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* Alexis is being shown round a starship for the first time, and has just asked what all this Port and Starboard business is about
-->'''Alexis:''' Philip, until this morning, I'd never left atmosphere before. And all of this is quite new and confusing to me, so please, do understand.\\
-->'''Alexis:''' Philip, until this morning, I'd never left atmosphere before. And all of this is quite new and confusing to me, so please, do understand.\\
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* Alexis's efforts to learn traditional naval terminology in book 1.
** Alexis is being shown round a starship for the first time, and has just asked what all this Port and Starboard business isabout
-->'''Alexis:'''about.
--->'''Alexis:''' Philip, until this morning, I'd never left atmosphere before. And all of this is quite new and confusing to me, so please, do understand.\\
** Alexis is being shown round a starship for the first time, and has just asked what all this Port and Starboard business is
-->'''Alexis:'''
--->'''Alexis:''' Philip, until this morning, I'd never left atmosphere before. And all of this is quite new and confusing to me, so please, do understand.\\
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'''Philip:''' Couldn't call them that ... it'd confuse everybody.
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'''Philip:''' Couldn't call them that ... it'd confuse everybody.[[note]]For the unaware, ItMakesSenseInContext: port and starboard are ''specifically'' the left and right sides of the ship while facing the bow of the vessel, and assigning them those names avoids [[YourOtherLeft getting them confused for the speaker's left and right]].[[/note]]
** And:
--->'''Alexis:''' Is, perhaps 'tradition' a naval term for some sort of insanity, I begin to wonder?\\
'''Mr. Breech:''' Now that would explain a great deal, wouldn't it, Mister Easely?
** And also:
--->'''Alexis:''' ''(reading the designation of a structural member from a tablet)'' "Forward-twelve-port, first ''[[InherentlyFunnyWords futtock]]''"? Now you're just making things up!
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--->'''Alexis:''' Is, perhaps 'tradition' a naval term for some sort of insanity, I begin to wonder?\\
'''Mr. Breech:''' Now that would explain a great deal, wouldn't it, Mister Easely?
** And also:
--->'''Alexis:''' ''(reading the designation of a structural member from a tablet)'' "Forward-twelve-port, first ''[[InherentlyFunnyWords futtock]]''"? Now you're just making things up!
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* Alexis is being shown round a starship for the first time, and has just asked what all this Port and Starboard business is about
-->'''Alexis:''' Philip, until this morning, I'd never left atmosphere before. And all of this is quite new and confusing to me, so please, do understand.\\
'''Philip:''' Oh ... all right then. So, the sides of the ship, this here's port, and the other's starboard.\\
'''Alexis:''' Why can't they just be left and right?\\
'''Philip:''' Couldn't call them that ... it'd confuse everybody.
-->'''Alexis:''' Philip, until this morning, I'd never left atmosphere before. And all of this is quite new and confusing to me, so please, do understand.\\
'''Philip:''' Oh ... all right then. So, the sides of the ship, this here's port, and the other's starboard.\\
'''Alexis:''' Why can't they just be left and right?\\
'''Philip:''' Couldn't call them that ... it'd confuse everybody.
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A Date With Rosie Palms is now an index.
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'''Alexis:''' [[WrongInsultOffense Dear Lord, man, go and see your bosun for a proper curse, will you not?]] ''(he starts to leave)'' Oh, Mister Couchman? ''(he stops)'' Do think of me as you [[ADateWithRosiePalms caress that great gun tonight]], will you?
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'''Alexis:''' [[WrongInsultOffense Dear Lord, man, go and see your bosun for a proper curse, will you not?]] ''(he starts to leave)'' Oh, Mister Couchman? ''(he stops)'' Do think of me as you [[ADateWithRosiePalms caress that great gun tonight]], tonight, will you?
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* The BawdySong that appears as chapter headers in ''The Queen's Pardon'' is as funny as only a proper BawdySong can be. Even the Queen thinks it's hilarious.
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* In ''Privateer'', a New London lieutenant doesn't recognize Alexis since, being a reservist on half-pay, she's out of uniform. He just sees a pretty young woman drinking alone and so his mind naturally goes to picking her up with all sorts of {{double entendre}}s about caressing the ship's guns. Alexis pretends to be responsive to his flirtations... then springs the captain's PopQuiz of a midshipman on him. He's flabbergasted, and then the whole crowd, having heard Alexis use the "captain's voice" on him, bursts out laughing when she informs him he's dismasted.
-->'''Lt. Couchman:''' You... you ''bitch!''\\
'''Alexis:''' [[WrongInsultOffense Dear Lord, man, go and see your bosun for a proper curse, will you not?]] ''(he starts to leave)'' Oh, Mister Couchman? ''(he stops)'' Do think of me as you [[ADateWithRosiePalms caress that great gun tonight]], will you?
-->'''Lt. Couchman:''' You... you ''bitch!''\\
'''Alexis:''' [[WrongInsultOffense Dear Lord, man, go and see your bosun for a proper curse, will you not?]] ''(he starts to leave)'' Oh, Mister Couchman? ''(he stops)'' Do think of me as you [[ADateWithRosiePalms caress that great gun tonight]], will you?
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* Many of Alexis' zingers.
** Alexis gets annoyed at Midshipman Roland making "gay sailor" {{Double Entendre}}s at her bunkmate Easely's expense, namely whether he prefers the top or bottom (bunk):
--->'''Roland:''' Likely the top. Given young Easely, after all. Can't imagine him on top! ... Though I'm a topman, myself, and always will be!\\
'''Alexis:''' I'm quite sure that Mister Easely would acquit himself with distinction, no matter the position.\\
'''Roland:''' Mayhap. But you’ll never find me on the bottom, I assure you.\\
'''Alexis:''' I'm sorry to hear your repertoire is so limited, sir. Perhaps with more experience, you’ll achieve some versatility. ''(everybody else bursts out laughing)''
** The "limited repertoire" line then proceeds to [[BrickJoke come back several times]] after being fed through HMS ''Merlin'''s grapevine and undergoing MemeticMutation. After Daviel Coalson calls her a "stupid bitch":
--->'''Alexis:''' [[WrongInsultOffense The very worst thing about being a woman in this Navy is that the insults are so very limited. You men get called all the imaginative ones.]]\\
'''Bosun:''' Aye, sir. A quite limited repertoire, these Coalsons have.
* Alexis spends several days leading a prize crew aboard a captured pirate pinnace, ''Grapple''. The pirates briefly retake her during a darkspace storm, but Alexis regains control. Fast forward to the end, and ''Merlin'''s crew are reading the Prize Court findings:
-->'''Alexis:''' "Further, it is found that the taking of the prize ''Grapple'' by..." ''({{beat}})'' "By... the ship ''Grapple'', Midshipman Alexis Carew (Commander, Acting of ''Grapple'')" ... Sir, I don't understand.\\
'''Lieutenant Ames:''' Ha!\\
'''Lieutenant Caruthers:''' Well, if you've gotten the jest, Ames, please do help the rest of us along. For I do admit, I am perplexed.\\
'''Ames:''' Then you've no true appreciation for the absurdity of the Prize Court, lieutenant! Go on, Carew, read the next bit and they'll get it!\\
'''Alexis:''' "By the ship ''Grapple'', Midshipman Alexis Carew (Commander, Acting of ''Grapple''), there being no other ships In Sight at the time of the Action..."\\
'''Roland:''' ''Hell!'' ''(Caruthers burst out laughing)''\\
'''Ames:''' Ha! You've got it now, eh?\\
'''Easely:''' There's no mention of ''Merlin''.\\
'''Caruthers:''' No. The bloody Prize Court's gone and bolloxed up the reports! They've got our Mister Carew commanding a ship that took itself!
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** Alexis gets annoyed at Midshipman Roland making "gay sailor" {{Double Entendre}}s at her bunkmate Easely's expense, namely whether he prefers the top or bottom (bunk):
--->'''Roland:''' Likely the top. Given young Easely, after all. Can't imagine him on top! ... Though I'm a topman, myself, and always will be!\\
'''Alexis:''' I'm quite sure that Mister Easely would acquit himself with distinction, no matter the position.\\
'''Roland:''' Mayhap. But you’ll never find me on the bottom, I assure you.\\
'''Alexis:''' I'm sorry to hear your repertoire is so limited, sir. Perhaps with more experience, you’ll achieve some versatility. ''(everybody else bursts out laughing)''
** The "limited repertoire" line then proceeds to [[BrickJoke come back several times]] after being fed through HMS ''Merlin'''s grapevine and undergoing MemeticMutation. After Daviel Coalson calls her a "stupid bitch":
--->'''Alexis:''' [[WrongInsultOffense The very worst thing about being a woman in this Navy is that the insults are so very limited. You men get called all the imaginative ones.]]\\
'''Bosun:''' Aye, sir. A quite limited repertoire, these Coalsons have.
* Alexis spends several days leading a prize crew aboard a captured pirate pinnace, ''Grapple''. The pirates briefly retake her during a darkspace storm, but Alexis regains control. Fast forward to the end, and ''Merlin'''s crew are reading the Prize Court findings:
-->'''Alexis:''' "Further, it is found that the taking of the prize ''Grapple'' by..." ''({{beat}})'' "By... the ship ''Grapple'', Midshipman Alexis Carew (Commander, Acting of ''Grapple'')" ... Sir, I don't understand.\\
'''Lieutenant Ames:''' Ha!\\
'''Lieutenant Caruthers:''' Well, if you've gotten the jest, Ames, please do help the rest of us along. For I do admit, I am perplexed.\\
'''Ames:''' Then you've no true appreciation for the absurdity of the Prize Court, lieutenant! Go on, Carew, read the next bit and they'll get it!\\
'''Alexis:''' "By the ship ''Grapple'', Midshipman Alexis Carew (Commander, Acting of ''Grapple''), there being no other ships In Sight at the time of the Action..."\\
'''Roland:''' ''Hell!'' ''(Caruthers burst out laughing)''\\
'''Ames:''' Ha! You've got it now, eh?\\
'''Easely:''' There's no mention of ''Merlin''.\\
'''Caruthers:''' No. The bloody Prize Court's gone and bolloxed up the reports! They've got our Mister Carew commanding a ship that took itself!
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