Re: Ship Info

Very nice, my players are working on something similar fleshing out their
flagship. Your write up gave me a number of interesting ideas for them.
-Loki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ariel Sibal" <asibal_2000@?????.com>
To: <SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:07 AM
Subject: [SPELLJAMMER] Ship Info


> Hello All
>
> I am fleshing out a hammership from bow to stern. Here
> are some of the results of my research and effort so
> far. This is a work in progress, I really enjoy this
> ship. =)
>
>
> The 6 month food provision for 60 men...
>
> The Realm Quest has alloted 10 tons of cargo space for
> the food provisions. The food are kept in 50 gallons
> oak barrels with metal bands. Some of the provisions
> are as followed: 252 barrels of beer; 30 barrels of
> flour (bisquit, bread and pasta); 2 barrels of sugar;
> 2 barrels of butter; 2 barrels of distilled spirits; 7
> barrels of oatmeal; 9 barrels of pease; 9 barrels of
> pork; 18 barrels of beef; 10 barrels of olive oil; 3
> barrels of assorted spices; 17 wax covered cheese
> wheels (80 pounds per wheel); 9 barrels of fish; 5
> barrels of fruits; 1 barrel of lemon juice and 20
> barrels of assorted food provisions.
>
>
> Clothing optional...
>
> The sailors are dressed up while on the ship in white
> with blue stripes linen or cotton shirts, loose black
> knee high canvas or sail cloth trousers, a belt, a
> light blue neckerchief and usually barefoot. They also
> carry a knife, usually handmade with an ornate
> scabbard, for cutting rigging and for miscellaneous
> tasks. The sailor on shore leave add a navy blue waist
> coat, navy blue jacket with the ship insignia on the
> left breast pocket, black hat, knee high white socks,
> black leather square shoes with metal buckles and a
> heavy black wool coat in ports with cold weather.
> During wet period operations, the sailors wear oil and
> tar treated canvas boots, long rain coat and hat and
> during cold operations, they wear fur lined boots,
> long heavy trousers, long coat with hood and gloves.
> The bosun wears a red lanyard on his jacket to signify
> his station. When combat is imminent, the sailors dons
> on their respective armors and weapons over their
> clothes. The crew without their own gears are usually
> supplied by the Realm Exploration Society with leather
> armor, swords, throwing axes (tomahawks), pikes,
> shields, maces, crossbows, bolts and daggers.
>
> The ship's officers all wear white cotton shirts,
> black knee high trousers, navy blue waist coat, navy
> blue long jacket, black leather belt, white knee high
> socks, black leather shoes and a navy blue tri-corner
> hat when on duty. They also carry their sword or
> weapon in a scabbard, on their belt, while on duty.
> Their ranks are displayed on the shoulder of their
> naval jackets. They wear appropriate clothing and
> gears during cold and wet operations. Mages, priests
> and other special high ranking person are not
> obligated to wear the officer's clothing, but may wear
> the appropriate clothing for their station.
>
> The marines and their officers always wear their armor
> and weapons during on duty. They also wear a white
> vest, with the REX's insignia, over their armor and a
> blue cape. When off duty, they wear the same clothing
> as the sailors, but with a red shirt instead of the
> blue with white strips used by the sailors and a red
> long jacket by the officers. Since they help and
> trained to operate the ships, when the ship is short
> on sailors, the marines adopted the sailors clothing
> when on board.
>
>
> The full detail of the hammership Realm Quest...
>
> http://www.geocities.com/asibal_2000/spelljammer/hammership.html
>
>
> Ariel
> P.S. The site is still under construction and without
> proper legal warning, it is still technically closed
> except for sneak peeks. =)
>
>
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