Re: Behind the Dark Fist - Ships

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          Matt Hoffman <manta928@?????.com> wrote:


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> 
> I believe I'd said it before somewhere in this conversation thread,
> but the race is "Zalani," not "Zelani"  :-p  They're large, black-
> skinned gargoyle-like creatures and yes, they are the shipwrights who
> design the Vodoni vessels. The aesthetic of gigantic winged wolves
> comes from the marriage of Vodoni preferences (they like wolves!)
> with Zalani design style (giving the "creatures" from which the ships
> are modeled a generally gargoyloid form).
> 
> I would also note that the Vodoni vessels save as Ceramic, suggesting
> a light earth/stone/clay construction for the outer hulls.
> 
> 
Concur - but the use of a 'critter-built' ship (giant paper wasp or 
whatever) still has merit for the construction of some other races 
ships, such as Thri-Kreen, which is what I had in mind.

-- 
Charles