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Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 7:30 pm
by Craiglxviii
I can’t remember the titles. But it was set in this universe/ dimension with the only difference being another island- on which lived a very tough race of people.

Who built bloody big battleships, and kept them
In service into the 90s…

Does this ring any bells?

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 8:34 pm
by kdahm
Tarrantry on the old Navweaps board

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 8:55 pm
by Hog
A very nice tale that one, you might find it here together with all its permutations.

https://web.archive.org/web/20050407163 ... /saga.html

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 11:29 pm
by Rocket J Squrriel
Weirdly enough I've been world building a large island off Land's End for the past week and I knew there was an alt-fic of one but couldn't remember the name. :lol:

Thank you!

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Mon May 12, 2025 9:22 am
by Nik_SpeakerToCats
IIRC, they also had railway guns...

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 12:39 pm
by Craiglxviii
kdahm wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 8:34 pm Tarrantry on the old Navweaps board
THANK you!!!

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 6:27 am
by James1978
Craiglxviii wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 7:30 pm I can’t remember the titles. But it was set in this universe/ dimension with the only difference being another island- on which lived a very tough race of people.

Who built bloody big battleships, and kept them
In service into the 90s…


Does this ring any bells?
Just seeing this.

Based on the "bloody big battleships" kept into the 1990s, you aren't thinking of Tarrantry. You're thinking of Elysia / Gryphon.
IIRC, the country was on a big island which took the place of Cuba and much of the Caribbean.

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 6:58 am
by Craiglxviii
James1978 wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 6:27 am
Craiglxviii wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 7:30 pm I can’t remember the titles. But it was set in this universe/ dimension with the only difference being another island- on which lived a very tough race of people.

Who built bloody big battleships, and kept them
In service into the 90s…


Does this ring any bells?
Just seeing this.

Based on the "bloody big battleships" kept into the 1990s, you aren't thinking of Tarrantry. You're thinking of Elysia / Gryphon.
IIRC, the country was on a big island which took the place of Cuba and much of the Caribbean.
Now remind me, was there either some British or British colonial heritage to that island? Because I think you’re right and I don’t think it was Tarrantry- not that I can find any of that on Warships1- but Elysia rings a bell.

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 3:33 pm
by James1978
Craiglxviii wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 6:58 am
James1978 wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 6:27 am
Craiglxviii wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 7:30 pm I can’t remember the titles. But it was set in this universe/ dimension with the only difference being another island- on which lived a very tough race of people.

Who built bloody big battleships, and kept them
In service into the 90s…


Does this ring any bells?
Just seeing this.

Based on the "bloody big battleships" kept into the 1990s, you aren't thinking of Tarrantry. You're thinking of Elysia / Gryphon.
IIRC, the country was on a big island which took the place of Cuba and much of the Caribbean.
Now remind me, was there either some British or British colonial heritage to that island? Because I think you’re right and I don’t think it was Tarrantry- not that I can find any of that on Warships1- but Elysia rings a bell.
You remember correctly. I believe most of the content has been lost to various board crashes/hacks, but I was able to find two posts laying out the basic history.
Elysia Chronology 1498-2003
Elysia Background

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 4:02 pm
by Craiglxviii
James1978 wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 3:33 pm
Craiglxviii wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 6:58 am
James1978 wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 6:27 am Just seeing this.

Based on the "bloody big battleships" kept into the 1990s, you aren't thinking of Tarrantry. You're thinking of Elysia / Gryphon.
IIRC, the country was on a big island which took the place of Cuba and much of the Caribbean.
Now remind me, was there either some British or British colonial heritage to that island? Because I think you’re right and I don’t think it was Tarrantry- not that I can find any of that on Warships1- but Elysia rings a bell.
You remember correctly. I believe most of the content has been lost to various board crashes/hacks, but I was able to find two posts laying out the basic history.
Elysia Chronology 1498-2003
Elysia Background
A further search has provided more Elysian content on Warships1…

Re: Trying to remember a naval fiction we once had on the old old board

Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 4:57 pm
by Craiglxviii