained in a fight, quiet wounds a fresh rum, and you – to meet with necessary people, know news and it is simple to rest.

Not surprised, if a governor interested in friendly port your person – a privateer with a reliable ship and brave command is been powerful battle unit, and your participating in soldiery operations can appear very desirable. Not renounce – the robbery of one ship never not to have a look in with the plunder of whole city. Certainly, to attack and take the fixed fort, or climbing on a city wall is difficult, than to go after the unarmed merchants at sea – but on that you and pirate, not to boggle about impossible.

Possibilities of game:

• Excellent playing graphic arts and sound;
• Uncontrolled liberty of actions of player;
• Three opposing nations + pirates;
• Difficult system of mutual relations between opposing sides, possibility of influence on laying out of political forces in a region;
• Possibility of receipt of different tasks from the governors of colonies, and also from private individuals;
• Detailed card of the Caribbean sea with located on it 35th really existing cities;
• 11 types of ships with different descriptions: from fishing old tubs to the royal courts martial;
• Possibility of management the vital functions of ship and control of mood of command;
• Sea-fights with the ships of opponents and off-shore fortresses, manoeuvring and use of different types of artillery accoutrement;
• Worked out system of hand-to-hand fight, 5 types of weapon, fights with American Indians, pirates, officers of battle ships and hostile captains;
• Receipt of traumas and injuries by you and your opponents, possibility to be deprived hands, feet or eyes;
• Possibility to develop a protagonist – 6 basic descriptions and unique special ability;
• Capture of opponents in a captivity with the purpose of receipt of redemption;
• Searches of treasures by the pirate cards bought, taken or given a present;
• Random events on land and at the seaside;
• Trading in useful in the everyday swimming this, that and the other;
• Possibility of sale, purchase and update of ships;
• Acquisition of ranks and titles on service at any nation;
• Acquisition of own estates and bank accounts;
• Changing of weather (Seasonal, Monthly and Weekly);