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:<small>''If you're looking for quick stat island coordinates: Mus(56,14); Myst(23,66); Mox(13,91).''</small>
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You hand the Meat over to the navigator, who hands it over to the quartermaster, who hands it over to an accounts payable rep, who hands it over to the grog purchasing agent, the food acquisition specialist, and the convenience store clerk, and soon the ship is fully outfitted for a voyage.
You hand the Meat over to the navigator, who hands it over to the quartermaster, who hands it over to an accounts payable rep, who hands it over to the grog purchasing agent, the food acquisition specialist, and the convenience store clerk, and soon the ship is fully outfitted for a voyage.


[[image:Shipwheel.gif|center]]
[[File:Shipwheel.gif|center]]


The navigator squints at you and asks "That's that, then. To what coordinates would you like to sail in search of booty, Cap'm?"
The navigator squints at you and asks "That's that, then. To what coordinates would you like to sail in search of booty, Cap'm?"
:Longitude: (1-242)
<center>Longitude: ''<number>'' (1-242)</center>
:Latitude: (1-100)
<center>Latitude: ''<number>'' (1-100)</center><br/>
{{button|Set Sail!}}
{{button|Set Sail!}}
----
"Aye aye, Cap'm!" says the navigator, and there is a bustle of activity as the ship leaves port -- sails are unfurled, masts are hoisted, pulleys are winched, all that kind of shippy stuff. Pretty soon, you've lost sight of land, and the open sea lies... um... open before you as you sail towards your destination.


==Results==
==Results==
"Aye aye, Cap'm!" says the navigator, and there is a bustle of activity as the ship leaves port -- sails are unfurled, masts are hoisted, pulleys are winched, all that kind of shippy stuff. Pretty soon, you've lost sight of land, and open sea lies... um... open before you as you sail towards your destination.
A full map of the ocean, with coordinates for the adventures, can be found at [[Set an Open Course for the Virgin Booty (Map)]].


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Ocean Treasure
|name=Ocean Treasure
|image=Ornatechest.gif
|image=Ornatechest.gif
|note1=Drops a random Cursed Chest or Key
|note1=Drops a random cursed chest or key.
|note2=Default adventure when not going to one of the co-ordinates below}}
|note2=Default adventure when not going to one of the co-ordinates below.}}


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Rainbow Pearl
|name=Rainbow Pearl
|image=Rainpearl.gif
|image=Sand2.gif
|note1=Upon first discovery, dropped a [[Rainbow pearl]]
|note1=Drops a [[shimmering rainbow sand]].}}
|note2=Upon subsequent visits, dropped a [[shimmering rainbow sand]]}}


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Stone Triangle
|name=Stone Triangle
|image=Trifrag1.gif
|image=Trifrag1.gif
|note1=Upon first discovery, dropped either a [[small stone triangle]], a [[medium stone triangle]], or a [[large stone triangle]]
|note1=Upon first discovery, dropped either a [[small stone triangle]], a [[medium stone triangle]], or a [[large stone triangle]].
|note2=Upon subsequent visits, dropped a [[strange stone sphere]]}}
|note2=Subsequently (i.e. now), it drops an [[El Vibrato power sphere]].
|note3=Occurs at the co-ordinates (59,10), (86,40), & (48,47).}}


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Small Tropical Island
|name=Small Tropical Island
|image=Tikiidol.gif
|image=Tikiidol.gif
|note1=Upon first discovery, dropped a [[strange tiki idol]].  
|note1=The first time this location was discovered, it dropped a [[strange tiki idol]].  
|note2=Upon subsequent visits, dropped a [[sinister altar fragment]]}}
|note2=Subsequently (i.e. now), it drops a [[sinister altar fragment]].}}
 
{{adventure
|name=Stone Pyramid
|image=islandplinth.gif
|note1=Occurs at any coordinate when adventuring with a [[strange stone pyramid]] in your inventory.
|note2=After this adventure, the [[strange stone pyramid]] is lost from your inventory.
|note3=Can no longer occur as there are no more strange stone pyramids in the Kingdom.}}
 
{{adventure
|name=Plinth
|image=islandplinth.gif
|note1=If there is one in your inventory, lose an [[El Vibrato power sphere]].
|note2=If you spend an [[El Vibrato power sphere]], you will gain one [[El Vibrato trapezoid]] if you do not have one in your inventory, display case, or campground.
|note3=Was only unlocked after the creation of the [[strange stone pyramid]] and its use in the above adventure.
|note4=Occurs at the co-ordinate (63,29).}}


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Gilligan's Island
|name=Gilligan's Island
|note1=gain X muscle substat}}
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Muscle]] substat.}}


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Monkey Island
|name=Monkey Island
|note1=gain X muscle substat}}
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Muscle]] substat.}}


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Oyster Island
|name=Oyster Island
|note1=gain X muscle substat}}
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Muscle]] substat.}}


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Dinosaur Comics
|name=Dinosaur Comics
|note1=gain X mysticality substat}}
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Mysticality]] substat.}}


{{adventure
{{adventure
|name=Land of the Lost
|name=Land of the Lost
|note1=gain X mysticality substat}}
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Mysticality]] substat.}}


===Myst Island (3,35) (13,86) (44,45) (52,50) (81,5)===
{{adventure
The lookout on the pirate ship spots a small pine tree-covered island in the distance, and you set out in a rowboat to investigate. You land at a convenient dock and have a look around -- oddly, the place seems to be uninhabited, despite having a number of interesting buildings -- a large clock tower, a planetarium, even a broken-down rocket ship of some sort.
|name=Myst Island
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Mysticality]] substat.}}


Eventually you come upon a small library. Two books -- a red one and a blue one -- are separated from the rest of the volumes. Upon opening them, though, you discover that neither one contains any words, but instead a small window full of static and a mysterious voice begging you to find some missing red or blue pages.
{{adventure
|name=Cast Away
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Moxie]] substat.}}


Not wanting to get involved in what is undoubtedly a long and drawn-out adventure full of obscure puzzles and probably at least one really annoying maze, you put the books back on the shelf, pointedly ignore the obvious secret panel in the fireplace, and instead spend an hour in the planetarium improving your knowledge of the cosmos before heading back to the pirate ship. As far as you're concerned, the ending to this one can remain unwritten.
{{adventure
|name=Lord of the Flies
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Moxie]] substat.}}


{{stat|mys=gain X}}
{{adventure
 
|name=LOST
===Cast Away (22,62) (30,35) (60,5) (83,45) (185,98)===
|note1=Gain 250-350 [[Moxie]] substat.}}
The pirate ship encounters a small island, and you row ashore to check it out. You find a thin, bedraggled man sitting on a handmade bamboo bench next to a basketball, staring out at the sea. "Hey there. Er... what's up?" you ask.
 
The man ponders this question for a moment, then answers serenely: "Life is like a FedEx box. You never know what you're gonna get."
 
"You mean, like a basketball?"
 
"Sometimes, yep. Ice skates too, sometimes. Useful things, ice skates."
 
He proceeds to tell you his entire life story, pretty much as you expected. It's a reasonably interesting tale, though, and the guy's slowness makes you feel pretty moxious by comparison.
 
{{stat|mox=gain X}}
 
===Lord of the Flies (13,91) (44,51) (85,35) (94,65) (115,14)===
The pirates discover a small island at the given coordinates, and you set out in a rowboat to investigate. You find a small group of young boys in torn and ragged school uniforms. Some of them are preparing to stab the fat kid to death with pointy sticks, so you pick up a conch shell and thump a couple of them on the head with it until they're paying attention to you. Then you teach them all about wedgies and indian burns, and leave them, if not civilized, at least a bit less violent. Moxious!
 
As you sail away in the pirate ship, it occurs to you that you could have given the kids a lift back to the mainland. Oh well, whatever.
 
{{stat|mox=gain X}}
 
===LOST (5,39) (52,45) (133,60) (143,11) (187,92)===
You discover the wreck of a large airplane, and several people milling about. They take you to a cave in the jungle, where the unusually photogenic leaders of the group spend a few hours telling you their life stories and all of the strange and interesting things that have happened to them on the island, which is apparently teeming with strange monsters, manevolent scientists, and frequent references to the numbers 4,8,11,15,16,23,37, and 42 (you start to point out that, with a collection of numbers that large, it's actually extremely likely that you'd encounter them everywhere just by random chance, but they don't seem to be listening).
 
When they mention the polar bear, you start to suspect that they're just making it up as they go along, and head off to play a couple rounds of golf with the fat guy before leaving. You win, which is pretty moxious of you, considering the amount of free time he's had to practice.
 
{{stat|mox=gain X}}
 
===Plinth (63,29)===
[[image:islandplinth.gif|center]]
 
====With [[strange stone sphere]] in inventory====
You arrive at a strange, perfectly round island, with a weird looking stone plinth in the center of it. The plinth is carved with a bunch of shallow channels, through which pulse a bunch of blue lights. There's a circular depression at the top of it, almost exactly the same size as the strange stone sphere you dredged up earlier.
 
You place the sphere into the depression, and it immediately vanishes, seeming to sink into the plinth. A humming sounds emanates from below the ground, as if some piece of ancient machinery had suddenly sprung back to life. Perhaps that's because deep below the ground, some piece of ancient machinery has suddenly sprung back to life.
 
(strange stone sphere is consumed)
 
====Without [[strange stone sphere]] in inventory====
You arrive at a strange, perfectly round island, with a weird looking stone plinth in the center of it. The plinth is carved with a bunch of shallow channels, through which pulse a bunch of blue lights. There's a circular depression at the top of it, but you don't have anything to shove into it, so you shove off, instead.
 
===Mainland (see below)===
The navigator says "Sorry, Cap'm, but we can't sail to those coordinates, because that's where the mainland is, and we've pretty much plundered the mainland dry. Perhaps a more exotic locale is in order?"
 
==Coordinates==
*Coordinates where small tropical islands originally bore [[strange tiki idol]]s (and [[sinister altar fragment]]s to all subsequent visitors): (34,79), (38,70), (40,81), (41,90), (47,74), (47,83), (47,91), (51,79), (54,93), (59,75), (62,89), (63,81), (68,88), (69,77), (69,94), (70,86), (73,81), (73,88), (77,74), (79,93), (82,83), (86,72), (89,92), (90,79), (94,86), (97,81), (98,94), (100,81), (104,76), (104,85), (107,79), (110,73), (113,94), (116,74), (119,95), (120,88), (121,82), (125,97), (127,90), (129,83).
*Coordinates that produced [[rainbow pearl]]s (and [[shimmering rainbow sand]] to all subsequent visitors): (124,31), (134,30), (144,29), (154,28), (164,27), (172,19), (174,26), (176,33), (178,22), (180,29), (184,25).


==Notes==
==Notes==
*Occurs during [[O Cap'm, My Cap'm]]
*Occurs after choosing to "Front the meat and take the wheel" in [[O Cap'm, My Cap'm]].
*Exploration of the map is in progress. See the [[Talk:Set an Open Course for the Virgin Booty|talk page]].
*Choosing invalid coordinates results in the following message:
*Choosing invalid coordinates results in the following message:
*:The navigator sighs. "Those aren't valid coordinates, Cap'm. Care to try again?"
*:The navigator sighs. "Those aren't valid coordinates, Cap'm. Care to try again?"
*The Kingdom of Loathing is present on this map, largely occupying an [[11]]x[[11]] region beginning at the coordinates ([[11]],[[11]]). Several coordinates in this region contain ocean, resulting in the area resembling that portrayed on the [[Locations|Main Map]].
*The Kingdom of Loathing is present on this map, largely occupying an [[eleven|11]]<nowiki>x</nowiki>[[eleven|11]] region beginning at the coordinates ([[eleven|11]],[[eleven|11]]). Several coordinates in this region are not explorable, resulting in the area resembling that portrayed on the [[Locations|Main Map]]. Attempting to search one of these locations would give the following message:
*Jick on the 12/10/07 Radio Show confirmed that only the first person to each island got the "Special Prize"
*:The navigator says "Sorry, Cap'm, but we can't sail to those coordinates, because that's where the mainland is, and we've pretty much plundered the mainland dry. Perhaps a more exotic locale is in order?"
*There are [[eleven]] [[shimmering rainbow sand]] coordinates.


==References==
==References==
* The name of the adventure is similar to "Set an open course for the virgin sea", a lyric from the song "[[Wikipedia:Come Sail Away|Come Sail Away]]" by [[Wikipedia: Styx (band)|Styx]].
*The name of the adventure is similar to "set an open course for the virgin sea", a lyric from the song "[[Wikipedia:Come Sail Away|Come Sail Away]]", by [[Wikipedia:Styx (band)|Styx]].
* The treasure-crane is probably based on the identical device in the GameCube game ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''.
*The treasure-crane (used to find chests, rainbow pearls, and stone triangles/spheres) is probably based on the same device in the video game ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''.
* The Rainbow Pearl locations form an arrow on a map, likely a reference to the 'Rainbow Worlds' of [[Wikipedia:Star Control| Star Control II]]. These were left by an advanced race for future beings to be able to find them should the need arise, as well as being convenient toxic waste dumps.
*There is a sexual reference in the name of this adventure which, if you haven't picked up on by now, you're probably not old enough to understand.


===Islands===
==See Also==
* The Castaway's Island adventure is a reference to the films ''[[Wikipedia:Cast Away|Cast Away]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Forrest Gump|Forrest Gump]]'' both starring [[Wikipedia:Tom Hanks|Tom Hanks]].
*[[Set an Open Course for the Virgin Booty (Map)]]
* The Island of the Kids of the Lord of the Flies is a reference to the novel ''[[Wikipedia:The Lord of the Flies|The Lord of the Flies]]'' wherein children are stranded on a deserted island, and all civilization breaks down.
* The numbers mentioned in the Lost island text are a combination of the mysterious sequence of numbers seen in the TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' (4,8,15,16,23,42) and KoL's magic numbers ([[Eleven|11]],[[Twenty-three|23]],[[Thirty-seven|37]]).
* The Myst island is obviously a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Myst|Myst]]'', a point and click game which contained an island with a clock tower, a planetarium, a broken-down rocket ship (containing a special book linking to another area which contains a large maze), and a library with red and blue books containing the imprisoned sons of Atrus, the central character of the series (other than the player); the sons would beg the player to locate additional pages for their books, eventually pointing out a secret panel in the library's fireplace which led to the final page (as well as an additional book). The mention of being "unwritten" refers to Atrus's monologue during the opening sequence of Myst as he falls into the [[wikipedia:Star Fissure (Myst)|fissure]], where he suggests "that perhaps the ending has not yet been written".


==Other Resources==
[[Category:Non-combat Adventures]]
*Two sites have been set up to map the ocean - one by Gemelli ([http://www.feesher.com/booty/index.php Well, I Think It's Booty]), and one by Quietust ([http://qmt.ath.cx/~quietust/piratemap/ Pirate Map Tracker]).

Latest revision as of 06:38, 11 June 2018

If you're looking for quick stat island coordinates: Mus(56,14); Myst(23,66); Mox(13,91).

You hand the Meat over to the navigator, who hands it over to the quartermaster, who hands it over to an accounts payable rep, who hands it over to the grog purchasing agent, the food acquisition specialist, and the convenience store clerk, and soon the ship is fully outfitted for a voyage.

The navigator squints at you and asks "That's that, then. To what coordinates would you like to sail in search of booty, Cap'm?"

Longitude: <number> (1-242)
Latitude: <number> (1-100)


Set Sail!

"Aye aye, Cap'm!" says the navigator, and there is a bustle of activity as the ship leaves port -- sails are unfurled, masts are hoisted, pulleys are winched, all that kind of shippy stuff. Pretty soon, you've lost sight of land, and the open sea lies... um... open before you as you sail towards your destination.

Results

A full map of the ocean, with coordinates for the adventures, can be found at Set an Open Course for the Virgin Booty (Map).

Ocean Treasure
  • Note: Drops a random cursed chest or key.
  • Note: Default adventure when not going to one of the co-ordinates below.
Rainbow Pearl
Stone Triangle
Small Tropical Island
Stone Pyramid
  • Note: Occurs at any coordinate when adventuring with a strange stone pyramid in your inventory.
  • Note: After this adventure, the strange stone pyramid is lost from your inventory.
  • Note: Can no longer occur as there are no more strange stone pyramids in the Kingdom.
Plinth
Gilligan's Island
  • Note: Gain 250-350 Muscle substat.
Monkey Island
  • Note: Gain 250-350 Muscle substat.
Oyster Island
  • Note: Gain 250-350 Muscle substat.
Dinosaur Comics
Land of the Lost
Myst Island
Cast Away
  • Note: Gain 250-350 Moxie substat.
Lord of the Flies
  • Note: Gain 250-350 Moxie substat.
LOST
  • Note: Gain 250-350 Moxie substat.

Notes

  • Occurs after choosing to "Front the meat and take the wheel" in O Cap'm, My Cap'm.
  • Choosing invalid coordinates results in the following message:
    The navigator sighs. "Those aren't valid coordinates, Cap'm. Care to try again?"
  • The Kingdom of Loathing is present on this map, largely occupying an 11x11 region beginning at the coordinates (11,11). Several coordinates in this region are not explorable, resulting in the area resembling that portrayed on the Main Map. Attempting to search one of these locations would give the following message:
    The navigator says "Sorry, Cap'm, but we can't sail to those coordinates, because that's where the mainland is, and we've pretty much plundered the mainland dry. Perhaps a more exotic locale is in order?"

References

  • The name of the adventure is similar to "set an open course for the virgin sea", a lyric from the song "Come Sail Away", by Styx.
  • The treasure-crane (used to find chests, rainbow pearls, and stone triangles/spheres) is probably based on the same device in the video game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
  • There is a sexual reference in the name of this adventure which, if you haven't picked up on by now, you're probably not old enough to understand.

See Also

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