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Ship Name: Majestic
Nationality: Barbary Corsairs
Set Affiliation: Pirates of the Barbary Coast
Cannons/Masts: 1
Cannon Ranking: 5S
Cargo Space: 2
Speed: S+S+S
Card Number: 035
Collectability: Rare
Point Cost: 14 Points
Ability:
Galley;
Friendly ships within S of this ship get +1
to their cannon rolls.
Flavor Text:
The Majestic has survived as long as she has by scouting for
other Barbary Corsairs. The pay is so good that the
crew doesn’t even need to fight.
When I hear
the name Majestic, I expect to see a grand
galley or a massive 5-masted 3rd Rate
French 74 sailing in the Mediterranean, firing
crippling broadsides at any unfortunate vessel to
enter its range. Instead, I see a small, tiny
Barbary Corsair galley with the notorious “+1 Cannon
Rolls when within S” ability, its typical cost for
that ability, and the usual speedy configuration.
Yesterday, the ship Morocco went off the
charts for treasure and was not even rated for
fighting, and the Morocco was at least a two
masted vessel, capable of surviving two shots. This
ship is far worse, with only cannon with the exact
same ranking. I can name many ships, El Monte
Cristo, HMS Bretwalda, Dragon (POTC), Flying
Dutchman (PP), and Concord (BC), even Fire
Djinn with its 6L cannon is better than this
minute gunboat.
At least the
Morocco had some flexibility with its massive
5 cargo space and its natural S+S speed, but here we
have a ship with an ability that will hardly see
much use in a typical 30-40 point game, a tiny cargo
space, can’t even survive a ram by a ship such as
El Raton, and even is more expensive than other
ships with the world-hater ability. Even some five
masted ships can be found cheaper than the
Majestic!
Also, if I was to
compare this ship to American version of this ship
the USS Hannah, an old Dutch brig turned into one of
the first vessels of the Continental Navy, then even
that ship would be better! It can move L+L and it
has better cannons and more of them (2 that are 4S).
Because of its small size anything with fighting is
out of the picture!
However, the
Barbary Corsairs are in dire need of a ship to
reduce their cannon rolls. If the ship Nubian
Prince was sent around with Majestic an
aid for her, then the Nubian Prince would
have cannons ranked 1L, 2S, 3S, and 4L! Combine that
with her ability and you have an unstoppable and
nearly untouchable ship, like the fleet Ziotoo4 had
posted Here:
http://www.miniaturetrading.com/im/showDeck/deck_id/12025/extended_format/true
This can then draw attention from the
enemy as a monstrous threat to gold shipping off the
wild islands which can then enable your treasure
ships to forage the abandoned wild islands while the
Nubian Prince attacks. Note however that this
will result in severe pressure from the fighting
ships to obliterate this ship. Despite this,
hopefully the attackers will be lured by the
Nubian Prince rather than the Majestic.
By itself, the Majestic should
best be used as a treasure hauler because 1 mast in
battle won’t last long, and its cannon only has a
16% chance of success. Also, 2 cargo spaces is
above-average for a small ship. The ship may be
inferior by herself, but when combined with other
ships, this ship is truly a monster!
Gunship Capability: 1/5
Aid Capability: 4/5
Gold Capability: 3/5
Ramming Capability: 1/5
Boarding Capability: 1/5
Speed Efficiency: 4/5
Skirmish Capability: 1/5
Raiding Capability: 1/5
Large-scale Game Capability: 3.5/5
Small Scale Game Capability: 1/5
Efficiency for Points: 1/5
Average: 1.96/5
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