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Title: Solutions
Rating: M (Suitable for ages 16 and above)
Disclaimers: The character John Sweetman belongs to sharpiefan.
Story summary: Show the Colours/Dogwatches AU; An old hand deals with a problem. Chatham, April 1798.
Author's Note: Any factual errors that occur within are my own.

( The story )

Title: Recruits
Rating: K+ (Suitable for ages 13 and above)
Disclaimers: The characters George Thompson and Sergeant Sweetman belong to sharpiefan. All other characters appearing within belong to me.
Summary: Show the Colours/Dogwatches AU. An old sergeant oversees the training of new Marine recruits. Chatham, 1797.
Author's Note: This is the result of a plotbunny attack. Any errors within are my own.

( The story )

Title: The Dogwatches
Rating: M (Suitable for ages 16 and above)
Disclaimers: With the exception of historical figures, all names given in this story are fictional and any relation to actual persons, living or dead, is purely incidental.
Story summary: A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies/South Carolina, 1780.
Author's Note: Any factual errors that occur within are my own. The narrators will change from scene to scene, as this story is told primarily by the ship's Marines.

This is a re-issuing of the story, following substantial editing of the original piece.
Previous chapters: One | Two | Three

( Chapter Four )