1st Imperial Privateers Regiment

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Leadership:	First Amongst Daves
Members:	17, as at November 2006
Goals:	DISPATCHED by Her Beautific Majesty Queen Laura I of Holland with Letters of Marque and Reprisal to Disrupt all Her Majesty's Enemies' trade, shipping and commerce in the Spanish Main and Particularly Shartak Island, the Imperials invite and welcome all new recruits, whether they be Gentlemen Volunteers, Seaman, Able-bodied Landsmen, Foreigners or Indigeous Natives, and wish to acquire Riches and honour as corsair marines, provided they show Proper Allegiance to the Crown and will be met with all due Encouragement, and the best Treatment. Current operations of the Imperials include: Firstly, the Establishment of a Mercantile Bank: Secondly, ship-building at the Western Dockyards of Rodrigo island north of Durham [GPS: -70.649; +26.391] where the Hull of the 180 tonne full-rigged Man-O-War Grand Admiral Neilencio is to be Laid: Thirdly, assisting the Jolly Roger Gang, the Colonial Police, the Durham Pistoleers and the Derby Hospitallers in their Pogrom against Rogue Wiksik Headhunters invading Durham. Report at Regimental Headquarters. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Recruitment policy:
Contact:	Ingame with Colonel First, Colonel Bellamy, or at Regimental HQ(http://www.xsorbit1.com/users/incandescent/index.cgi?board=A). Upon accepting a brevet to the Letters of Marque and Reprisal, sign your name under "Regimental Roll Call"

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!| Our Royal Highness Queen Laura I of Holland, who has commissioned this regiment, has been beseeched to hand out medals to the lads of the Imperials. (Lazy cow is on holidays in the Antipodes.)

Our Bank is now open for business in York, Raktam, Derby and Durham, each branch within one square of the traders' huts. Deposits have been doing a roaring trade, with only one loan to date. A dividend to investors will be announced shortly.

And, HUZZAH! to Kristofer Schanz for claiming Derby Island, now New Maastricht, for the Crown. Ensign Schanz shall carry the regimental colours for the duration in honour of his exploits. - FirstAmongstDaves 18 November 2006.

And, HUZZAH! for the successful conquer by the Imperials of the village formerly known as Dalpok, now New Amsterdam. Medals for everyone. Top marks to Colonel Trust for 7 dead, and Colonel Chen for 5 dead. Thanks to all combatants for 30 dead in total, the indigeneous leaders in disarray and trapped in the medical hut. A victory march through the main avenue is being planned. NCOs: please make a few tonnes of confetti. FirstAmongstDaves 27 December 2006.

Regimental Roll Call

• First Amongst Daves - A Colonel of the Regiment. Loves a strong cup of Russian Caravan tea, playing silly mid-on, and wearing no pants into combat as a sign of bravery.
• Sam Bellamy - A Colonel of the Regiment. Epee scars from Heidelburg. Fine bone china tea set from a tour of duty in Asmara. Wicketkeeper.
• Timothy Trust - A Colonel of the Regiment. Dabbler of buxom womenfolk from the Orient. Manly chest, covered in hair like a bear's pelt. Plays at gully.
• Prometheus - A Colonel of the Regiment. Fond of marmalade on toast, hot baths, and slaughtering native uprisings with sabre drawn. Grown a goatee to assist in foreplay. Plays at first slips.
• Hideo Inakajimita -Corporal and aide-de-camp to Colonel First, and shipbuilder. Enjoys eating rice grains from the stomachs of naked Western women, using his "special" set of chopsticks. Plays at point. Current 1st Imperial Bank branch manager in Durham.
• Captain Sammitch - A Captain of the Regiment. A bully at Eton, Sammitch will beat his captive foes to death with his bare fists, between eating canapes and hors d'oeurves. Plays at deep fine leg.
• Squeegeeman - A Sergeant-Major of the Regiment. Will not urinate in the jungle. Plays at extra cover.
• Dagwood Foreman - A Sergeant-Major of the Regiment. Carries the regimental gramophone. Plays at third man.
• Nowherehowdy - A Colonel of the Regiment. Like the French, fights with his feet, and makes love with his face. Plays at leg gully.
• Rotten Balls - Corporal and aide-de-camp to Colonel Nowherehowdy. Often drunk in taverns in York. Plays at deep square leg.
• David Hasselhoff - Colonel Nowherehowdy's private. Holds Nowherehowdy's cutlass, and polishes his boots ship-shape and Bristol-fashion. Plays at leg slip.
• Ella Chen A Colonel of the Regiment. Guerilla fighting hell-raiser from Mindanao. Likes Japanese girls. Thought he was on his way to Kobe when he arrived in Shartak. Very unhappy man. Refuses to play.
• Blue Hummingbird Native scout and ensign of the Regiment. Literally a maneater. Leg spin, but only under strict supervision.
• Dappled Shadow Native scout and ensign of the Regiment. Do not touch with fingers. Off spin but watch for ball tampering. Current 1st Imperial Bank branch manager in Raktam.
• Kristofer Schanz Ensign and aide-de-camp to Colonel Trust. A former operative of the Dutch East India Company who shaves with the sharpened jaw bone of a kraken, and without hot water or shaving cream. Not bothered by tropical infections. Fast bowler. Carries regimental colours. current 1st Imperial Bank branch manager at Durham.
• Ibn al Xuffasch Private and aide-de-camp to Colonel First. Raised on camel milk in Aden, can burp the Yemeni national anthem. Medium-fast googly. Current 1st Imperial Bank branch manager in York.
• Pariah Lieutenant, from the former Spanish colony of Los Angeles. Dresses like a woman, can kill an opponent at 20 feet with withering stare. Can't stand cricket.
• Piggie A Colonel of the Regiment, armed with his combustible cog-driven Omni Machete Wound Manufactory (Patent Pending). Medium fast bowler.
• John Crichton A Private of the Regiment, aide-de-camp to Colonel Piggie. Sports world's longest horizontal moustache. Plays at second slips.

Rest in Peace Vlad the Inhaler killed by Johnathon T. Bench , and never recovered. "May his cutlass ever be erect."

Professor Henry Quantos, former regimental doctor, has resigned his commission to build roads. Silly man.

We also seem to have new members in our ranks, Otacon and Black Dale but they have not as yet presented themselves at regimental headquarters.