Monday, February 1, 2010

Day 4/4 and Departure Day

Beranhond spend most of the 4th day in the office finishing up paperwork and catching up on his writing. In the evening he went into Balder's gate one final time and sought out his uncle's house. After another long arduous meal filled with the usual bickering of distant relatives, he made his exit.
The streets were quiet and peaceful as Beranhond made his way back to the ship. He passed a few hooded figures moving through the street, but he reached the docks without any encounters. As he stepped onto the ship a sense of excitement was palpable in the air.
"So long Balder's gate." And hello the unknown....

The ship's departure went smoothly. Though Beranhond couldn't help chuckling at the fanfare their departure was generating considering the scribe and the Justicar's emphasis on the need for them to be 'punished.' As Beranhond had signed himself up for the evening watch he decided to take a short nap and headed onto down to his cabin.

Note:
The crew is being split up into three different watches based upon the standard merchant watch system. Each watch rotation is 4 hours, and every person will be on watch for 8 hours and off watch for 16. Of course, there will be plenty of times when everyone is called. Just make sure to do that when you are on watch other wise you will be missing a large section of your crew.

Watch schedule (via wikipedia just like Dr. Bodley):
Standard merchant watch system

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
0400-0800 Team 1 Team 1 Team 1
0800-1200 Team 2 Team 2 Team 2
1200-1600 Team 3 Team 3 Team 3
1600-2000 Team 1 Team 1 Team 1
2000-0000 Team 2 Team 2 Team 2
0000-0400 Team 3 Team 3 Team 3

On merchant ships, watchstanders typically stand 4 hours of watch at a time in three sections. This system has a couple of advantages: it's easy to remember and it's consistent. For example, a member of watch team #1 will only have to remember that he is on the "4-8" watch, and knows that he goes on watch at 4am and 4pm. This scheme also allows inexperienced watchstanders to only stand watch from 8-12am and 8-12pm, when senior watchstanders are likely to be awake and ready to assist in case of trouble.



Watch 1: Nym, Nym's friends + 4 others

Watch 2:Beranhond, Scriptus and Codex, +2 others

Watch 3: Darvin, Thjodolf, Greg, and 2 others.

I think that accounts for everyone. Talathel as you are sleeping in the crow's nest I am kinda assuming you are mostly on. Your elf friend being a cook does not have a watch schedule. Gurkirat, you can take whichever one you like.

3 comments:

  1. Dr. Bodley is a prof over here who loves wikipedia and google maps.

    Nick, you are starting to get suspicious - why would I put greg with you on purpose?

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