After the failure of Rodgers expedition to achieve much of anything for great cost it now falls to the USS Essex to do something to redeem the honour of the US navy.
Now we can just replace Essex for Constitution to get an idea for what could be about to happen. The USS Essex though is a completely different ship which will impact upon the mission. The first is that she is almost completely armed with carronades giving her a powerful but short ranged broadside. Second is that her Captain, David Porter does not like her armament thinking it merely an experiment so he is unlikely to be an aggressive commander. But of course the most important issue is can she find the Royal Navy.
Now on a D6 a 1-2 will be no contact a 3-4 will be one ship and 5-6 will be a larger force. Fortunately a three is thrown so a single sail is spotted upon the horizon. Now there will be a bit of irony if it is HMS Guerriere and I am a sucker for irony.
So stay tuned for the battle between the USS Essex and HMS Guerriere.
Now we can just replace Essex for Constitution to get an idea for what could be about to happen. The USS Essex though is a completely different ship which will impact upon the mission. The first is that she is almost completely armed with carronades giving her a powerful but short ranged broadside. Second is that her Captain, David Porter does not like her armament thinking it merely an experiment so he is unlikely to be an aggressive commander. But of course the most important issue is can she find the Royal Navy.
Now on a D6 a 1-2 will be no contact a 3-4 will be one ship and 5-6 will be a larger force. Fortunately a three is thrown so a single sail is spotted upon the horizon. Now there will be a bit of irony if it is HMS Guerriere and I am a sucker for irony.
So stay tuned for the battle between the USS Essex and HMS Guerriere.
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