#capt. kidd

[monstercollection]

The thing I’ve discovered while GMing my first game is that you have the supreme, unquestionable ability to fill your campaign with whatever peak bullshit you’re currently on.

If I want to make an Ishmael expy named Jonah Bartleby and deliver lore about leviathans in the format of excerpts from a semi-comprehensible and dubiously accurate book he is compiling, no one can stop me!

If I want to make a quest giver who is a blatant Queequeg expy (who is of course married to Jonah and happily retired with him to a cottage on a tropical beach) NO ONE CAN STOP ME!

If I want to base every pirate on that island off of my favorite obscure history blorbos, who will stand in my way? Half the time, I don’t even need to change their names! If I want to play out out my Robert Culliford/Captain Kidd messy bisexual historical fanfic via my NPCs, they all gotta come along for the ride.

And the craziest thing of all is that my players actually like it!?!?!?!?

Granted I’ve given them plenty of autonomy when it comes to world building and creation of NPCs (they’ve come up with some of my favorites). The GM/player relationship is a two-way street.

But if I’d known that they’d just let me do this, I’d have started GMing a long time ago!!!

[itstheheebiejeebies]

A really great article about what the crew of the Just-a-Snappin' went through on the Bremen raid on October 8, 1943.

Transcript below Read More

Article found through this page on the 100th Bomb Group site

Article named: Uncommon valor

Subheading: Everett Blakely personified grace under pressure

By Dan Krieger Telegram-Tribune

Photos of the Just-a-Snappin' crashed into a tree, and one of Blakely smiling in uniform. The latter with the message "Everett 'Gopher' Blakely, right, lost his plne, 'Just-a-Snappin.' but saved his crew when he crash landed the B-17 bomber.

Pull quote in the article: 'For 3,000 feet Captain Blakely and Major Kidd fought to get that plane under control. It was only because of the superior construction of our bomber... plus the combination of two skilled pilots, that we ever even recovered from that dive. -Lt. Harry Crosby

Main article: Lt. Harry Crosby wrote to his wife, "Jean there are just two reasons why I am here today. One of them is because of Blake's superb piloting and the other is because of the skill of our gunners."

We often think of heroes as flamboyant people. More often than not, real heroes are quiet people who are doing what they believe is required of them.

Today Everett Blakely, a pilot trained in Santa Maria, says that he was "just doing what had to be done" in the war against Hitler. He was a quiet hero.

Allan G. Hancock College in Santa Maria has a long and colorful history. Long before it became a community college, the campus was known as the Hancock College of Aeronautics.

It was a private school, named after its energetic, versatile and creative founder and benefactor, Capt. Allan Hancock.

Well prior to American entry into the Second World War, Captain Hancock offered his school to the United States Army Air Corps as a flight instruction school. Between May 1939 and V-J Day, some 8,500 pilots and 1,500 aircraft mechanics were trained at Hancock College.

The commercial warehouse district just west of today's Hancock College campus includes the one-time hangers for the flight instruction aircraft. The Stearman PT-13 biplanes are gone, but the College of Aeronautics administration buildings still survive on campus.

Everett "Gopher" Blakely came to Santa Maria just out of the University of Washington at Seattle. He was convinced that America was going to get involved in the European war.

The Blitzkrieg over Poland in 1939, over Belgium and France in 1940, and the Battle of Britain had convinced Blakely that this was going to be a war where air power was essential. The United States was going to need pilots. "Gopher" Blakely had discovered his mission.

Blakely soon started flying the essentially First World War era Stearmans over the tranquil valleys of the Central Coast. He and his buddies from rainy Puget Sound loved the warm sunny climate. They thought Santa Maria was a friendly town and enjoyed a precious few weekend hours socializing at the Santa Maria Inn.

Within months, Blakely and his friends were on the damp fen lands of Norfolkshire in England's East Anglia. They had graduated from the tiny Stearmans to the "Queen of the Bombers," the four-engine, hundred-foot-winged Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress."

On July 4, 1943, the first American pilots participated with Britain's Royal Air Force in bombing raids over Germany. But as late as January 1943, Winston Churchill, en route to meet with President Roosevelt at Casablanca, wrote a secret memo to his Secretary of State for Air.

In that memo, Churchill complained that "the Americans have not yet succeeded in dropping a single bomb on Germany." What Churchill meant was that no American bombers were able to penetrate German anti-aircraft fire a sufficient distance. This was because the Americans were trained for daylight missions only. The British had bomber Berlin early in the war by flying mainly night missions,

Churchill wanted the Americans to start flying night missions also. But Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold was convinced that it would take too long to retrain air crews for night flying. That loss of time would allow the Germans to rebuild their military strength.

At Casablanca, the Americans won Churchill over to a doctrine of round-the-clock bombing which would "give Hitler no rest." The Americans would send increasingly larger waves of B-17s by day. The RAF would continue doing what it did best through nighttime assaults.

The decision at Casablanca was costly in terms of the lives of American aircrews. Daytime raids were decidedly more risky. Few of us realize that the losses to the Eight Air Force alone approach American losses in the Vietnam War.

Capt. "Gopher" Blakely became the pilot of "Just-a-Snappin," a B-17 in the 100th Bomb Group flying out of Thorpe Abbots in Norfolkshire. Blakelly and his crew were piloting their B-17s over the upper reaches of the Danube in the famous raids on Schweinfurt and Rogensburg.

On Oct. 8, 1943, the 10th Bomb Group participated in a raid on the shipbuilding and industrial center of Bremen and the nearby U-Boat building yards and pens at Vegesack.

Both of "Just-a-Snappin's" right wing engines were shot out in a running battle with German fighters over the Zuider Zee. Five of the crew were injured - Waist Giner Sgt. Lester Saunders fatally.

Lt. Harry Crosby, "Just-a-Snappin's" navigator, filed an astonishing report on the B-17's struggle to return to England:

"For 3,000 feet Captain Blakely and Major Kidd fought to get that plane under control. It was only because of the superior construction of our bomber, and its perfect maintenance, plus the combination of two skilled pilots, that we even recovered from that dive.

"If I were an expert on stress and strain analysis, or a mechanic, or even a pilot, I would dwell at length on the manner in which the plane was restored to normal flying attitude. As it is, the procedure defies my description. But I am certain it was a very great accomplishment."

Everett Blakely's description recalls, "You can lose altitude awfully fast when one engine goes sour and your controls are chewed to ribbons. We dropped for 3,000 feet before Major Kidd and I could regain control... Most of the crew were not strapped to their seats were thrown to the floor, shaken severely - but at last the ground was once more back where it ought to be, instead of standing up on one ear. Once more we were in level flight and, at least temporarily, safe."

Crosby's report states that:

"At 10,000 feet we were able to look out the windows (and) were temporarily assured to not that the ground was now in the right place. A hurried consultation was held over inter-phone to determine a plan for fighting our way back to England.

"The following facts had to be considered: We had lost all communication back of the top turret, so it was impossible to determine the extent of injury and damage. Our control wires were fraying as far back as the top turret operator could see. At least two of the crew had reported being hit immediately after we left the target.

"One engine was in such bad condition that bits and finally all of the cowling were blasted off. We were losing altitude so rapidly probably because of the condition of the elevator that any but the shortest way back was beyond contemplation. So we headed across the face of Germany for home."

Later, Harry Crosby wrote of Blakely and his co-pilot:

"The normal reaction on the part of our pilots should have been to think of their own personal safety, or in cases of extreme nobility of character perhaps they would have been thinking about the other members of the crew. But they did not, even in this crisis, forget for one minute they were the leaders of a great formation. Their first thought was of the crews behind them. In unison, as we fell into our dive, the words came over the interphone to our tail gunner, 'Signal the deputy leader to take over.'

"I can't help but to think as they fought for their lives they might have been excused for being too busy to think of their command, but such was not the case.

"By this signaling, the remainder of the formation was notified immediately that we had been hit and were aborting. This act would have prevented any planes being pulled even a few feet out of position into danger from the enemy aircraft buzzing about."

Despite the loss of the airplane's compass, Blakely and his amazing navigator, Lt. Harry Crosby, made it to landfall. They crash-landed at Ludham, Norfolk. The completely unmaneuverable aircraft, without any brakes, skidded into an ancient British oak tree.

Blakely remembers: "The tree crashed between Np. 2 engine and the pilot's compartment. That was lucky because another three inches to the right and it would have crushed the pilot and co-pilot. We had slowed to maybe 50 mph by then..."

Blakely's co-pilot for that mission, Major John B. Kidd, recalled that "someone counted over 800 separate holes in that aircraft."

"Just-a-Snappin" would never fly again.

The Bremen mission was typical of dozens of missions which penetrated deeper and deeper into German territory. Even before the Bremen raid, Blakely and his crew were piloting their B-17's over teh upper reaches of the Danube in the famous raids on Schweinfurt and Regensburg.

Today, Blakely is retired and lives with his wife, Marge, in San Luis Obispo. They are the parents of Supervisor David Blakely, who speaks with great pride of his father's contribution to the fight against Hitler.

-three stars end the article and separate a note about the author

Dan Krieger is a Cal Poly history professor and member of the County Historical Society.

-Along the bottom of the page the article is attributed to the San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Telegram-Tribune in the Saturday, February 16, 1991 edition on page 23.

[the-golden-vanity]

My current read is Daphne Palmer Geanacopolous's The Pirate Next Door, a book about the women, families, and onshore lives of the buccaneers of the Golden Age of Piracy. The chapter on Sarah and Capt. William Kidd was later expanded into the book The Pirate's Wife, so between the book and the fact that I just bought a bottle of Thrasher's Spiced Rum (far and away my favorite spiced rum—you can taste every individual spice in it, and it tastes like Christmas), I was moved to make a glass of this: a rum punch served to Captain Kidd on the fateful day in 1688 when he received a privateering commission from the Governor of the Leeward Islands.

[onelungmcclung]

MotA pt eight:

combat pilots are the glamour boys of piloting tbh (I like/am critical of this show's sprawling ambition but I'd take a BoB style miniseries just following the 332nd / 477th)

feeling a little bit back to square one in that suddenly there's a whole new bunch of guys in uniforms and masks and I'm supposed to be able to tell them apart and it took me about 4 episodes to keep track of the 100th (about 7 to keep track of easy company, but I was new to the genre back then)

(my co-watchers and I have a whatsapp group called "i moustache you a question" which is purely for helping one another tell MotA characters apart)

I don't want to be mean but I do not give a skerrick of a fuck about bucky's emotional problems, especially when that problem is boredom

"well I could cope with being DEAD" is mildly endearing

just think how much of this narration you could cut out and everything would be fine, better even

it's good to see a little bit more of capt westgate's working relationships

croz that is what happens when you disobey kidd's direct order, your brain deactivates

did u know christopher lakewood (col jeffrey) is also an accent coach

I thought maybe buck and bucky's fight might be some piece of misdirection theatre in aid of an escape plan but no, bucky is just that annoying. punch him again.

luv the tuskegee airmen already because nobody's narrating over their scenes. see how well this works

"I helped plan d-day and then slept through it" is a great story for the grandkids. I'm being flippant but also: it kind of is

croz/rosie/kidd ot3. I'm right. think it over. thank me later. (platonically, but ydy. maybe I'll decide I'm flexible)

if I were more heterosexual I would fall for macon reeling off a list of precise statistics that he worked out earlier when he had a free five minutes

"we perhaps might not blend into nazi germany?" is seditious talk apparently

I'm always a bit lost when the 100th point to one another through their plane windows and say things like "look! there's blakely!" because I simply cannot make out any distinguishing features. the tuskegee planes are great though, much more distinctive

Second Smug Nazi is a slightly more charismatic actor imo

the writers have got themselves into that "this time period was racist but Our Heroes cannot be racist" dilemma so, as per the classic dodge, some relatively minor character gets to be the Only Racist. sorry hambone. you are very blond, after all. (sometimes it's "this time period was homophobic" or "this time period was misogynistic" but the solution remains the same)

I quite like alex and buck's interactions, despite not having been terribly invested in buck so far. good chemistry? just the novelty of a new character relationship? anyway it helps when butler and turner get scenes with other people for a change. one of the best tools for character development is giving them multiple relationships; the different commonalities/tensions/chemistry are v revealing

I am not immune to a Secret Plot Montage

tell me more about macon and demarco, is this a budding friendship (don't want to overegg a "standing next to each other" moment but I'm starved for supporting character development and I'm finally giving up on that significantly changing)

I think westgate is probably right to call things off with crosby sooner rather than later (I always support hbo war ladies when they dump guys #feminism)

yeah I do quite like rosie, he's a good person/leader/pilot. very obviously not (as winters described guarnere and speirs) a natural killer, but that's not his job and he is a natural pilot and therefore cannot bring himself to leave the other guys before the war is over

I think I have done a relatively good job of keeping track of the influx of new characters. don't remember everyone's names yet (alex! macon! daniels!) but I'm doing better on faces

hope demarco and meatball get to reunite next ep

[shipwreckedwithcaptainmarrow]

Captain Kidd and the Bible

Ever since the privateer's turn to piracy in the late 17th century, tales of Captain William Kidd have long been connected with the Bible. This was spurred on by religious beliefs that this once-good man had turned to a life of crime and evil, turning his back on the ways of God.

This association very much so took hold after his capture and subsequent execution in 1701 in Wapping, England. During his captivity, the "Ballad of Captain Kidd" (also known by many unofficially as "My Name is Captain Kidd) was created, and leaflets of its lyrics distributed among the crowd during his execution to the public in attendance for the long-awaited spectacle. The song caught on nearly immediately, even across the Atlantic where Kidd had buried his treasure on Gardiner's Island and been captured. Throughout the years, the lyrics of the song change slightly here and there, namely its verses, but most versions of this highly popular song included at least a variation of the following metaphorical claims:

"I had the Bible in my hand, As I sailed, as I sailed, And I buried it in the sand As I sailed."

Or

"I'd a Bible in my hand when I sail'd, I'd a Bible in my hand, by my father's great command, And I sunk it in the sand, when I sail'd."

This song strengthened the association between Kidd and the Bible, which directly ties into much of his folklore, many tales of which state that those seeking Kidd's alleged remaining buried treasures will be unable to do so unless reading aloud particular entries of scripture during the digging process. It was said in passing legend he had actually buried his Bible, "ingratiating the evil one" or gaining the graces of the Devil himself, which would allow him unholy protection on the seas, or utilized to bind souls or demons to watch over his buried treasures. A 19th century depiction of Kidd even gained popularity titled "Kidd Burying his Bible," showing Kidd (albeit clad in clothes a bit late for his era) with a shovel and kicking his Bible into a hole along the coast.

The trope of pirates disrespecting the Christian Bible also stemmed from these associations with Kidd, such as the pirates featured in the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, in which pirates under the command of Long John Silver present him with the "black spot" - a circular piece of paper that had been blackened with ash as a sign they wished to depose him as their captain. This piece of paper in particular had been cut out of the Bible, specifically from the book of Revelation. Stevenson writes:

"It was around about the size of a crown piece. One side was blank, for it had been the last leaf; the other contained a verse or two of Revelation—these words among the rest, which struck sharply home upon my mind: "Without are dogs and murderers."

This all being said, a few Bibles have surfaced within the last century claiming to have been that of Kidd's. Pictured here is the primary one, from the St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum, located in Florida.

This Bible's leather cover reads:

Kidd's Family Bible. Portland Farm, Leith, Edinburgh

The back of the book is imprinted with:

Capt. Wm. Kidd, Ship Adventure Galley.

Reputed to have come from his ship, Adventure Galley, these items were former possessions of Hubert Palmer, a lawyer and relic-collector, who had them as part of his private collection when he passed away in 1949. This Bible, along with a small wooden box of the same size, as well as a mirror, were sold by his house keeper and nurse for a total of £2,900, or $3,166.65. Today, as mentioned, its home is within the Pirate & Treasure museum of St. Augustine, Florida.

Kidd features as a large component of my upcoming book "Pirate Ghosts & Buried Treasures of the Northeast Coast: A Historical Assessment on Pirate Folklore," which releases on September 18, 2024 on Amazon and will be available for pre-order through this Shipwrecked page as of August 28th!

(pictured is the 19th century depiction of Kidd burying his Bible in a period woodcut style, the cover and interior of the alleged Kidd's Family Bible, a painting by N.C. Wyeth showing pirates cutting pages from the book of Revelations, and then two closeups of the imprinted leather cover of the book)

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Distant Memories

The problem with hush money.... it doesn't quiet the nightmares.

I stood at the locker glad for the break from Cryo. A smile formed as my brain informed me that others would consider me crazy for volunteering for this. They use prisoners for this. No one volunteers.

I liked the work. Kept the thoughts in check.

Something appeared to my right, it was one of the guards. He tried to hand me something. I looked. It was a trimmer. My smile widened. "No need." I gestured to my hooves. "Already got the tools."

"But..." they began only to be cut off. "Don't worry, he'll be fine." came a voice from behind me.

"Yessir!" and with that the guard offering me the trimmer left the room.

I turned to see a black furred rabbit vector with red eyes. Nice combo. I looked over his Vac Suit for a tag. Capt Yin.

"Suit up, Kidd. You may be a volunteer and not a prisoner but that doesn't mean you can slack off."

"Yes sir, captain sir." I said with a mock salute as I pressed a palm onto the locker. Slacking off was actually the furthest thing from my mind. The work helped me forget.

I slid my vac suit on taking special care to check the ankle seals. I might want my hooves exposed, but I didn't want to leak that precious O2.

"How much did the reclamation set you back?" asked the captain. "Enough." I said leaning on the locker, adjusting a seal.

"Worth it?"

"Every credit. Don't have to fumble with tools. Or clunky mag boots." I gestured at his own.

He looked down. "You get used to them. Plus plenty of things can't be solved by cutting."

"Solved..... no. But it takes away the pain for a while."

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[monstercollection]

My in-laws sent me a book about my history blorbo!!!!

[mutineerbay]

#Repost @thisdateinpiratehistory ・・・ • 30 October • On #thisdateinpiratehistory in 1697, Captain William Kidd strikes and kills one of his own crewman aboard the Adventure Galley. William Kidd had accepted a privateering commission from William III of England to seek out and attack pirates, including such familiar names as Thomas Tew, William Mays, John Ireland, and Thomas Wake. When the voyage got off to an inconceivably slow and unsuccessful start, many members of the crew aboard Adventure Galley became rightfully disgruntled, as they had agreed to be paid by the prizes they captured. It wasn’t long before many of them became vocal about mutiny and going “on the account” as pirates. Many more of them openly pressured Kidd to take any prizes they came across, despite the stipulations outlined in the commission. On the morning of the 30th, a Dutch ship appeared on the horizon. Kidd’s gunner, William Moore, was on deck sharpening a chisel when the potential prize was spotted. Moore openly urged Kidd to attack the Dutch vessel, an act that would have been considered outright piracy. Kidd refused, calling Moore a lousy dog "If I am a lousy dog, you have made me so; you have brought me to ruin and many more,” the gunner retorted. In a fury, Capt Kidd heaved an iron-bound bucket at Moore, striking him in the head and fracturing his skull. William Moore would die of the injury the very next day. . . . . . #piratehistory #piratehistorypodcast #redseapirates #captainkidd #adventuregalley #piratesvoyage #pirates #historyofpiracy #privateer #thisdateinpiratehistory #piratelife https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWn33Npc5P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ultrakeencollectionbreadfan]

Seeing all the news about Our Flag Means Death has got me reading all sorts of history about pirates. For example, one of the most infamous pirates of history is Captain William Kidd--even though he never set out to be a pirate and never considered himself one! In fact, he was actually assigned to capture pirates, as well as French ships, but when none turned up, his crew threatened mutiny and Kidd was forced to turn to piracy just to keep them quiet, among other reasons! It was almost like a nautical version of Thelma and Louise. I'd sure like to see a movie about it someday.

[onelungmcclung]

MotA pt nine:

(writing this up for the sake of completionism but it may... be a little too critical for some people's liking. maybe skip it if you loved it.)

you introduce three new characters in episode 8? and then do nothing with them? all that focus on the tuskegee airmen and for what

I'm not surprised the planned escape didn't go according to plan, but... why set it up like it would be the focus of this episode?

why does nobody ever take into account the other POWs from the 100th? (buck and bucky don't mention them when deciding to escape; crosby and rosie don't ask after them)

no scenes of the other POWs post-liberation?

no revelations about capt westgate and what she's been up to, not even if she made it out alive?

no answer to the question "does kidd ever look happy"?

no meatball?

only six (6) biographies in the end credits?

I'm fine with sprawling meandering narratives but you do have to bring it all together eventually. to that end, every character still involved in the story should be included to some extent. (e.g. you could use your montages to better effect. I'm not that interested in the east anglia locals. show me capt westgate, show me the belgian resistance, show me the tuskegee airmen.)

I do not think you can efficaciously combine a Main Character style narrative (egan, cleven, crosby and rosie as POV characters) with a sprawling meandering narrative. pick one.

I assumed that the Main Character device was chosen to make the story more coherent (even if it was not a creative choice I would have personally made) but it... didn't

similarly I never thought egan and cleven worked as the narrative focus but I figured there was a good reason for it. now I think I was right. (I probably would have given them skip/muck levels of prominence rather than winters/nixon levels; I do not think all their screentime was justified and it was never clear why they were the "indisputed leaders of the 100th".) I like rosie but not giving over half an episode to his r&r; I like crosby but not his narration. like robert hutton, "I generally think if you're narrating, you've failed".

it has the uncomfortable feeling of a story that covers many interesting stories within it but does none of them justice. if the story of the 100th bomb group can't be told well in 9 episodes, find a different piece of war history. I don't feel the writers were uninvested, but they could not keep all these balls in the air.

I suspect this episode may originally have been two episodes (one more focused on the POW camp, the final episode more based around homecoming) condensed into one for budgetary reasons. I like to think alex, macon and daniels would otherwise have got more to do.

budgetary reasons may also be why they sorta skipped over D-Day (specifically, combat scenes) despite building up to it in previous episodes

I do think better editing would have helped the show overall

the combat scenes were generally good but the strategy was not clear, leading to another uncomfortable feeling that maybe the RAF toffs were right actually

like the "bombers as bait" thing revealed in episode 7... that seemed to be setting up some terrifying suspenseful missions but I don't think we really got to see them?

I do have favourite characters! just possibly not ones I was meant to have

hope the young largely unknown supporting actors get some good roles in the near future (I knew quite a few of them from other things, so naturally I'm faintly protective of them. go forth!)

I will read miller's book sometime. (I wanted to judge the series on its own merits and not know any of the pilots' fates beforehand, but that may have come with tradeoffs. anyway, will read it.)

to be as blunt as I will get: messing up a miniseries based on a book seems quite a feat. I didn't expect to have no criticisms, but I expected it to be cohesive.

might gif some supporting character darlings. might not get around to it (... most of my edits were made in lockdown)

I will try not to say any more unkind things about it in the future, this is my vent post

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Capt. Henry Morgan & Capt. Kidd  Painting Original Art (c. 1960s) by  Rico Tomaso 🏴‍☠️

[baece]

i added more fukin anime bitches to my 2011 hope this doesnt awaken anything in me post

[idiomland]

The idiom “Money pit“ means “a non-stop waste of money on something.“  ⠀ Origin: 1986 (year of a movie of the same name); see money (n.) + pit (n.). Before that (1930s), it was used for the shaft on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, that supposedly leads to treasure buried by Capt. Kidd or some other pirate. "Whether that name refers to the treasure or the several million dollars spent trying to get the treasure out is unclear." [Popular Mechanics, Sept. 1976]⠀ Example 1: That's the third time I had to repair my car. It's become a real money pit.⠀ Example 2: We wanted a sailboat but we're very disappointed because it's a real money pit with fees for insurance, docking the boat, upkeep, permits, etc.