Monkey boat
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The monkey boat, identified also by various fruit themed names, is a vessel staffed with rapacious monkeys which may replace a vessel in PvP, particularly those carrying large amounts of fruit. While the monkey boats may be designed to target understaffed ships which try and engage in battle with another player vessel of the same Crew and while they may be designed to take the place of the ship carrying least fruit in the sea battle, the current implementation does not reflect this. More specifically, a report exists that the monkeys are forced upon a ship of flag-A carrying 1 pine apple after a much weaker ship of flag-B foolishly attacks it 2 days after flag-A declared war on flag-B. The monkeys reportedly like to rumble, using fruit as their bludgeon.
The monkey boat was implemented to help eliminate the problem of "double floating", where players would sail a cargo of fruit on an understaffed ship and have a second ship sail alongside them to engage, should there be the threat of an attack by brigands, barbarians or another player ship. The monkey ship is designed to be beatable with a well staffed ship.
Boat Names
A monkey boat can be identified by having a yellow name and ship outline. When intercepted by monkeys, the player ship receives the message:
"Behold! A band of ravenous simians has caught wind of the succulent treats stored in yer hold! They'll stop at nothing to get their grubby paws on yer treasure. Prepare for battle!"
Players aboard the other ship that was replaced by the monkey boat receive the message:
"Avast! A band of ravenous simians has caught wind of the succulent treats stored in the hold of yer opponents' vessel! They have taken yer place in battle!"
The fruit themed name is determined by the vessel type:
- Sloop: Petulant Kumquat
- Cutter: Itinerant Pomegranate
- Dhow: Resplendent Peach
- Baghlah: Succulent Pear
- Longship: Appealing Orange
- Merchant Brig: Adventurous Huckleberry
- War Brig: Dogged Rhubarb
- Xebec: Overbearing Pineapple
- Merchant Galleon: Vainglorious Plum
- War Frigate: Determined Pumpkin
- Grand Frigate: Juicy Watermelon
The individual monkeys aboard the boat are named after famous historical figures, including philosophers, scientists, composers and authors - for example, one monkey is named for Charles Darwin, author of The Origin of Species.
Historical Notes
The monkeys were implemented in release 2008-08-27
