In the Dragaeran Empire a press gang is essentially a group of tough sailors (predominantly Orcas) who wander through the streets and taverns collecting transients, criminals, Teckla, and pretty much anyone else they can find and present them to the captains of Imperial warships as conscripted troops. Persons gathered in this manor are typically not talented sailors, so they usually end up taking the most hazardous and least desirable duties on board ship. See also Meta:Press Gangs.
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| - In the Dragaeran Empire a press gang is essentially a group of tough sailors (predominantly Orcas) who wander through the streets and taverns collecting transients, criminals, Teckla, and pretty much anyone else they can find and present them to the captains of Imperial warships as conscripted troops. Persons gathered in this manor are typically not talented sailors, so they usually end up taking the most hazardous and least desirable duties on board ship. See also Meta:Press Gangs.
- Press gangs were groups of men from a naval ship in a port tasked to 'recruit' men to join the ship's crew. In the Royal Navy a ship's captain was responsible for fitting out his ship, including his crew complement, so, the gang, usually headed by a lieutenant, one or more midshipmen, and a number of trusted seamen would travel around a port and seize men between the ages of 18 and 55, although that was not always adhered to. Members of the merchant service could carry exemption certificates, but they were not always honoured. The men seized would then become members of the crew.Ships that have left port have also been known to board merchant vessels and seize members of their crew to fill out their own complement.British Men-of-War many times pressed men from American ships, leading up to
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| - In the Dragaeran Empire a press gang is essentially a group of tough sailors (predominantly Orcas) who wander through the streets and taverns collecting transients, criminals, Teckla, and pretty much anyone else they can find and present them to the captains of Imperial warships as conscripted troops. Persons gathered in this manor are typically not talented sailors, so they usually end up taking the most hazardous and least desirable duties on board ship. Since the activities of the press gangs are in the interest of protecting the Empire, it is not considered a violation of the civil rights of the conscriptees; and since the targets are invariably the poor and destitute, they would be unable to protest this treatment in most cases, anyway. At the same time, the presence of press gangs is unpopular (to say the least) with the lower classes, and so they are not generally used by the Empire unless there is great need; lest their presence start a riot. See also Meta:Press Gangs.
- Press gangs were groups of men from a naval ship in a port tasked to 'recruit' men to join the ship's crew. In the Royal Navy a ship's captain was responsible for fitting out his ship, including his crew complement, so, the gang, usually headed by a lieutenant, one or more midshipmen, and a number of trusted seamen would travel around a port and seize men between the ages of 18 and 55, although that was not always adhered to. Members of the merchant service could carry exemption certificates, but they were not always honoured. The men seized would then become members of the crew.Ships that have left port have also been known to board merchant vessels and seize members of their crew to fill out their own complement.British Men-of-War many times pressed men from American ships, leading up to the American-British War of 1812.
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