1. 1

   Watch live

   Open the Captain's Helm Twitch channel when Skirmish is running.

2. 2

   Connect wallet

   Sign in on the site so weekly standings can attach to your captain.

3. 3

   Link Twitch in Papers

   Link Twitch through Captain's Papers before battle end to earn website points.

4. 4

   Join a fleet

   In chat lobby, join Blue or Red before combat starts.

5. 5

   Pick Fire, Brace, or Patch

   Each tick lasts 22s — submit one command for that window.

6. 6

   Replace if you must

   Up to 2 same-tick replacements; the last accepted action wins.

7. 7

   Battle resolves on stream

   Up to 3 rounds × 4 ticks; victory by hull or max rounds.

8. 8

   Climb the weekly board

   Eligible battles score into the week; seasons reset Thursday 16:00 UTC.

The website never hosts the live match. Join fleets and issue commands in Twitch chat.

Fire

Deal damage to the opposing fleet

Aliases: shoot, cannon

Brace

Reduce incoming damage

Aliases: block, defend

Patch

Restore hull

Aliases: repair, mend

You may replace your action up to 2 times on the same tick; the last accepted action wins. Replacements do not add extra active ticks.

• Lobby lasts about 120s — join Blue or Red before combat starts.
• Combat runs up to 3 rounds × 4 ticks.
• Every fleet receives the same base 78-power tick budget across Fire / Brace / Patch, regardless of crew size.
• Victory comes from hull advantage or hitting the max-round limit.
• If the opposing fleet has no human, Training Crew may answer — bot-assisted scoring at 25% for the first 50 Training Crew matches/week.

Roster size does not multiply that budget. Players who choose the same action share that action's resolved contribution — another Fire is not another full 78-power volley. A solo fleet that only Fires spends its full base budget on Fire; two Fire commands on the other fleet share one Fire result.

Match week is determined by battle end time (UTC), not when the site receives the payload.

• +5 Active
• +2 per active tick (Engagement)
• Impact capped by active ticks and effective contribution vs action power
• +4 / +2 / +0 Versatility for three / two / one action types
• +5 Victory if your team wins

Impact is capped by active ticks and effective contribution vs action power.

Wasted rolls, critical luck, and replacements do not add direct points.

Human PvP awards full score. Bot-assisted battles (Training Crew when no human joins) award 25% of that score for the first 50 scoring Training Crew matches each week — still eligible for the weekly board.

Link Twitch through Captain's Papers before battle end to earn weekly points. Identity uses your stable Twitch provider ID — never display names typed in chat.

Unlinked captains can still play in chat. They simply do not appear on the weekly site board.

• Pool: 10,000 RUM + 100,000 WAVES (config-versioned)
• Share scales with your eligible points vs the week's eligible total — no guaranteed minimum
• Total points include bot-assisted awards (25% · first 50 Training Crew matches/week); same RUM/WAVES pools as PvP
• RUM is paid manually after the week finalizes (not auto-transferred while projected)
• WAVES arrive on Twitch via ParrBot !tip / ScurvyBot after finalization

Projected shares update during the week; final shares lock after settlement. Leaderboards label Projected vs Final from the API.

Link Captain's Papers before battle end to earn eligible points. Unlinked play still works in chat — it simply does not earn site rewards. Official developer accounts remain on the board with a DEV mark and do not receive RUM or WAVES.

Ties break on wins, total effective impact, active ticks, matches, then earliest score time.

Boards list Twitch display names as the primary identity and the linked WAX account as a quieter secondary game identity. Other Captain's Papers data stays private. Official developer entries stay visible with a DEV mark and are excluded from the weekly RUM and WAVES pool. Personal standing from the site always reflects the current week; previous-week boards are historical and do not re-use current-week self-highlight.