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Name: John Taggart aka The Skipper Age: 40 Height: 5'11" Build: Average Frame, but muscular from life at sea Hair: Brown pulled back in a ponytail Facial Hair: none Eyes: Brown Apparel:Naval Uniform Gear: Weapons:Sword, and pistol Rank:Captain Ship:HMS Defiance Ship Description and class: Class & type: 44-gun Frigate (Fifth Rate) Length: 146 ft 3 1⁄2 in (44.6 m) (gundeck) Beam: 46 ft 6 in (11.73 m) Ship's Crew: 150 Marine Compliment: 200 Depth of hold: 15 ft 9 1⁄2 in (4.8 m) Keel Laid: 1740 Deployed: 1742 Refitted:1744 Ship's Crew First Mate (Second in Command) Gunner's Mate GM (In charge of shipboard weapons) Boatswain's Mate BM (In charge of keeping the ship in good condition) Quartermaster QM (In charge of Navigation) Corpsman HM (In charge of crew health) Ship's Carpenter (In charge of repairing Ship Damage) Able Bodied Sailor ABS (Sailor's who fill in where needed) Ship ranks will be First through Third class Based on job experience. For example a new Gunner's Mate will be a GM3. An older more experienced GM may be a GM1 (Gunner's Mate First Class) or even a Master Gunner's Mate who is in charge overall of ship weapons. Ship's History Captain Taggart is the second Commanding Officer of the Defiance. The first captain was relieved of his command due to dereliction of duty and failure to obey an order from a commanding officer, when he refused to chase a Pirate ship that was larger and faster than the Defiance. After taking on his new crew Captain Taggart completed his shakedown cruise in 1743. Defiance had her first overhaul in 1744, several storage holds were removed and turned into berthing to allow a larger compliment of Marines on board. This has added the capability of allowing the Defiance to have larger boarding parties and increase mission capacity. The Defiance is currently taking on fresh supplies and new crewmen at the Florida Keys Ships Destroyed by the Defiance: Pirate Vessels: Seven Keg 1742 Broken Oak 1743 Resolution 1744 Black Market Merchants: Black Bull 1742 Crowned Prince 1742 Faction: Navy Background:John was left at an orphanage when he was a baby. His mother left a note saying she was sorry they couldn't take care of him. At the age of eight he ran away and joined the Royal Navy. He has worked his way up from a humble cabin boy to a captain of a Frigate. In his 32 years of flying he has been through several battles and skirmishes and has literally been around the world. Like most naval captains his crew have become his family, and he takes pride in caring for them and his vessel. He has a strong sense of honor and does not put up with shoddy work. He is a tough but fair captain and does his best to get the best out of his crew. Throughout his career John has seen several of his shipmates move on and become Merchants, and even Pirates. He has invested with a few different merchant captains with his extra pay. His goal is to one day retire in a small villa by the sea away from the chaos of the world. John cannot stand dishonesty and has made a vow to hunt down Pirates and and black market traders that strike fear into the hearts of good, hard working merchantmen and women. Ship Diagram

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