Post by Liu Bei on May 31, 2006 1:43:02 GMT -5
Thanks to Yuan Shu off of Si Guo Saga
Level 1 Troops: Available to all
-Archer Boat units of 1 150 gold
*These are fishermens' boats, commandered and remodeled into the uses of war, armed by a small team of ocean archers to shoot at the decks of ongoing ships. With wooden walls on all sides. In these walls are slits in which archers can shoot out from. The deck is small, but enough for twenty or so archers to fire into the air, possibly tearing up sails or anyone on the enemy's ship's deck that is unfortunate enough to be on the deck of the ship itself. Since this is based on the ocean, the waves make these shots incredibly inaccurate, only being able to hit opposing ships by the sheer numbers of arrows fired. These are used for patrol boats or to stop rafts from crossing rivers. Due to their inferiority, should a ship attack them, it would tear these ships literally into pieces via ramming, or else destroy them with their superior weaponry.*
Carrying Capacity: 200 archers, 10 crew (come automatically)
-Docking Boats units of 1 100 gold
*Don't be fooled by the name, these boats are armed with two things: an oak wooden defence, and a large ladder tipped with spikes. This allows the ladders to connect to the boat and allowes the men onboard to besiege the crew. Crew members also possess number of hooks to throw on and latch the ship to itself. As it is, these are weak ships used to either ram or board other ships, allowing the group of marines or whatever unit you have to effectively wipe out the crew and take over the ship, with minimal damage. But because they rely only on speed as their only defense, should they be unlucky enough to get hit, they are easily sunk.*
Carrying Capacity: 150 Men
-Transport Ships units of 1 150 gold
*These ships are mass produced, and are more wieldy than a pitiful raft. They are wooden all around, with a small metal point, used for crashing into docks, and holding the ship wedged into the sand. The troops then poor out of a front mounted door, that has spikes on the top, which crush any enemy waiting for the boat to come. Additionally, there are large plates of metal put onto it, trading in speed for armour, leaving the rest of the fleet to defend it.*
Carrying Capacity: 250
- Supply Ship units of 1 200 gold
*These ships aren't made for troops, but made for carrying the supplies that those men need to survive. With specially made cargo holds, these ships carry the food and fresh water the men of the seas need to live on in their line of duty. These are needed on extended campaigns, or else the ship would have to return to port. Unfortunetly, they are a little weighed down in terms of speed, but as these are the most essential type of ships in naval warefare, they are specially crafted to be armoured slightly, and yet go still relatively fast, though not as fast as docking boats.*
-Light Warship units of 1 300 gold
*Armed with a very ancestral sort of cannon, they shoot six-foot wooden stakes at their enemy ships on the square holes of its sides, destroying the structural integrity of enemy ships by tearing them apart. Although not as powerful as its brothers, it is certainly one of the faster ones, a predecessor of the Cruiser.*
Carrying Capacity: 100 Men (though only 20 needed for the crew)
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Level 2 Troops: Available with 130 Fame and 95 Lea
-Medium Warship units of 1 440 gold
*Predecessor of modern day destroyers, they are heavily armed, a perfect balance of both speed and power. It has reinforced wood built into it, a strong, sturdy ship to say the least. Boulders are launched upon enemies, tearing holes onto their ships, which will lead to casualties, and eventually, sinking.*
Carrying Capacity: 200 Men (30 needed for crew
-Siege Warship units of 1 500 gold
*These ships are used against Land. They have catapults on them, and they fire at the land. Susceptable to fire attacks. Weak against other ships. Needless to say, it's primary usage is 'siege'. It can only fire a single shot, launching a huge, five-ton boulder at the enemy structure, tearing things apart. Because the ship is so large to accomodate this sort of weaponry, not only is it weak, but almost unreasonably unwieldly.*
Carrying Capacity: 400 Men (forty used for crew)
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Level 3 Troops: Available with 140 Fame and 100 Lea
-Heavy Warship - units of 1 600 gold
*A better name for this would've been a "lesser juggernaut". Perhaps the greatest ship, save for perhaps Emperor's own personalized fleet, it has the greatest armour rating for its intricate wood reinforcing, and all-around metal plating that even is used at the bottom of the ship. They have arbalest, and ballistae on them, for firing against the enemy. They also have a more new invention, one where they have a grappling hook, for taking in enemy ships. These shoot across the water, and bust into the side, or hook onto the railing. They then recoil back toward the firing ship, where the sailors then jump from the Warship, and take over the enemy ship. However, it is also clumsy and slow, relying on its armour and superior weaponry to save it.*
Carrying Capacity: 400 Men (30 needed for crew)
-Dragon Boat units of 1 700 gold
*The most fiercesome ship known, alongside with the Juggernaut, these are made from the remaining labor artisans of the Han Dynasty. A dragon head is at its front, to mark itself upon the oceans, the face spreading terror in its wake. Possessing the largest sails, it has an elite group of archers, 'old salts' who have trained to shoot accurately and at long distances. A single flurry is heard, as quick and as devastating as a dragon breathing, making it so that before an enemy ship is even in range, it is taken down without even being able to put up a fight. Therein, one of the three ten-foot stake launchers will be turned at the enemy ship, adjusted, and fired, impaling the ship through, the force allowing it to pass through the ship. It's inner wooden design is in itself, intricately designed, and sufficiently armoured. As a trade off for its grandeur, speed, and design however, it is lacking in armour (although it is, somewhat, thanks to its strong, interior build), unlike its counterpart...*
Carrying Capacity: 100 Men (20 needed for crew)
-Juggernaut units of 1 700 gold
*A quiet horror is seen upon intial viewing this ship. It's dark metal construes it as a terrible entity, the sign of death. Made with layers upon layers of metal, it is only a modern feat that it is able to stay afloat, or effectively mobile to an (extremally limited) extent. Within its second layer of metal is a trapped section of air at the bottom, the only thing keeping it afloat. And although it can be pierced, it'd be a d**n thing to see if anyone would see this puppy sink in one shot. It is able to stay mobile, even if its rival, the "Dragon Ship" shoots down its equally large masts (if not larger), by using then ten or less of the crewmen as rowmen, thereupon relying on it's use as a ramming ship. Like the dragon ship, it has three seperate emplacements around it that in turn launch three-ton boulders. As those are its only means of weaponry, it fires somewhat slowly, but quick enough to make huge splashes that could capsize smaller boats. People have been known to retreat before the very site of this ship.*
Carrying Capacity: 500 Men (100 needed for crew)
Level 1 Troops: Available to all
-Archer Boat units of 1 150 gold
*These are fishermens' boats, commandered and remodeled into the uses of war, armed by a small team of ocean archers to shoot at the decks of ongoing ships. With wooden walls on all sides. In these walls are slits in which archers can shoot out from. The deck is small, but enough for twenty or so archers to fire into the air, possibly tearing up sails or anyone on the enemy's ship's deck that is unfortunate enough to be on the deck of the ship itself. Since this is based on the ocean, the waves make these shots incredibly inaccurate, only being able to hit opposing ships by the sheer numbers of arrows fired. These are used for patrol boats or to stop rafts from crossing rivers. Due to their inferiority, should a ship attack them, it would tear these ships literally into pieces via ramming, or else destroy them with their superior weaponry.*
Carrying Capacity: 200 archers, 10 crew (come automatically)
-Docking Boats units of 1 100 gold
*Don't be fooled by the name, these boats are armed with two things: an oak wooden defence, and a large ladder tipped with spikes. This allows the ladders to connect to the boat and allowes the men onboard to besiege the crew. Crew members also possess number of hooks to throw on and latch the ship to itself. As it is, these are weak ships used to either ram or board other ships, allowing the group of marines or whatever unit you have to effectively wipe out the crew and take over the ship, with minimal damage. But because they rely only on speed as their only defense, should they be unlucky enough to get hit, they are easily sunk.*
Carrying Capacity: 150 Men
-Transport Ships units of 1 150 gold
*These ships are mass produced, and are more wieldy than a pitiful raft. They are wooden all around, with a small metal point, used for crashing into docks, and holding the ship wedged into the sand. The troops then poor out of a front mounted door, that has spikes on the top, which crush any enemy waiting for the boat to come. Additionally, there are large plates of metal put onto it, trading in speed for armour, leaving the rest of the fleet to defend it.*
Carrying Capacity: 250
- Supply Ship units of 1 200 gold
*These ships aren't made for troops, but made for carrying the supplies that those men need to survive. With specially made cargo holds, these ships carry the food and fresh water the men of the seas need to live on in their line of duty. These are needed on extended campaigns, or else the ship would have to return to port. Unfortunetly, they are a little weighed down in terms of speed, but as these are the most essential type of ships in naval warefare, they are specially crafted to be armoured slightly, and yet go still relatively fast, though not as fast as docking boats.*
-Light Warship units of 1 300 gold
*Armed with a very ancestral sort of cannon, they shoot six-foot wooden stakes at their enemy ships on the square holes of its sides, destroying the structural integrity of enemy ships by tearing them apart. Although not as powerful as its brothers, it is certainly one of the faster ones, a predecessor of the Cruiser.*
Carrying Capacity: 100 Men (though only 20 needed for the crew)
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Level 2 Troops: Available with 130 Fame and 95 Lea
-Medium Warship units of 1 440 gold
*Predecessor of modern day destroyers, they are heavily armed, a perfect balance of both speed and power. It has reinforced wood built into it, a strong, sturdy ship to say the least. Boulders are launched upon enemies, tearing holes onto their ships, which will lead to casualties, and eventually, sinking.*
Carrying Capacity: 200 Men (30 needed for crew
-Siege Warship units of 1 500 gold
*These ships are used against Land. They have catapults on them, and they fire at the land. Susceptable to fire attacks. Weak against other ships. Needless to say, it's primary usage is 'siege'. It can only fire a single shot, launching a huge, five-ton boulder at the enemy structure, tearing things apart. Because the ship is so large to accomodate this sort of weaponry, not only is it weak, but almost unreasonably unwieldly.*
Carrying Capacity: 400 Men (forty used for crew)
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Level 3 Troops: Available with 140 Fame and 100 Lea
-Heavy Warship - units of 1 600 gold
*A better name for this would've been a "lesser juggernaut". Perhaps the greatest ship, save for perhaps Emperor's own personalized fleet, it has the greatest armour rating for its intricate wood reinforcing, and all-around metal plating that even is used at the bottom of the ship. They have arbalest, and ballistae on them, for firing against the enemy. They also have a more new invention, one where they have a grappling hook, for taking in enemy ships. These shoot across the water, and bust into the side, or hook onto the railing. They then recoil back toward the firing ship, where the sailors then jump from the Warship, and take over the enemy ship. However, it is also clumsy and slow, relying on its armour and superior weaponry to save it.*
Carrying Capacity: 400 Men (30 needed for crew)
-Dragon Boat units of 1 700 gold
*The most fiercesome ship known, alongside with the Juggernaut, these are made from the remaining labor artisans of the Han Dynasty. A dragon head is at its front, to mark itself upon the oceans, the face spreading terror in its wake. Possessing the largest sails, it has an elite group of archers, 'old salts' who have trained to shoot accurately and at long distances. A single flurry is heard, as quick and as devastating as a dragon breathing, making it so that before an enemy ship is even in range, it is taken down without even being able to put up a fight. Therein, one of the three ten-foot stake launchers will be turned at the enemy ship, adjusted, and fired, impaling the ship through, the force allowing it to pass through the ship. It's inner wooden design is in itself, intricately designed, and sufficiently armoured. As a trade off for its grandeur, speed, and design however, it is lacking in armour (although it is, somewhat, thanks to its strong, interior build), unlike its counterpart...*
Carrying Capacity: 100 Men (20 needed for crew)
-Juggernaut units of 1 700 gold
*A quiet horror is seen upon intial viewing this ship. It's dark metal construes it as a terrible entity, the sign of death. Made with layers upon layers of metal, it is only a modern feat that it is able to stay afloat, or effectively mobile to an (extremally limited) extent. Within its second layer of metal is a trapped section of air at the bottom, the only thing keeping it afloat. And although it can be pierced, it'd be a d**n thing to see if anyone would see this puppy sink in one shot. It is able to stay mobile, even if its rival, the "Dragon Ship" shoots down its equally large masts (if not larger), by using then ten or less of the crewmen as rowmen, thereupon relying on it's use as a ramming ship. Like the dragon ship, it has three seperate emplacements around it that in turn launch three-ton boulders. As those are its only means of weaponry, it fires somewhat slowly, but quick enough to make huge splashes that could capsize smaller boats. People have been known to retreat before the very site of this ship.*
Carrying Capacity: 500 Men (100 needed for crew)