Wow... the forum ... it's very ... new!
Yes, anyways, I'm going to re-get this stuff up here for reference and to allow us to move on. *big smile* This is gonna be super duper.
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Doran's Ships:
(I have no idea what the ships in those days were like. Most likely they were more often rowed than sailed. It would be much easier to go with what I've listed below. I have replaced the guns per ship to deck catapults. It seems reasonable pour moi).
8 Lesser Ships (somewhat like brigantines) and 2 Large Ships (somewhat like frigates, one of which will be The Rapscallion, Doran's trusty ship)
The Lesser Ships are mostly all 100 ton, 60 foot vessels carrying up to 85 souls mounting 10 catapults. The two-mast ships are rigged with many combinations of square or fore and aft sails which make them quite versatile, more so than the larger, bulkier ships. This was the clear choice for battle or combat rather than quick, hit and run type warfare. The bows of these eight ships are inlaid selectively with iron to use as battering/crushing purposes for smaller ships or as a last, suicide result for overrun pirates.
- Pora Diy - Captain Delf Pora
- Regal Dawn - Captain Troy Feray
- Might of Realge - Captain Orna Drovig
- Adorra's Pride -
- River Tread - Captained by Honrei Kamir
- Squall Rider - Captained ultimately by Orna Drovig
- Laak's Command - Captain Ignestka Laak
- Majestic Dusk - Captain Pilf Feray
The two Large Ships weigh 300 tons and measure in at 90 feet. These ships carry close to 140 men for a crew to man the three masts of sails and the 26 catapults. The Large Ships are the largest and most intimidating of ships. They have very thick and sturdy hulls that are nearly impossible to permeate with the scalding shards, rocks, and splinters launched from opposing ships' catapults.- The Rapscallion - Captain Jythralo Doran (Squadron Leader)
- The Yonder Bound - Captain Yash Stalkin
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And the Outline:
Oh, and I also want to appologize to Doran & Co. for the fact that Avershire wins most of the time (even if he does get slammed a lot in the process) but if he didn't, we wouldn't have much of a game you see... Anyways, you'll have it in the end until the Gondorian Fleet arrives. We'll make it work...
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- The first attack is quick and sharp. Avershire will maneuver The North Wind quickly and come right up along one of Doran's unsuspecting Lesser Ships, (the Pora Diy). The North Wind's port-side catapults will do great damage. It will become necessary to board Pora Diy. Though Avershire's years at sea and obedience to the codes of sea warfare and crewmanship are still true in him, he finds that the corsairs do not follow such things of Gondor and it will be necessary for him to lock them in their own ship as Pora Diy is burned and sinks. This sets Avershire in a grim mood for the next few weeks.
- Repairs are done to The North Wind which is now hanging together as if by threads.
- The next battle, Avershire takes on two Lesser Ships at the same time. Most of Avershire's crew boards the Regal Dawn to escape their ship (which is sort of attached to the Regal Dawn by grapnels) as the Might of Realge sinks The North Wind. The grapnels are cut just in time and the Regal Dawn rights herself. The majority of Avershire's crew takes over the Regal Dawn and sends it after the Might of Realge to rescue the other members of Avershire's crew (who are overtaken by the corsairs of that ship). It is a hard fight, but the Regal Dawn eventually wins and the crewmembers who have survived the battles board her (both corsairs and Avershire's men).
(A life boat is launched at the last moment from the Might of Realge and speeds away without the know of Avershire to warn the Yonder Bound of the Regal Dawn's fate)
- Avershire takes a role call and finds that he now only has 30 souls to man an 85 crew ship. So he forces some of his corsair prisoners to join in the working of the sails and things of the sort while his men stand as guards or overseers.
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That will do for now. It would be too much to put everything up at once, you see.
Feel free to voice any questions, comments, concerns, or improving ideas!
-Maikafanawen