Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150216141300/@comment-24696651-20150218141113

Harold Burned-Mane wrote: Engar received a report from Jarl Ygfa about the construction of their naval fleet. It was going well but it would still take another 2 or 3 months to finish. In the report she also sent him the news that she was developing a special ship unit to serve as the battleships of their navy. They'd be larger than the other vessels, steel plated and would be equipped with ballistae on both sides, making them very deadly. However they wouldn't be able to make many of those, only about 10% of the fleet would be Ballista Ships. The rest would be a mix of transport ships and regular ships carrying archers as their attack power. (This isn't really my business, but these battleships aren't going to be very effective. For one, the ballistae are anti-personal weapons, and wood would probably absorb the impact of the bolt. For second, the metal plating would weigh down the ship a lot. It wouldn't necessarily sink it, but if you only have sail, you won't go very fast. Third, the plating would be useless against boarding (which would be very easy). As for the other ships, the transport ships, unless heavily modified, would be very vulnerable to attack. The archers wouldn't be very effective, as most battleships have defensive barriers to protect against arrows.)