INTRODUCTION

The Continental Groups are role play groups that are focused on the American Revolutionary period; however our timeline encompasses roughly 1689 to 1820 (see our timeline). Continental Groups are quasi historical societies that endeavor to add historical references to role play. We aim to be somewhat like a historical novel that you can enter into.

CONTINENTAL GROUPS:

Continental Americans

The Continental Army

The Continental Navy

Continental Privateers

Continental Marines

AMERICAS SHORE DEFENSES: STAR FORT

Our star fort is the first line of defense for our harbor. It is located at the Northwest corner of Americas. The cannons on the fort are aimable and they damages ships and likewise they can be damaged and destroyed by ship cannons.

A star fort or trace italienne is a fortification in the style that evolved during the age of black powder, when cannons came to dominate the battlefield, and was first seen in the mid-15th century in Italy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_fort

AMERICAS SHIP TYPES: FRIGATE

SPD Frigate
18 Cannons
50 HP (21 Armor, 29 Structure)

AMERICAS SHIP TYPES: CORSAIR XEBEC

The Corsair xebec: a fast, sleek killer, the mere sight of which struck fear into the hearts of Mediterranean merchants.

SPD Corsair Xebec
12 Cannons
23 HP (8 Armor, 15 Structure)
The closest into the wind you can sail in this ship is 36 degrees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xebec

AMERICAS MAP

A. Battlements
B. Tavern
C. Governor's Palace
D. Fort
E. Town Square

JABBERWOCK MAP

This is a map of the Jabberwock region. The red X that's in the lower left hand corner of the map marks the spot of the Jabberwock pirate headquarters. In the lower right hand is East Windies the home port of our allies the Portuguese. We will rez our ships at this location. I have put in some representations of our ships rezzed and ready to invade in blue.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/east%20windies////

CONTINENTAL NAVY FLAG

In the autumn of 1775, as the first ships of the Continental Navy readied in the Delaware River, Commodore Esek Hopkins issued, in a set of fleet signals, an instruction directing his vessels to fly a "striped" jack and ensign. The exact design of these flags is unknown. The ensign was likely to have been the Grand Union Flag, and the jack a simplified version of the ensign: a field of 13 horizontal red and white stripes. However, the jack has traditionally been depicted as consisting of thirteen red and white stripes charged with an uncoiled rattlesnake and the motto "Dont Tread on Me"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Navy_Jack