Re: Elven Vessels

Richard J. Pugh wrote:
>
> Cool ships!  I would like to add one, the Ichnuman.  I don't have any
> formal stats for it, but I introduced them in one of the Eternal Wanderer
> stories.  They are roughly 30 tons, with lines that cross a
> man-o-war with a wasp. The elves use the Ichnuman as a scout and
> reconisance ship.  One standard feature on an Ichnuman is a small
> spelljammer detector, suspended at the end of a very long chord that drags
> several hundred yards behind the ship.  Sort of like a tow cable on a
> modern submarine.
>
	Funny how great minds work alike?  I created a similar vessel a long
time ago, but completely forgot about it till you said something.
Basically, it was an elvish version of a wasp (the two ships look so
much alike:).

> It's this long filament that gave the ship it's name.  Humans took to
> calling the elven scout ship the Ichnuman, because the long filament
> dragging from the ships "abdomen" reminded them of a terrestrial Ichnuman
> wasp.
>
> Since the ship is used for scouting, a major helm is the norm.  The extra
> speed and manuverability is useful for a scout ship.
>

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