Sun May 11, 2008 8:32 am
Re: Legacy of the Black Crusade
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| Crag wrote: |
Nicely done smillan
It is coherent and entertaining; the hinted avarice of the black pearl was a nice touch - still with Zilchus? |
Thanks. I would imagine the pearl is kicking around the former GK somewhere, probably having been looted during the civil wars, unless the Zilchans took it with them to Ahlissa where they seem to be pretty secure.
| Crag wrote: |
| One nitpick - first mention - sasserine has galleys; subsequent mentions caravels. Personally I would be consistent and choose galleys; caravels are more of an eastern open ocean vessel. |
That was actually on purpose. With Sasserine's trading area I'm assuming they have both types. Galleys for the close harbor action and caravels for the pursuit on the open sea. Galleys would have been better pursuers with light winds but I'm assuming that's not the case.
In my thinking on naval architecture in GH I'm saying that in the east they developed rounder ships like cogs - possibly influenced by barbarian ship design - and in the southwest, sleeker vessels like the the markab and qarib. The former eventually evolved into the carrack while the latter evolved into the caravel. In the Azure Sea you get some mixing of types although I see the caravel still being the primary type in the west.
Thanks again.
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