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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6663216" data-attributes="member: 20323">Smuggler's Cove&quot;325? Davey Jones' shriveled balls, that barely covers my overhead. Tell you what, James Barrington. You put in a good word with your cap'n that Komodo Roy is the one you should do business with on Nassau, and I'll let you have the four 9-pounders and swivel for 400 crowns (gp). But that's my lowest offer.&quot; Roy sucks tobacco juice thru his teeth and crosses his arms with the practiced standoffishness worthy of a Parisian merchant. &quot;Course, that's not including shot and powder...&quot; Roy adds with a knowing smile. &quot;Say, 200 shot and powder for the nine-pounders would be 25 crowns. Swivel can shoot just about anything, but if you want, say, 100 shot and powder for her that would be another 12 crowns.&quot;[OOC]Hmm, the demi-culverins weigh probably ~2,500 pounds each while the swivel gun is much lighter probably ~225 pounds. Those are estimates based on historic figures from the Age of Sail.Shot and powder weight for 9-pounders is about 1 ton per 200 shot and corresponding powder.Normal prices would be 100 gp for a demi-culverin and 50 gp for a swivel gun, exactly the prices Komodo Roy is asking. His asking price for the shot and powder is slightly higher than normal, but quality ammunition is a hot commodity on Nassau for obvious reasons.The only obvious fault is that the demi-culverins haven't been well-maintained and show signs of surface pitting on the external barrel stock due to salt corrosion. It's mainly cosmetic, but something that will require attention from someone skilled in smith's tools to fix up to prevent from becoming a long-term (read 20+ year) problem.[/OOC]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6663216, member: 20323"] [b]Smuggler's Cove[/b] [color=orange]"325? Davey Jones' shriveled balls, that barely covers my overhead. Tell you what, James Barrington. You put in a good word with your cap'n that Komodo Roy is the one you should do business with on Nassau, and I'll let you have the four 9-pounders and swivel for 400 crowns (gp). But that's my lowest offer."[/color] Roy sucks tobacco juice thru his teeth and crosses his arms with the practiced standoffishness worthy of a Parisian merchant. [color=orange]"Course, that's not including shot and powder..."[/color] Roy adds with a knowing smile. [color=orange]"Say, 200 shot and powder for the nine-pounders would be 25 crowns. Swivel can shoot just about anything, but if you want, say, 100 shot and powder for her that would be another 12 crowns."[/color] [OOC]Hmm, the demi-culverins weigh probably ~2,500 pounds each while the swivel gun is much lighter probably ~225 pounds. Those are estimates based on historic figures from the Age of Sail. Shot and powder weight for 9-pounders is about 1 ton per 200 shot and corresponding powder. Normal prices would be 100 gp for a demi-culverin and 50 gp for a swivel gun, exactly the prices Komodo Roy is asking. His asking price for the shot and powder is slightly higher than normal, but quality ammunition is a hot commodity on Nassau for obvious reasons. The only obvious fault is that the demi-culverins haven't been well-maintained and show signs of surface pitting on the external barrel stock due to salt corrosion. It's mainly cosmetic, but something that will require attention from someone skilled in smith's tools to fix up to prevent from becoming a long-term (read 20+ year) problem.[/OOC] [/QUOTE]

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