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The pearl river delta had way too many nooks and crannies to ever stomp out piracy, so it was basically just taking down any given group that got too big for their britches, then coming back three years later and doing the same thing. Pirates usually wouldn't attack head on, the standard MO was to select the target ahead of time and have a motley crew infiltrate posing as passengers. Then at some predetermined signal they whip out their swords and pistols, off load loot and captives to smaller boats, and disappear. Having jurisdiction split between HK and whichever warlord was running Guangdong at the time also made it easy for pirates to lie low during a crackdown by one government or the other.
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Nucken Futz posted:
get rid of igoyougo for god sakes and you'll have the perfect wargame
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Suger of St. Denis posted:That summer was very hot, even more punishing than usual, and we found ourselves exhausted, weakened, and completely worn out by its all-consuming heat. The lord King Louis himself suffered another severe attack of diarrhea and dysentery in Paris, and the summer's unbearable misery totally wasted him away. Never lacking in prudence at these moments, he summoned the venerable Bishop Stephen of Paris and the pious Abbot Gilduin of St. Victor to his side; and he made his confession to Abbot Gilduin with great intimacy, for he had built his monastery from its foundations. He recited his confession, and devoutly sought to be fortified for death by the viaticum of the Lord's body. He also wished to be carried to the church of the holy Martyrs to discharge with great humility a vow he had made. But, overcome by the agonies of his illness, he fulfilled with his heart, mind, and will what he could not carry out in deed. He ordered that a carpet be spread on the ground and ashes be shaped on the carpet in the form of a cross. Having been laid upon it by the hands of his attendants, he made himself ready by the sign of the holy cross and sent for this spirit on the kalends of August, in the thirtieth year of his administration of the kingdom and nearly the sixtieth year of his life. 879 years ago today New thread here: forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3785167 Rodrigo Diaz fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Aug 1, 2016 |
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