fandomhigh | Civil War Re-Enactment; Monday, Period Three [ 06/01 ].

The class was definitely meeting in the Danger Shop this week, especially since Jasper didn't think he'd be able to procure up two Civil War Era ironsides with matching cannons on such short notice. The simulation worked much better, anyway, because that meant the cannonballs weren't real. That could get messy.

"Good morning," he greeted the class from the smaller boat they were all on in between a lot of other boats. "Right now, we're at the sight of arguably the most important naval battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Hampton Road, commonly called the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac. Those," he gestured, "are the Monitor and the Merrimac. The former is a Union vessel, and the latter is Confederate. We're just off of Chesapeake Bay and the battle, notable for being the first clash between iron-clad ships, lasted about two days. The battle between the ships themselves was about three hours....three hours," Jasper grinned, just slightly, "of volleying back cannons and failing to do any substantial damage to each other and then going along their merry ways."

"So why are we bothering with it if nothing really happened? Because it feels like a pretty good metaphor for a lot of these battles in this war. While the war itself and its outcome was incredibly significant, a lot of it was kind of like that. Flinging stuff around to no avail until all the big hitting stuff happened. It also generated a lot of buzz around the world, influencing navies a great deal in developing similar ships.

"I am by no means a navy man, so class today is pretty much target practice. You'll separate into your respective ships and learn how to use the cannon and fire at targets on the opposing ships. Do not aim at your fellow classmates; the simulation will stop the moment you do. Before we get to that, you can take some time to explore the ships a little and see the first examples of these ironside boats which changed naval warfare from that point on."

Blah blah blah, big whoop, but, hey, they're the nerds taking Civil War Re-Enactment, here.

[[ OCD ~~on the way~~ is on a mother f**cking boat! Class Syllabus and Roster ]]

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All Naval-y.

Joan Girardi

Sookie Stackhouse

Worf

Hyuuga Hinata

Emmett Cullen

Penelope Wilhern

Hurley Reyes

Robin

Where anyone referencing any particular songs about being on a boat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBCrsaet-2Q) will get detention. Especially if that someone is named Emmett Cullen.

Joan jotted down some notes. Shooting cannonballs at things sounded kind of fun.

Sookie took diligent notes, not knowing much about boats herself.

Penelope took notes, oh yes.

Once on your respective ships, explore it a little, and then shoot cannons at the other one. Jasper has provide a tutorial on how to use the Civil War era cannons, and the rule about any references still apply.

Joan explored the Monitor and then settled in to learn how to shoot a cannon.

Emmett was so upset he wasn't wearing his flippie floppies.

Penelope explored, checking out everything. She was hesitant about the cannons, however.

"...aren't the other boats, like, extra armored?" Hurley said. "This cannonball might just... bounce off."

"...think of it more like just....target practice," Jasper said after a while. "They were at this for three hours before they finally gave up; be grateful you've only got one."

"Dude, that sucks," Hurley said. "Three hours? Seriously?"

"Moral of the story: don't join the Navy," Jasper said with a faint smile. "That, and persistence isn't always a good thing, because to a certain point it just gets absurd. But when you've got hopes that, eventually, something might happen..."

"Arr! Lets get those scurvy Rebs!" Robin giggled, as he explored the Monitor.

For that other sparkly vampire.

The way Emmett was bouncing in his chair probably gave away he had that goddamn song stuck in his head.

He's there. Sighing over the fact that he just taught a lesson about two big boats firing shit at each other for three hours to no effect.

I honestly had no intention of turning this into one big On a Boat reference. It just sort of happened before I could stop myself.

It's all

mouthy_merc's fault, too, omfg.

STUCK IN MY HEAD, THANKS.

HEY. It could have been worse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFoa48TuO9g)....

I love that song. More than it deserves.

You know I just saw the bits of the Monitor being restored in Newport News.

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