The Tromperie

Base Statistics:

• Class: Third-Rate / Ship of the line
  
• Guns: 74
• Decks: 2 – lower, upper, castle and forecastle
• Complement: 340 – 600

Colors:

• Hull: Repainted black with red trim, her name emblazoned in gold.
  
• Sails: Dyed black. Occasionally trimmed red.
• Flag: Black. White gem above crossed red rapier and rose.
• Uniform: Here.

Crew:

• 240+ Original crew from the Flight of France
  
• 090+ Hired replacement crew mates
• 065+ Liberated slaves from merchant vessels
• 040+ Rescued English invited / requested to join
• 040+ Other rescues / refugees
• 030+ Cats
• 020+ Children born aboard / brought aboard
• 090 (+/-) positions / beds available

Fun Notes:

• When the crew initially redesigned their stolen ship of the line, they flew red sails until a member of the peerage aboard, ( A vicomtesse who had sought to escape France outright, who now serves with the ship’s surgeon as nurse and midwife ) made a remark that akined the sight to a woman’s intimate time of the month. The sails colors were promptly reassigned amid a mixture of discomfiture and hilarity.
  
• Marriage / Matelotage is somewhat common aboard Tromperie and is cause for great celebration. As such, generally speaking the official ceremonies are held after recent conquest, generally in a tropical and isolated island region where the crew can go ashore and enjoy games and a feast.

  Generally celebrating more than one at a time due to constraints on supplies, anyone wishing to be celebrated can have their union done privately by the captain and their names noted in the ship’s log for assurance of shares. When a ‘wedding day’ comes, those with their names in the book will be ceremoniously reavowed before the crew and granted the best cuts during the consequent feasting.

• Upon rescuing crews from drowning, Tromperie immediately makes heading for the nearest safe port. Her crew will sacrifice their lodgings if necessary and share / bunk up with their fellows to ensure that the newly acquired have plenty of space in a swiftly overcrowded vessel depending on the size of complement rescued. Upon making port, the rescued are swiftly abandoned to make their own way.