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Sea Wyvern vs Crimson Fleet in Tides of Dread... wth? (Spoilers ahoy!)
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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 4587055" data-attributes="member: 40177"><p>Really, it's simple - the Sea Wyvern has been introduced earlier, making it worth 5 mook ships. Common-sense cinema there... even if you're an old man introduced in the first ten minutes of the plot, you're worth at least one ninja when they attack. </p><p></p><p>If you wanna go further than that, the Wyvern is a mobile weapons platform, and since the Crimson Fleet ships are probably heavily-laden with equipment (and ill maintained), the Wyvern can move quickly among them, taking pot shots and then twisting away. A well-crewed ship is worth MUCH more than what the 'fleet are throwing; in real life, during the time of the Spanish Armada (the spanish attempt to invade England in the 1600s through a huge naval attack), the better-trained and equipped English fought off the spanish fleet despite being vastly outnumbered by sailing really close and firing at will - every target was a spanish ship, while if the spanish shot back and missed, they'd be hitting the spanish craft on the other side of the English ship. Coupled with judicious use of fire, the English were able to scatter the Spanish fleet.</p><p></p><p>I could see the Wyvern doing something like that, getting close and having some trained crossbowmen (with fire arrows!) picking shots at Fleet ships, while easily avoiding the worst of the Fleet's attacks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wik, post: 4587055, member: 40177"] Really, it's simple - the Sea Wyvern has been introduced earlier, making it worth 5 mook ships. Common-sense cinema there... even if you're an old man introduced in the first ten minutes of the plot, you're worth at least one ninja when they attack. If you wanna go further than that, the Wyvern is a mobile weapons platform, and since the Crimson Fleet ships are probably heavily-laden with equipment (and ill maintained), the Wyvern can move quickly among them, taking pot shots and then twisting away. A well-crewed ship is worth MUCH more than what the 'fleet are throwing; in real life, during the time of the Spanish Armada (the spanish attempt to invade England in the 1600s through a huge naval attack), the better-trained and equipped English fought off the spanish fleet despite being vastly outnumbered by sailing really close and firing at will - every target was a spanish ship, while if the spanish shot back and missed, they'd be hitting the spanish craft on the other side of the English ship. Coupled with judicious use of fire, the English were able to scatter the Spanish fleet. I could see the Wyvern doing something like that, getting close and having some trained crossbowmen (with fire arrows!) picking shots at Fleet ships, while easily avoiding the worst of the Fleet's attacks. [/QUOTE]
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