Dr. Strangemonkey
First Post
Hmm.
Dwarves who use icebergs as Motherships?
They're homeland is on the edge of a mighty glacial shelf and each year at 'Calving time' they tame the icebergs that float past their strongholds.
Using a mix of magic and engineering they carve out homes among the ice and retrofit the outer layers with docks, some paddlewheels, cranes, and other equipment to enable them to support a flotilla of barges, kayaks, and outrigger canoes. The largest Burgs are actually capable of supporting squadrons of Dromons.
The Motherships are then prepped with magic and special ice treatments to preserve their longevity and sent forth to roam the currents.
Most Motherships are unpowered, but their vast holds allow the dwarves to operate at sea for months without resupply. Dwarven longboats and war kayaks can threaten even open sea lanes in the warmest months of the year through the use of their Burgs. Further, unlike other pirates, the Dwarves have no permanent haven to defend. A Burg can be easilly defended, is practically unsinkable by conventional naval forces, and is easy to abandon.
Further, the icy conditions are ideal for food storage. Dwarven pirates are often at the peak of physical condition where their prey suffers from scurvy and deprivation.
The final secret of the Burgs is a temple and ritual space located at the heart of the Burg. Here the burg priests track the location and condition of any other burg in the fleet. As the warming season begins to degrade the southernmost burgs the flotilla can sail to the next coldest one and so on up the chain till they are in familiar waters. Further the mightiest burgs are equipped with one-use teleportation circles that can be engaged to simultaneously transport the burgs cargo to the homelands and melt the ice so that the secrets of the burg will not fall into enemy hands.
Dwarves who use icebergs as Motherships?
They're homeland is on the edge of a mighty glacial shelf and each year at 'Calving time' they tame the icebergs that float past their strongholds.
Using a mix of magic and engineering they carve out homes among the ice and retrofit the outer layers with docks, some paddlewheels, cranes, and other equipment to enable them to support a flotilla of barges, kayaks, and outrigger canoes. The largest Burgs are actually capable of supporting squadrons of Dromons.
The Motherships are then prepped with magic and special ice treatments to preserve their longevity and sent forth to roam the currents.
Most Motherships are unpowered, but their vast holds allow the dwarves to operate at sea for months without resupply. Dwarven longboats and war kayaks can threaten even open sea lanes in the warmest months of the year through the use of their Burgs. Further, unlike other pirates, the Dwarves have no permanent haven to defend. A Burg can be easilly defended, is practically unsinkable by conventional naval forces, and is easy to abandon.
Further, the icy conditions are ideal for food storage. Dwarven pirates are often at the peak of physical condition where their prey suffers from scurvy and deprivation.
The final secret of the Burgs is a temple and ritual space located at the heart of the Burg. Here the burg priests track the location and condition of any other burg in the fleet. As the warming season begins to degrade the southernmost burgs the flotilla can sail to the next coldest one and so on up the chain till they are in familiar waters. Further the mightiest burgs are equipped with one-use teleportation circles that can be engaged to simultaneously transport the burgs cargo to the homelands and melt the ice so that the secrets of the burg will not fall into enemy hands.
