Ah. Yeah. Campbell’s cast bio says Corporal, but in the Wiki he’s still a Private. He hasn’t been promoted yet in the current timeline.

And I ain’t calling nobody Officer or Sir - because I haven’t a clue who does and does not get that honorific.

When I saw from his bio that he was a corporal, I checked the wiki to see which Company, but I could not find him there, because I was specifically looking for corporals.

I think you will struggle to find anyone in the services in any modern army that would call a NON-COMMISSIONED officer an 'officer'.  It's right there in the title that they are NOT an officer.  It's actually one of my personal beefs in civilian society people wanting to all themselves an 'officer'.  In the British Commonwealth you can only be an officer if you have a commission from the King, that means only Army officers and Police officers are entitled use the title 'officer', not 'customer service officers' and all that crap :)

Only officers would called 'sir', a sergeant is a sergeant.

Regarding Alex Campbell, that is my mistake, (I had not re-set his character sheet to this time line.) he is still, a private.

With regard to ex-pats serving in the Yankee units, the 44th are pretty much all New Yorkers with a liberal sprinkling of Irishmen or Irish lineage.  Notable other characters, Sergeant Major Schuder is Prussian, Dr Emil Weiss is Hungarian, Sarah is English and I think there is private from Poland.  Just about everyone else is a New Englander and most of them are Mainers.  There are no Native Americans or African Americans in the 35th.

I understand, and you've made this point clear. Which is why I was very careful not to address him IC as "sir."

I was just trying to point out that I also didn't refer to him as an officer IC. The narrator used his editorial discretion (right or wrong) to refer to him as an officer, because it was useful and convenient to the narrative at that point. (A pronoun would have been vague, and "corporal" would have been repetitive.)

Next time I'm in a similar situation I will just use the phrase "non-commissioned officer" instead of "officer."

Not trying to be critical folks, just 'historically accurate' in a sci-fi/fantasy game :)

Just don't start using they/them pro-nouns :)

LOL

How would that work anyhow with people identifying as an Apache Helicopter? Its not even invented yet. ;-)

Looks about hesitantly

“It was like someone kissing your girlfriend”
—Trent Reznor upon hearing Johnny Cash’s cover of “Hurt.”

Oh, dear! I thought it was basic enough that even a total amateur would get the gist. Make pieces symmetrical, hammer together, keep splinters out of skin. Because splinters suck. Other than wood glue, that’s all I know as an amateur myself. But I get that Vergil might not even know that much. My bad. I’ll be more cautious in the future.

Though I must’ve missed something somewhere. The only IC reference to Campbell is as a corporal. I take it he is actually a private?

I can tell you, as someone who recently completed the 1st year of a mature age carpentry apprentice, even the simplest tasks are just beyond some people.  Like most things in life, some people have a natural aptitude but some people do not.  We are all wired differently.  For example, everyone has vocal chords and lungs but that doesn't mean everyone can sing.  And just because you are naturally gifted at something doesn't mean someone who puts in the hard work but doesn't have the gifts can't still outperform a natural.

In reply to Vergil Myers (msg # 71):

I couldn't believe that was a nine inch nails cover. I was sure it was the other way around.

In reply to GM (msg # 73):

That all makes perfect sense. But the real points  here are:


I’ve never seen anything other than a straight hammer, and therefore universally ambidextrous. It sounds like one of those pranks people play on the new guy.

Is this actually a thing?

And the wiki states the Ogunquit was magically transported on Jan 6. Is it still the middle of winter?
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And that is exactly the reaction Alexander was expecting from a noob with a hammer :)  Later he will send you to the hardware shop to get striped or checkered paint and a left handed screw driver.

The weather is relative, is it still winter in the Caribbean on the 6th of January?  On January 6th at my home it is the middle of summer.  It certainly isn't snowing where you are now.

On that subject, what was the Ogunquit doing there in the first place? To my knowledge, she was near staging areas for Confederate-aligned blockade runners aimed at getting cotton for the Brits during the war.

Considering she was a lone transport ship, was she off-course? Or does it simply not matter for the purposes of the game?

PS Or is this closer to Georgia, what I presume was the intended destination, than I thought?

Lowly privates in an infantry Regiment are not going to be informed about the actions or orders if a Naval vessel.  The only information any of you have is in the existing story threads.  You will have to wait and see how things unfold, no spoilers.

Huh. Outside of the interesting aspect of what privates would not be informed of, the fact that it’s a mystery is enticing as well!

I got no idea where i am supposed to be or what i should post. Even if i should post. The column leaving seems to be only the 35th but i also see mentions of one or more guns but no gun number so is anyone of the cannon crew along or are we just happy camping ready to blow up stuff that want to raid our camp?

Gun number 1 is with A & B company's.  As Brian is the only player from the 44th with Gun 2, we can assume he stepped in to replace another gunner who is on sick parade, so Brian is with the column that marches to Suzdal.  My apologies for leaving him swinging in the breeze :)

Vergil, our ship headed out of the Chesapeake Bay and was heading down the US Eastern coast - I think our destination was the Carolina coast. Not sure if we were headed to North or South Carolina. But where we actually ended up after that storm is anyone’s guess…

Yes, all the troops knew was you that were supposed to be part of an amphibious operation, possibly the Carolina's

I'll throw a few out.

1) I gather from the way you've teed up this encounter, we can fire our rifles for the first attack, and (presumably) maintain position and continue to fire in subsequent rounds, until the enemy engages us?

2) at that point I would fight with bayonet (since it seems to be the best option, compared to rifle butt, knife, or fists - at least for my character), although we could choose any of those alternatives if we had reason to do so?

3) After we fire a round, do we need to indicate that we are re-loading before taking another shot? Or is that a given?

4) does re-loading take a round, or can we re-load and fire in the same round?

Non-combat question: do you still want us to hold off for now, on using the XP we have gained?

I went ahead and made an attack roll using the hyperlink. Unless there are any modifiers in this encounter, it appears to be a miss, so I didn't roll for damage. Also, I wasn't sure what to do about INIT.

Is the cannon loaded or is there any order to do so now the shit hits the fan. After being an accecory to all the npc's talking it feels wrong to break formation just to be present with the riflemen. I got a cannon and i plan to use it ;-)

Unless stated otherwise, combat is handled one round at a time.

The combat resolution thread will list all combat modifiers, +15% is already added to aimed rifle shots.

Combat rounds are 6 seconds, it takes a full round to reload a rifle (which is probably too fast) and you need to state when you are reloading.

There is a link for Initiative top right of your sheets, it will say Initiative Mod+ a number, should be easy to find.

The Canon is outside, it is not yet loaded, none of the Yankee leaders have indicated any desire to fire at unarmed civilians.  Brian can stay outside if you prefer.

There has been no time or opportunity to spend any X points, I will let everyone know when you can.

Yes for most of you the bayonet would be the best melee weapon.