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[hide]Ship Renames
| Ship | Standard shanghai Cost | Custom shanghai Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Sloop | 2 | 6 |
| Cutter | 2 | 6 |
| Dhow | 2 | 6 |
| Longship | 3 | 9 |
| Merchant Brig | 4 | 12 |
| War Brig | 4 | 12 |
| Baghlah | 4 | 12 |
| Merchant Galleon | 6 | 18 |
| War Frigate | 6 | 18 |
| Grand Frigate | 8 | 24 |
Renaming Rules
Standard
- The rename follows the "Adjective Fish" format.
- The adjective must be defined as such on dictionary.com.
- The fish must be a one or two word fish name found on fishbase.org.
Custom
- All other renames will be custom.
- You cannot get a discount for only renaming half of the name.
- Allowed names may have up to three words in them, all of which must be real words in English as defined on dictionary.com.
- Proper nouns without another common definition may be denied.
- Possessive names such as Bow's Ship will not be allowed.
- Any rename for a famous fictional or historical ship may be allowed as a custom name such as Queen Anne's Revenge.
Exceptions
- Any rename deemed to be offensive by an Ocean Master will be denied.
- Should a rename be found to be offensive after the change, it will be renamed again to another name of the same cost.
- No renames may start with an article ("The" "A").
- Vessels will not be renamed to any existing ship name.
- Exceptionally difficult to spell names may be denied.
- Numerals and roman numerals may not be included in renames.
How to request a rename
- Only captains may use their crew's shanghai points. If the crew has no captain please name a person who has authorization to use your shanghai Points in your crew's private statement.
- shanghai points cannot be traded between crews, only used for renames.
- shanghai points can only come from up to two crews.
- Captains may grant permission by posting in their private crew statement The name of the player who has permission to use the shanghai points and the specific number allowed.
- Players who have permission to use shanghai points must use them all at the same time.
- petitions for renames must have the following information:
-Proposed rename -Current name -Size of vessel -Location of vessel -Source of the shanghai points if you are not a captain
- Do not shop around to different Ocean Masters if your rename has been denied.
- The revisions to the policy mean that some previous names that were granted are no longer valid or the cost for them may have been changed. No retroactive renames will be granted in such cases.
Crew Renames
Flag Renames
- Full: 200,000 Pieces of Eight
- Partial: 100,000 Pieces of Eight
Building Renames
- 75,000 Pieces of Eight
- Limitations are the same as for custom ship names except articles may be used.
Familiar Recoloring
- 200,000 Pieces of Eight
- Tan and white familiars may not be recolored
- familiars may not be recolored to solid white or solid black
- Only Monkeys, Parrots and Octopi may be recolored.
- Atlantean Blue is not a valid familiar color
Familiar Renames
- 200,000 Pieces of Eight
Island Transfers
Prices will now be as follows:
- Outpost: 50k
- Medium Island: 150k
- Large Island: 250k
Requirements for an island transfer to take place:
- Notice needs to be given in the Piratical Parley forums at least a week in advance (so by the end of monday PST the week before.)
- A petition to actually transfer the island should be made before the end of Monday the following week, please include a link to the original Parley Post as well as the flag who will be taking over the island and any other information you deem necessary. Transfers should only be happening on Mondays or Tuesday to give everyone a chance to prepare for any blockades on the weekend.
- The fee can be paid directly to an Oceanmaster or you can indicate in your petition where we can pick it up for the transfer, either in a house or a ship, so you don't need to remain online waiting.
- The flag who will be taking over the island must have the required fame or the transfer will not happen.
