False naval flags

[Grey Roger]

You're trying to sneak into a hostile port using a false flag. Because you have no LoM, that false flag is the naval type. If you're in a pure warship such as a frigate, that's a bit of a giveaway, isn't it? Because anyone legitimately in charge of a frigate either bought it (which requires a high enough rank, which requires a LoM), or captured it (which requires a LoM otherwise it's piracy).

A captain with the "Master of Disguise" ability would know that. So would an officer with ability who can advise the captain - that is, a quartermaster or first mate, who can contribute the ability.

Suggestion: if you have the "Master of Disguise" ability, in person or from a contributing officer, and you raise a false flag while in a warship, you show a naval flag instead of a merchant flag. If you're in a merchant ship, a dual-purpose or "versatile" ship, or you don't have "Master of Disguise", then you fly a merchant flag.

Possibly also increase the chances of being recognised if you're flying a false flag, you're in a warship and you don't have "Master of Disguise", so you're flying the wrong false flag.

 

[Grey Roger]

Update: I've now implemented this in the latest update. Here I am playing "Tales of a Sea Hawk" so I'm a multinational privateer with British, Dutch and Portuguese LoM's. I've recently been visiting San Juan so I have a false Spanish flag. So my frigate, being a pure warship, flies a Spanish naval ensign. The companion heavy pinnace of war, being "versatile", can fly a merchant flag without looking suspicious, so it does.

I haven't changed the chances of being recognised, so this is purely cosmetic. The "Master of Disguise" perk reduces your chance of being recognised anyway; this is just a visible reason why it does.