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Pirate Piece of the Day

Le Gaule
 
Name
 Le Gaule
 Type  Ship
 Point Value  17
 Collector's Number  072
 Rarity  Rare

Piece Ratings: 3.00

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.


Date Reviewed - 6.14.07

 
Cadet-Captain Mike Name: Le Gaule
Card: OE #072 (Rare)
Points: 17
Faction: France

Masts: 5 (rating: 5 / 5)
Cargo: 4 (rating: 3 / 5)
Moves: S+S (rating: 3 / 5)
Guns : 3S,2S,2S,2S,3S (rating: 3.5 / 5)
Hit %: 301 (S), 0 (L)
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls against the Cursed. As part of a move action, this ship may initiate a boarding party against a ship up to S away from her, without having to ram. The boarded ship may not use any boarding bonuses.

The original Le Gaule (South China Seas) had all 4L cannons and a world-hater ability, and cost only 14 points. This version looks like a step backwards.

Her cannons are better ranked, but they're all short-ranged. Cargo and speed remain the same; her point cost has risen. The short-ranged cannons make sense when you look at her abilities, which are all about the closest of close combat. Le Gaule is a boarder of the Cursed in general, and a sea-monster destroyer in particular. Doing an S-board with +1 on the roll, followed by a five-cannon salute, is a kraken's worst nightmare.

This ship obviously needs a Captain, or a similar named crew (the BC Jordan Dumas would give a reroll in addition to the move/shoot). She needs Pierre Aronnax to tangle with sea monsters who try to hide underwater. She could have a Helmsman for triple-S speed, and Gentil de la Barbinais gives a +1 on her cannons against non-French ships. That fills her four cargo spaces, and makes her a scourge of the seas, especially against things that can submerge. Her only weakness is against ships that can't be shot from S range.

This is a decent gunship with a useful role. She isn't the best choice if you aren't expecting sea monsters, submarines, or Cursed ships, she has no L cannons, and her price is a bit high. On the whole, I give her average marks.

Total rating: 3 / 5
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