Masts: 2
Cargo: 4
Moves: S+L
Guns : 3S,4S
Hit %: 83 (S), 0 (L)
Link : Captain Barbossa
Keyword: Junk
Ability: If this ship has a captain crew, she gets
+L to her base move.
Unlike the other Pirate junks, the Hai Peng has no
counterpart in the SCS release. She's a brand new
design, and a pretty good one. Her blazing speed and
decent cargo are all about gold running. You can add
a Captain to get even more speed, plus the ability
to defend yourself if an enemy fighter comes
prowling.
Her link to Barbossa makes sense in terms of the
movie, but not in terms of the game. He gives a
move/shoot and a world-hater, but he doesn't count
as a Captain crew. So if you want to use him and
also get the speed bonus, you have to add a Captain
without benefiting from his move/shoot, which is a
waste of 3 points. Plus, you'll usually want a
world-hater like Barbossa on a big ship where he'll
improve four or five cannons, not just two. But if
you use him anyway, Barbossa turns the Hai Peng into
a decent little fighter, with combat odds of 117% at
short range.
That's what you could do. Is it what I'd do? No, I'd
stick to grabbing gold with one of the fastest ships
in the game.
