Re: Rightarm Islanders

From: Neil Robinson <OrlanthiFool_at_Yhdu9V94l51qhqa--hxEV50nN4wAP-LB4phwOqZ23w0ECWl0AlJvPUX-ShQwQOy>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:58:21 -0700

Don't forget they only row on one side of the ship. That's why they are lopsided. Maybe they use Dragonewts following some leftward path on the other side.

On 8/30/07, Jeff Richard <richaje_at_nnem2cHn4vPtBZ7P1YLquKua6ajVzmrSm4S9C2o5sQsVtonz_0eGK6E3bIBvml1CVtk98bdQjvtw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
>
> > >If just 5k
> > >sailors died (which is probably low given that a fleet of 100 triremes
> > >might have as many as 15-20,000 people)
> >
> > Based on your numbers, I'd have to conclude that the triremes
> > wouldn't be rowed by Rightarmers. You'd want them above decks as
> > crew. Maybe 5 per trireme? The rowers could be recruited from Nochet.
> > (Yes they need training, but Athens managed to get a navy built in a
> > rather short time when the Persians were on the way.)
>
> Which is why I am curious Simon's take. Maybe the Rightarm Islanders
> are the captains, the pilots and the priests for the navy?
>
> Jeff
>
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