Previous: To answer your question, S.M. Stirling has a notorious bondage fetish that he tends to insert into his shit. This has gained him the nickname of S&M Stirling. It's why Draka dress uniforms tend to be tight leather shit.
Ship vs ship shenanigans will be an important part of the game. So what sort of things might you do with fantasy materials (or regular materials)? First thing I've thought of is a thin sheet of mithril on the inside to prevent splinters from flying around maiming everyone. Might be able to get the same effect with a layer of leather, or a few layers of some kind of treated canvas, etc. Although I do wonder why nobody ever tried this irl that I know of.
Is there any way to build ships of the line other than the one that was historically pursued? For example, a multi-hull style? Or what if you tried turning one of those massive Chinese junks into one?
Logan Adams
So a catamaran treasure ship for fleet use? Probably wouldn't be useful if you view it from a realistic perspective but sure as hell it would be cool looking.
Justin Ortiz
Not really materials but faeries could used for damage control
Thomas Johnson
>Although I do wonder why nobody ever tried this irl that I know of. That kind of thing was pretty common in ironclads and even some WWI-era ships. Ironclads generally had a shitload of teak or other wood backing their armour, the Gangut-class battleships also had a splinter bulkhead behind their belt. Or are you talking about wooden-hulled ships of the line here?
>Is there any way to build ships of the line other than the one that was historically pursued? How about ships designed for ramming? Huge prow and most cannons facing directly ahead. They don't even have to be effective, they could be a more or less experimental design that everyone started building but nobody knows it's shit yet because it hasn't been involved in any fighting yet. The battle of Lissa sparked a similiar ram-craze IRL, I think.
