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[Well this sure is a video post. It opens on Kidd, who's looking rather casually bored, dressed up in all the stolen finery one might expect of a pirate. His accent is vaguely British-y, and his tone is casually bored.]

I've heard tell this turtle of ours stops off at locations along the course of its journey. And these shores— would anyone say they at all resemble the Caribbean? Nassau, perhaps?

[He assumes otherwise, but it never hurts to ferret out little bits of information. If nothing else, mention of Nassau might weed out any who know the region and what it stands for. Stood for. He cocks his head to one side, there's maybe a hint of something predatory to his expression.]

I find it curious, aye, to be plain, that we can be so long at sea without fear of outside attack. Pirates, and the like. This place is grand enough, but hardly impregnable. Has anyone considered proper fortifications for it t'all? A blockade, perhaps, or cannons? Or something a sight more modern, I understand there's all manner of things not common to my era.

Thanks be to you, listeners.

[A casual salute, and cut feed.]

Comments

[backinakidflash]

That's your solution to island defense? Boats? Cause boats didn't save Pearl Harbor and probably wouldn't have stopped Normandy.

Boats are good for blockades. They're good for launching planes. They're slow and clunky, and marine battles usually see heavy losses on both sides. Submarine, now that might work, but unless you've got some spare uranium, that ain't happening. Might as well fortify the beach instead, 'cept that's just as much a crapshoot cause for the amount of materials that's gonna need, maybe you COULD build enough ships to adequately cover the shoreline.

This is like. Landwar in Asia problematic. But that's what happens the entire course of action is predicated on NOT losing a certain asset. In this case, Asti. If the island wasn't alive and was stationary, it'd be easier. I'd say mine the beach and sea.

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[Kidd raises a hand.]

I'm not looking for a lecture, lad. I'm well aware of what it costs to use a ship as a defensible measure, and I've fought in battles enough to know the difference. But you can't argue that it's better than nothing.

[And naval mines are unreliable as hell in Kidd's time, though that means little to those from the future, so there's no argument there.]

You just gave a reason as to why that won't work, why bother bringing it up at all? Mines aren't viable here, as I imagine our host would be all kinds of unpleasant if we chanced to damage our grand turtle.

[backinakidflash]

Whoops. Sorry. I was kinda just talking through it outloud. I guess it's better than nothing, but. Better'n nothing isn't what I shoot for, y'know?

Evandau's unpleasant all the time. Don't think anybody'd notice.

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And his predecessor. What was she like? More of the same, I'd imagine?

[Caaaaaasually fishing for information? Maybe a little.]