Jolly Roger
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About [~JR~] Jolly Roger
[~JR~] Jolly Roger is a Fenix server Pirate guild, mainly located in the lower F20s. Jolly Roger was created by about 40 former members of [~SP~] Space Pirates (Epsilon/Ceti) and [~JR~] Jolly Roger (Epsilon) as well as friends from other guilds and servers. The players we invited were selected not only for their skill but also for their loyalty to the guild as well as their integrity, something that has become rare in online gaming these days.
Our agenda is very simple: hit-for-profit, oppose all server-ruining power-blocks and, of course, have fun! :)
Generally, we loathe diplomacy. But we will listen to anyone who wants to talk to us, as long as they are polite. However, we will rarely enter any treaties other than trade pacts. If you want more, you have to impress us!
Jolly Roger does not declare wars or recognize war declarations against us. If you want to fight us, just do it, don't talk about it. Therefore, we also do not surrender or accept surrender. If you want the fighting to stop, talk to us and we might come to an agreement. If not, it will continue - combat is the purpose of this game.
We also don't like the AE forums. While entertaining to read at times, we consider 9 out of 10 threads utter garbage and not worth our time.
Although we currently have a large number of Pirates due to mergers, we believe in limited recruitment. We only want active, motivated and aggressive players. We don't want simmers - neither the kind who only set their daily queues, nor the kind who is too scared to use their fleets, because they might lose ranks. E-peens are not welcome in our ranks. We are also not interested in climbing the guild ranks, but we would like to see our averages steadily rise as a measure of progress.
History and Hostility
We established ourselves in F20-23 where we encountered three other significant guilds. The first 2 server weeks were a free-for-all between Jolly Roger, RAVE, BDR and Abyss.
Abyss carried their grudge against the old [~SP~] Space Pirates across servers and planted a spy within hours of the formation of our guild. A few days later, they carried out an unprofitable and unprovoked hit on Epsilon against one of our members.
Although we considered RAVE the greater threat, this made us determined to break Abyss apart. What played in our favor was that Abyss decided to merge with BDR and form GTFO, later called MSFT, the top ranked guild at that time.
In order to fight the overwhelming numbers, we agreed with RAVE on a temporary limited aggression pact (LAP). The war against MSFT was swift - RAVE destroyed most of MSFT's mobile fleet, while Jolly Roger occupied and held almost all F20 bases and some F21 bases of MSFT.
MSFT's morale was broken quickly and they fell apart into about a half dozen splinter guilds. Jolly Roger did not accept any former Abyss members in our ranks but we welcomed a handful of former BDR players to join us.
With MSFT removed, RAVE quickly turned on Jolly Roger. This was no surprise to us, since we knew from other servers, that RAVE members are as skillful players as they are devious, at least some of them.
In order to protect some of our weaker members and new accounts from the hostilities, we formed a Training Guild, [SCS] Skull and Crossbones Society, now led by [SCS] Expelled.
To their credit, RAVE managed to destroy a good deal of our mobile fleet, but not nearly as much as they claim. After that, their activity has been mostly directed against a few inactive members of Jolly Roger and the stealing of our UCs. With p-rings established everywhere, we are well entrenched in the lower F20s and have little to fear. Therefore, we are expecting the hostilities to continue, perhaps indefinitely, if neither side wants to negotiate.
We have also have expanded into the F40s galaxies to find new sources of income and suitable bases. There, we merged three smaller guilds, [CIS], [PJ] and [GP] Gingerbread Pirates.
Furthermore, we made two strategic alliances with [=₪=] Just Pixels and [≈BC≈] Bad Company, who have both proven to be steadfast allies.
More recently, we made a fusion with our fellow Pirates from [BOMB] Beware of Mad Buccaneers. This subsequently led to a change in leadership, with Red Ned Lynch taking over for Antimony.
In the F40s, we encountered [-❖-] Galactic Empire of Fenix, now called [D4X]. After some successful raiding of their horribly under-defended bases in F44, they asked for a treaty with us. While we were reluctant to do so, we followed the advice of our allies (Pixel and BC) and signed a Dizzy LAP with them. The LAP was broken 12h later by [-❖-] members who ambushed one of our parked mobiles. Neither their then-GM made nor diplomats made any attempts to resolve the matter diplomatically.
We led an expedition into F44 to punish [-❖-] for their betrayal. After 70% of their mobile was destroyed, a misunderstanding with [DiBz] led to friendly fire and an early withdrawal of our forces.
After the merger with [BOMB], we returned to F44. Following a strong beating at the hands of our Pirates, [-❖-] changed to [D4X], then their GM and key players fled, deleted or jumped to other guilds, some of them are now valued members of JR.
Unfortunately the merger with [BOMB] unraveled after the F44 campaign. Since both guilds had strong traditions and well-established styles, a harmonious fusion proved to be impossible. Amazonia, Red Ned Lynch and the former [BOMB] members formed [DMTNT] (Fenix). We bear them no ill will and wish them the best of luck!
Recently, we had a successful merger with [ßõřn] The Reborn. Many of the members were known to us from our joint operations in [JAMMY]. We welcome them into our family.
More recent updates will come soon...
History of Merged Guilds
[CIS]
[PJ] Poetic Justic
[GP] Gingerbread Pirates
[ßõřn] The Reborn
[CAV]
[ST] Storm Troopers
Future Plans
Yes, we have plans but we are not telling yet :)
Some of the Officers
Antimony:
Was the founding GM of Jolly Roger.
He led the guild for the first 6 months into the Top 20 rankings.
Red Ned Lynch was the GM after the merger with [BOMB]
The unsuccessful merger has forced Antimony to return as GM.
Gimle:
Co-founder and VGM
Contact him if Antimony is offline
Vasco and Cheesecake:
Supreme Commanders of our Space Pirate Ships.
Beloura and Nubcakes:
Diplomat - contact either about treaties or disputes.
Acenomics, rainman and Meridian Atridas:
Recruitment - Talk to either if you would like to join [~JR~].
El Hijo De La Noche:
Trades - We trade with everybody, so send your trades to him.
Celina:
GM of [SCS] Skull and Crossbones Society (our Training/Sub Guild)
All other positions are internal.
NOTE
- This Wiki page may be edited frequently at the courtesy of RAVE (so far, 16 times - see also page history).
Apparently Abyss has been editing as well - big surprise there.
