lemon_sqeezer2 wrote:The Crusader port was bustling as it had not done in years. It was now fully two weeks since the Aterops had sailed into harbor and now every dock was filled, the towering masts, spars, and ropes giving the harbor the appearance of a leafless jungle. The Fortitude – the 72 bastilla flagship presided over all. Just as Imperial Cavilers held sway on the landmass of Dametreos, so did Crusader vessels claim mastery on the seas, though that claim was an empty one for many years now.
Umm, Nick, I think there's a bit of a problem here, and I've noticed it in a few other posts of yours, and I believe I may even have edited in a correction the first time, but the problem is this:
When I first brought up the concept of shipboard ballistas, this is how it was put:
Formendacil wrote:"But yeah, it rocks 'er some, and certainly no ship smaller than a man o' war could handle one. Fer what it's worth, only the biggest ships o' the line in the Falcon or Crusader fleets boast one. And me. Trust me though, it's an 'uge advantage to be able to damage the enemy ship a little before you come alongside and fight 'em. Expensive as Megablox though..."
Now, it is largely my fault, I suppose for not bringing this to your attention earlier, and I suppose that it is quite possible that you missed this statement in your original reading of that post, and your subsequent writing. All the same, Roleplay rules are such that any subsequent writing must be in agreement with anything previously written in the Roleplay, and as far as I know, this was the first statement in the Roleplay regarding shipboard ballistae, and it is clearly in contradiction with what you have posted, several times now, unfortunately.
I had very good reasons for writing it the way I did. This is intended to be a CASTLE-era Roleplay. In the medieval era, maritime warfare was largely a matter of one ship drawing alongside and boarding it in a hand-to-hand combat. Greek fire (a thus catapult to a certain extent) were also used.
I was thus trying to make sure that this powerful advantage/weapon would only be available to the most powerful fleets, which, as you noted, is the maritime power the Crusaders, and the war machine, the Black Falcons.
I can see the tempatation to make a "72-ballista" flagship, but that is somewhat in contradiction of the medieval/magic concept of the Roleplay. It is for this reason that since the BloodVaine War, it has been the decision of the Moderating Team to have no more new airships. The magic element of the Roleplay does not translate into "fantastic" or "futuristic".
In addition, it makes for better storytelling, I feel at least, if you have to draw alongside and fight hand-to-hand in a typical fight.
Therefore, on the assumption that Nathan doesn't drastically disagree with me on this matter, I'm going to ask you to go back and ensure that a ship is never referred to as having more than one, maybe two ballistas on deck.
~Michael A. Joosten - Gaming Moderator~
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