Butterfly’s Escape
Faction Affiliation: Mercenary
Rarity: SE
Type: Ship
Point Value: 21
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 5
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 4S-4L-4S
Ability: Mercenary. Double Catamaran. If this ship is within S of an enemy ship when this ship is given a move action, she gets +S to her base move. Once per turn as a free action, this ship can take any amount of treasure from friendly native canoes within S of her. Crew with the Chieftain ability don’t take up cargo space on this ship.
Link: Kutan Juffen Raykos
Flavor text: One of the “tribal flagships”, the Butterfly’s Escape is a rather ambitious vessel captained by a chieftain well regarded across the Philippines. Often seen maneuvering among many smaller vessels at once, she weaves in and out of fleets, shielding canoes and taking their stolen goods aboard to better protect the loot.
Kutan Juffen Raykos
Faction Affiliation: Mercenary
Rarity: C
Type: Crew
Point Value: 6
Ability: Captain. Secret Hold. Ship treasure trading.
Link: Butterfly’s Escape
Flavor text: Raykos commands the Butterfly’s Escape, often seen in the lead of a massive pack of tiny canoes, making off with stolen goods and loot. Having made considerable profits, he plans to invest his savings into building a fleet capable of making the dangerous journey to the Caribbean. His goal is to “escape” the Pacific and try his hand on the Spanish Main.
Historical Custom of the Day #343
Daniel Elfrith
English
Crew
11 points
Ability: Helmsman. This crew may use their abilities in forts. This ship/fort gets +1 to her d6 rolls against Spanish ships. English ships within L of this fort get +S to their base move. Pirates crew can use their abilities on this ship. If this ship wins a boarding party, she may capture the crew with the LOWEST point cost instead of eliminating it. A captured crew becomes cargo worth its point cost in gold when unloaded at your home island.
Link: Diego el Mulato Martín
Whew, this one took a while. Complicated and interesting story from someone I’d never heard of. Might get more links in the future too, especially if I go crazy with the political “crew” someday for rulesets like the World or Caribbean game.
You can find my custom sets here: Pirates of the Age of Sail and Pirates of the Epic Seas