AAR 2017 Scenario 2 Solo Mission "February: A Matter of Time."

[Bligh]

or, a fresh start.




The last of the monsoon had blown itself out, and for one or two days the atmosphere in Calcutta was cool and fresh.



With the Nottingham also fresh from its complete overhaul, and with a new compliment of Carronades on the upper deck, Captain David McBride glanced over the ships side as the last of the Dockyard Maties left the wharf.



He had promised the Governor that the ship would be ready to leave port by the morning tide, and for once the Port Admiral had pushed the workmen to the limit in order to make it possible.




With a satisfied smile on his face, McBride made his way back down to his cabin to complete his plans for this next assignment.




later that evening he gathered his officers and explained the Governor's Orders to them.



It was known that two French Frigates armed en flute and carrying supplies for the Garrison of the Isle de France had left Bordeaux. It was also known through a spy on the Isle that a French 60 gun ship was about to leave to rendezvous with the two Frigates at a known coordinate. What David did not mention was that one of the Frigates held the yearly payroll for the garrison, plus the Budget for the Island's supplies.

Which Frigate this was the spy could not ascertain.

When the rest of the Officers had left David took aside his First Lieutenant John Wilkinson and confided to him the rest of the Governor's information about the treasure chest.




The following morning with a fresh following wind and the tide running, the Local Pilot guided HEICS Nottingham down the Hooghly river and out into the Bay of Bengal.
The adventure had begun.




Bligh.