Astrobolt

Astrobolt
Date Joined:	December 10, 2015
Current Crews:	NRWHL and SHDW
Current Rank:	Firstmate
Main Base:	Mesa Basa

Astrobolt is a well-established, long-term player. He is the sole leader of the Narwhal Syndicate and a citizen of the Shadow Realm. His main base is Mesa Basa and he also rents a house in London and maintains a vacation home on Samos Island.

History

Beginnings

Astrobolt first joined PirateCraft on December 10, 2015. After a few days, he was invited to join the United States Empire. For over a month, he endured countless raids and attacks on Decky Town, USE's capital. Growing tired of the poorly managed crew, Astro eventually betrayed USE by destroying the administrative sections of Decky Town. Shortly afterwards, he began construction on a new base in the Central Ocean, about 500 blocks south of Cove.

This new base, however, did not come without its own issues. Despite being unaware of it at the time, Astro had built it extremely close to dagersh's base. Dagersh, being one of the most powerful players on the server and a member of the Crusaders of the Void, forced Astro to move their new ocean base further away. With dagersh's help, a new base was eventually constructed at a safe distance. These events led to Astro developing a strong loyalty towards dagersh that would help propel him to fame.

Rise to Fame

After several months of being in his own one-person crew, Astro was invited to [[Solis]] by RaveTheWave. During that time he was able to use crew resources to increase his own reputation. Astro stayed in the crew for several months, until Konstruktor quit PirateCraft, which [[Solis]] partially contributed to. These events led to a minor rift in the crew, prompting Astro to leave [[Solis]] before things got worse.

Only a matter of days after leaving [[Solis]], Astro was invited to [[Khaos|KHAOS]] by souldin1. [[Khaos|KHAOS]] was one of the many results of the disbanding of [[CoV]] and was comprised of many of the crew's former members. Astro stayed in [[Khaos|KHAOS]] for several weeks until being invited to the newly-formed [[The Asylum|Asylum]] by [[Cysteen]].

Astro was one of the first people to join Asylum. TAS was perhaps the single-biggest factor in Astro's remarkably quick rise to fame. During his several-month stint in the crew, many members, especially Jmoo12086, helped convince Astro that he needed a new base. It was then that he got rid of his stone brick box in the Central Ocean and made an underground base named Mesa Basa in the Southern Mesa near dagersh's base. Astro's new base would later become one of the safest and most famous, yet most secretive, bases on PirateCraft. Unfortunately, several months after joining TAS, internal conflicts among the crew started to appear, such as stealing and killing, eventually giving Astro no choice but to leave the crew.

Pirate Era

After leaving TAS, Astro temporarily joined Piratequest. Shortly afterwards, he became friends with Browe_ and they made a new crew called Meat Beaters Anonymous as a joke. Browe_ and Astro would soon go on to make a new crew called Phantom with Galaxy219, which would become one of the greatest crews in the history of PirateCraft.

Phantom, a pirate crew, originated with the intent of making heavy use of ships and having an island base. Taking advantage of the theme of ships, along with the popular Narwhal Song, Astro built the very first iteration of the Phantom Narwhal, which itself would have future iterations that would be the most successful ships in the history of PirateCraft's organized ship battles. It was also at this time that Astro became one of the most infamous ship thieves on PirateCraft. After noticing several common design flaws with standard security measures, Astro led several other members of Phantom in raids, stealing several ships from ae0's island, along with ships from many significant bases across the server. Shortly after the crew was made, Astro left and disbanded the crew due to internal conflicts.

After leaving the crew, Astro stole perhaps the most prized ship in PirateCraft history, Browe_'s Phantom Sovereign, later completely destroying it. Later on, Astro commissioned Maximus_Terragon and SnapCrackPlays to rebuild the Phantom Sovereign. Soon after, Maximus_Terragon stole the ship, eventually making it a permanent museum ship at Cove. these events led to the blaze of glory that was Phantom's collapse and made Astro one of the most notorious players on the server.

Idle Period

After disbanding Phantom and destroying the Phantom Sovereign, Astro joined the British Empire and entered an idle period. During this time he was less active and drifted from crew to crew. After spending several weeks in BE he left and made the first iteration of the Narwhal Syndicate as a solo crew. He eventually disbanded the crew in order to rejoin BE, which he stayed in for several months until being invited to join the Coalition by Kettoh.

After spending several days in the crew, NadolfPickler kicked Astro while he was offline for no apparent reason. Astro was later invited to Black Wake by DriftingSixGuns. Astro soon left Black Wake due to internal conflicts, rejoining the Coalition, and once again leaving to rejoin BE.

Astro left BE soon afterwards, joining Dealer's Deck after being invited by _Freke_, where he was quickly promoted to leader. Several weeks later, however, Astro left the crew in order to calm increasing aggression from certain members of TAS towards Dealer's Deck, which was a direct result of Astro's presence in Dealer's Deck. After leaving Dealer's Deck, Astro made the second iteration of the Narwhal Syndicate, which was once again a solo crew. Several weeks later, he disbanded the crew and was reinvited to TAS.

Return to Prominence

After being reinvited to [[TAS]] following a long absence from the crew, Astro began to come back from his idle period and return to prominence. However, this stint in [[TAS]] was not meant to be; internal conflicts, disputes with allies and rivals, and fellow crew members harassing him led Astro to leave the crew once again.

Shortly afterwards, Astro joined dagersh's and Elo106's crew, House Indoril. Despite enjoying his stint in HI and continuing to show his loyalty towards dagersh and enjoy a good friendship with Elo106, Astro left after once again being reinvited to TAS by Nahadoth.

Unfortunately, this would be Astro's last time being a member of [[TAS]]. After rejoining, crew leaders decided to cut off the [[Narwhal HQ]] from crew resources such as the iron farm and the guardian grinder. In response to this blockade, Astro developed a way to bypass the blockade and once again gain access to crew resources. While the resources were important, these actions were primarily to prove a point. As a result of these events and the general rising tensions between Astro and the other members of [[TAS]], he left the crew.

After leaving TAS for the final time, Astro made the third iteration of the Narwhal Syndicate and was the only member. He remained in the crew until he was banned on March 6, 2019.

Unban and Return to Glory

On February 26, 2022, almost 3 years later, Astro was unbanned. Since returning, he has established the fourth iteration of the Narwhal Syndicate as one of PirateCraft's premier crews, forging strong alliances with friends and continuing to expand the crew's territory. He has also taken on the project of heavily renovating Mesa Basa, modernizing its security and other redstone-related systems in order to return it to its former glory.

Since creating the fourth iteration of NRWHL, Astro has shifted the crew's ethos to focus on ships of war and redstone engineering. Additionally, the crew expanded to a total of six members: Ashgrove22, Azuries, Decsain, Folsky, Nahadoth, and Zee_King_Bee (ordered alphabetically). Decsain shared a leadership role with Astro during her time in the crew, but eventually left due to irresolvable differences regarding policies regarding other crews. Ashgrove22 and Nahadoth later joined her new crew, ECHO. Azuries and Zee_King_Bee remained in NRWHL, while Folsky temporarily left, rejoined, and later left again. In early March of 2023, Lawzoneon joined the crew, further solidifying NRWHL's ethos of inviting players from the early years of the PirateCraft. Today, NRWHL stands firmly as one of PirateCraft's most prominent crews and, despite only having four members, boasts impressive territory size and full control of the oceans with its unrivalled navy.

In addition to his redstone projects, Astro has also taken up PirateCraft's long-lost art of shipbuilding, sparking a new golden age for the craft. Using real-life shipbuilding techniques, his finest ship, Saint of the South, stands guard off the coast of Samos, deterring enemy invaders day and night.

On February 25, 2023, Astro joined the Shadow Realm as a dual citizen. Today, he maintains sole leadership of NRWHL while enjoying the full rights and privileges given to citizens of SHDW.

Ship Battles

First Era

The Battle on the High Seas

On December 27, 2016, JamminMas hosted the server's first major ship battle. Astro was in Phantom and piloted the Phantom Narwhal in its first ship battle. Unfortunately, poor records were kept, however Phantom and the Phantom Narwhal won.

The First Battle of Ship Wreck Isle

Hosted in early 2017 by Browe_, (the exact date was not recorded) this was the first battle at the new Ship Wreck Isle, built by Browe_ and NickyB_123. Astro was in Phantom and piloting the Phantom Narwhal; Phantom once again showed its naval power and proved victorious.

The Second Battle of Ship Wreck Isle

Also hosted in early 2017 by Browe_, (the exact date was not recorded) this was the second battle to be held at Ship Wreck Isle. Astro was still in Phantom and piloted the Phantom Narwhal; Phantom maintained its dominance and won yet again.

Freeport Era

The First Battle of Freeport

On October 28, 2017, Astro brought the Phantom Narwhal into battle. It was dealt severe damage early on and quickly disabled.

The Second Battle of Freeport

On November 4, 2017, Astro brought the Phantom Narwhal into battle again. This time, it proved victorious. After command was given to Nationalistic (more commonly known as TheSmilingFlea), the Phantom Narwhal disabled the Teletub and won the battle.

The Fourth Battle of Freeport

On November 26, 2017, after being absent from the Third Battle of Freeport since it was ships only and submarines were not allowed, the Phantom Narwhal returned. Early in the battle, the Phantom Narwhal took heavy damage from TNT. The battle was quickly stopped by Maximus_Terragon, but the damage had already been done. The supply chest was blown up and the Phantom Narwhal was heavily damaged. An inadequate amount of time was given for repairs, so when the battle resumed, the Phantom Narwhal didn't stand a chance. However, the crew still put up a tremendous effort and inflicted heavy damage on the Telesub. The Phantom Narwhal was ultimately defeated.

The Seventh Battle of Freeport

On April 7, 2018, Astro returned to ship battles. After skipping two battles due to rule changes, he came to spectate. Near the halfway point, Maximus_Terragon offered to let Astro join the Teletub as it joined the battle. Astro agreed and the Teletub finished the battle tied for victory with three other ships.

The Eighth Battle of Freeport

On May 26, 2018, exactly six since months since the last ship battle the Phantom Narwhal participated in, Astro returned and ended his boycott on battles organized by Maximus_Terragon. At the end of the battle, four ships, including the Phantom Narwhal, remained. The winner was decided by which ship had the most blocks remaining at the end. The Phantom Narwhal emerged victorious with 93.4% of blocks remaining. This was the last scheduled Battle of Freeport.

Battle Bay Era

The First Battle of Battle Bay

On August 18, 2018, the first ship battle in Maximus_Terragon's new arena took place. Astro once again brought the Phantom Narwhal. Accompanying him as the crew were BlackShadow969, Dark_101, MinisterMoo, and OmegaVenom1. Ultimately, they finished in second place. The battle was well fought given the new rules, new Narwhal design, and new arena.