MauriceChevalier

MauriceChevalier is a former community member who joined in 2017.

Early History
Maurice joined Roblox in October 2017 under the username ScottJoplin1917. An avid ship lover, he often played games such as "Sinking Ship" and "Dynamic Ship Simulator".

He discovered the community via Crown Star Line in January 2018 and participated in a number of groups, including Blue Flag Line and the American Trans-Atlantic Line. Like many eager newcomers, he discovered old free models and gained moderate popularity by hosting voyages on them, most notable the RMS Lucinda.

On January 25th, 2018, Maurice claimed a group called "Golden Star Line" which he opened as a passenger line. Originally operating the free model Lucinda under a different name, he hired LokitoXDD to build the group's first ship, the RMS Royale. Furnished by sirje, the ship held her maiden voyage in early March with a net turnout of more than 60 players; however, the MCFrame used to move the ship from the port malfunctioned and the voyage was cancelled.

Golden Star Line was gifted a small incomplete ship by Parataxxe, which Maurice finished with free models and entered into service as the "RMS Monarch". The group slowly declined due to competition and the RMS Monarch was sunk on her maiden voyage in April as a 'last hurrah'.

= "Uppercommunity" =

In late April 2018, Maurice discovered Pam San Travel and attended the NS Seneca's easter voyage. The ship's quality was a stark difference from the hastily crafted free models of the community he had known before; this was the first time he saw what was then known as the 'uppercommunity'.

A longtime on-and-off friend of the famous leaker and thief oChanelN3, Maurice was victim to several of the former's manipulative ploys and they quarreled often. Chanel was the first person to show him Meshception's creations, the first being the leaked SS La Tuileries of 2015. Despite then being nearly three years old, it gave what he described as a "strange sense of nostalgia, a longing to be in an era of this community that I had never known." He traded Chanel a bundle of various free models in exchange for the much more valuable Tuileries, and joined CGT to see the newer liners.

= The Black Circle =

Maurice met HMTsarAlexisKalinin and agumisael in May 2018, then the respective CEO and Vice-CEO of Nativity Liners. Created by Acrolect in 2012 and once a fierce rival of CGT, the group faltered after a major leak in 2015 and was long forgotten for most of the community. Agumisael and Alexis kept the group maintained at the bare minimum, hosting weekly voyages on the extremely outdated but still beautiful liners.

Alexis had long struggled with building, a quality he and Maurice shared. As a result, he had resorted to stealing other people's work and at the time had contacts with a number of notable leakers. A longtime admirer of CGT, he passionately wanted to steal the SS Lafayette after its release in 2017. Alexis drafted a plan, called "Project Red Storm", and a corresponding organization, "The Black Circle" to steal the liner. These plans never materialized fully, and as his leaker charged more robux than he could afford the plan was never carried out.

Maurice, captivated by the beauty of the 'ancient' Tuileries, brought it to the attention of agumisael - someone who knew more about the community and had been around at the time she was in service. Alexis, in turn, found out, and after a few days knew that Maurice was the right person to help him.

Benjamin gained controversy after coming under suspicion after being caught lying about his first account, and later continued to upset people by asserting his strong opinions about big band music and ocean liner design.

He changed his username to "MauriceChevalier" on May 5th, 2020, at which point he began to attract negative attention under a new personality.

In late May 2020 Maurice sent a message in the Community discord asking if Meshception's real name was a certain name. He was instantly banned from the Community, almost certainly confirming the name.

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