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Finwe · 09-27-2003, 10:46 PM

The raiders would have had to exit their ships and relocate the main battle to the quays because they couldn't fire the Corsairs' ships from their own ships. Granted, they must have been a lot more maneuverable, but with that maneuverability comes a loss. They weren't heavy enough to fire catapults or trebuchets from, and that was pretty much the only way they would have been able to set fire to the Corsairs' ships from sea. Unless, of course, they had hundreds of archers shooting flaming arrows faster than the Corsairs could put the fires out. That could have also worked, but they would have needed hundreds, perhaps even thousands, to effectively take all of the Corsair ships out of action.

09-27-2003, 10:46 PM	#11
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	The raiders would have had to exit their ships and relocate the main battle to the quays because they couldn't fire the Corsairs' ships from their own ships. Granted, they must have been a lot more maneuverable, but with that maneuverability comes a loss. They weren't heavy enough to fire catapults or trebuchets from, and that was pretty much the only way they would have been able to set fire to the Corsairs' ships from sea. Unless, of course, they had hundreds of archers shooting flaming arrows faster than the Corsairs could put the fires out. That could have also worked, but they would have needed hundreds, perhaps even thousands, to effectively take all of the Corsair ships out of action. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.