Campaign

The **campaign** is the primary game mode of *Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail, where your job is simple: Rise from a low-ranking officer to admiral of either the British Empire or the fledgling United States of America.*

## Mechanics

* The campaign is essentially a turn-based strategy mode where you manage your fleet, featuring a mix of naval, land, and side missions. Naval and land battles are self-explanatory, and require you to flex your tactical muscle and prepare a carefully picked crew to tackle the dangers awaiting beyond. You can skip some missions, but you will miss out on money, reputation, the chance to obtain better ships and overall it's ill-advised.
* Occasionally, you'll be presented with choices. These include eg. trading captives taken during battles to the opposing side, deciding whether to fight both land and naval battles, or just one side thereof, and so on and so forth.
* Side missions cannot be tackled directly and require sending out ships from your fleet. The side missions do not expire until you end your turn, so you can finish real time battles beforehand. HOWEVER, the chance of success is determined by your career skills and the quality of ship sent. As such, there's always a risk that the ship will be captured by the enemy or lost.

## British campaign

Rule the Waves! You will take the role of a British naval commander. Your order is to protect England and become a legendary naval hero for centuries to come!

You will receive ample funding and a wide range of ships and equipment to create your fleet and army. The best units of the British Empire are available to you, but earning recognition and building a reputation is difficult in the finest military in the world. Recommended to new players.

#### Chapter 2 - Expedition

*I have been promoted to Captain and given command of a brig and an old sloop. I dreamed of staying on HMS Richmond - but to do so I would have had to remain a lieutenant. Promotion is better choice, right? We are anchored in the mouth of the San Juan River and there we wait. We have had no news from home, no news from Jamaica, no news at all! There is a saying, during war no news is good news . But soon we will need to replenish the food and rum for the men. The rumors of half rations may become reality in a matter of weeks.*
* 2.1 Dinner for Admiral
* 2.2 Priority
* 2.2 Snakes and Powder
* 2.3 Second Wave
* 2.3 Crossfire
* 2.3 Smoke Over Island
* 2.4 Hunter and Prey
* 2.4 Fireworks
* 2.4 Smugglers Activity
* 2.4 Serious Deal
* 2.5 Snatch!
	+ 2.5.1 Snatch (Naval Combat)
	+ 2.5.2 Snatch (Naval & Land Combat)
* 2.5 Filthy Smugglers
* 2.5 Treasure Fleet
* 2.5 Patrol

#### Chapter 3 - War in North America

*The past year brought Britain both victories and defeats. We defeated Holland - the war is still going on, but after the Battle of Dogger Bank, they are just sitting in their own ports. In the rebel colonies, our army under the command of Charles Cornwallis suffered a series of defeats, and capitulated near Yorktown, being surrounded on the ground and blocked from the sea by the French squadron de Grasse ... Gibraltar is still under siege, but is holding on, and rebellions caused by exorbitant taxes are breaking out in the Spanish colonies. But in general - things are bad. We lost the Bahamas and Florida, in fact, almost all of the West Indies are now Spanish, despite our sacrifices and efforts. I have been escorting ships to British Columbia for the past 3 month in a row, very boring...*
* 3.1 Ontario Express
* 3.1 Coastal Service
* 3.1 Enemy Activity
* 3.2 clash
* 3.2 Harm Rum
* 3.2 Capture of Savannah
* 3.2 Gray Ships
* 3.2 Guilty
* 3.3 Intelligence
* 3.3 An eye of a Needle
* 3.3 Intercept
* 3.4 He wore his beaver up
* 3.4 Objects in Motion
* 3.4 Blockade
* 3.4 Silver Smoke
* 3.5 The Final Frontier

#### Chapter 4 - Bleeding Europe

*After Cornwalli's surrender at Yorktown, it is just not worth the cost to send another army to subdue the Americal Colonies. With the French Monarchy overthrown, the mod pretending to rule, and aristocrates being executed we must run our interest to the continent. England is the only nation that can ensure that law and order will return to Europe. We must support the French royalists in their fight against the new French republic, as we once fought with the rebels in Africa. If we do not stop its sprend now, then the poison of revolution will destroy all it touches.*
* 4.1 Siege of Toulon
* 4.1 Lost Souls
* 4.2 Escape from Toulon
* 4.2 Corsica
* 4.2 The Corsican Voyager
* 4.2 A Very Important Person
* 4.3 Glorious June
* 4.3 Grand Hiver

## American campaign

Don't Tread on Me: You will aid a newborn nation as a naval commander. Your mission is to organize our naval forces and lead them to victory, helping to establish the USA as a free nation!

All odds are against you in the fight for independence. You lack everything from financing and ships to technology, weapons, and recruits. However, this has provided an opportunity to gain fame and renown as even the smallest of victories can be inspiring against such odds. Recommended for experienced players.

#### Chapter 1 - A Timely Delivery

*We were able to deliver the required weapons to resupply our army in Boston. General Washington was pleased with the operation. With our weapons and pay, we will form the first Continental Navy Marine regiment by recruiting, arming, and training volunteers very quickly. The battle is defensive in nature and can be good experience for them.*
* Deliverance

#### Chapter 2 - Hardened Steel

*We stood together in our Darkest Hour, unwilling to retreat until our last charge of powder had been expended. British troops have great stockpiles of ammunition, but force of arms will not suffice to win this war when men are determined to have Liberty or have Death! Congress has approved a series of offensive operations on land and sea to demonstrate our resolve to the British and their King. We have much to do.*
* Meal for Patriots
* Letter of Marque
* Storm on the Chelsea River
* Take her back!
* The Burning of Norfolk
* Naval Blockade
* Battle of the Rice Boats
* The Raid on Nassau
* Battle of Yarmouth
* Nantucket
* Wounded Game

#### Chapter 3 - The Rattlesnake

*We began our fight without ships, weapons, or funding. Over the past year we have built up our fleet and learned how to defeat the vaunted Royal Navy step by step. Through our victories, we have proven that we are now a formidable force to be reckoned with.*
* Battle of Block Island
* Pain in the neck
* To challenge
* Furs
* Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
* Stay hungry
* Battle of Valcour Island
* Raid
* Revenge

#### Chapter 4 - Treaty of Alliance

*After a series of major victories by the Continental Fleet over the superior strength of the Royal Navy, Congress decided to send me to France with Benjamin Franklin. My task was to help in the negotiations of an alliance with France and their entrance into the war and allocation of their fleet and land army for joint operations. The result of our long negotiations was the signing of the Treaty of Alliance on February 6, 1778. Hostilities soon followed after Britain declared war on France on March 17, 1778. France is going to send 40 000 soldiers and a huge fleet to help us....*
* Savannah
* A Friend in Need
* Battle of Martinique
* Loggerheads
* Groggy Start
* Another Attempt
* Tailor Made
* A Friend Indeed
* Battle of Cape Henry
* The Chesapeake

#### Chapter 5 - Return of the Legend

*The Treaty of Paris in 1783 ended the Revolutionary War and, by 1785, Congress had disbanded the Continental Navy and sold the remaining ships, putting me out of a job. The last frigate was auctioned off for $26,000 because the new nation did not have the funds to keep her in service. Factors leading to the dissolution of the Navy included a general lack of money, the loose confederation of the states, a change of goals from war to peace, and more concern being placed on domestic affairs. I returned to a peaceful life and only stories with old friends reminded me of the cruel battles at sea and land. In 1801, my old friend Thomas Jefferson became the new president of the United States. He set about forming a new fleet. 6 super frigates were ordered, which would form the basis of a new fleet. Jefferson, then refused unreasonable payments to Barbary states, which provoked a war. It's time to show the world the power of the US Navy under my command.*
* Unknown enemy
* Sudden Strike
* Nemesis