Rules is rules . As I always wonder why there are so many PK in BM...
What's a PK and what's BM ???
By the way, ships surrender without riggings just like regiments surrender if encircled... both of them can still shoot... and both of them cannot escape!
Moreover, look at the age of sails... crews are usually "forced" to join the navy like paying the king's coin (or putting a coin -as first payment- in the pocket of a drunken sailor and so recruiting him as a volunteer)
...Loyalty was enforced with fear and iron discipline, so stressing battle situations (like being immobilized) was usually enough to push crews over the edge.
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