dwarf The Escalating Naval Race

[Medvekoma 2073]

 

Following intel about the newly developed Sutican ground forces armed with artillery capable of puncturing armour from a distance, a scramble for solutions engulfed the Kaz'Ulran side. Of the many proposals, the construction of a new Onyxheart flagship was approved by the High Queen. The requested specifics were: an armoured vessel capable of withstanding the 150mm ballistae projectiles used by Sutican ground forces, a vessel capable of cruising over 21 knots and a vessel mounting at least 6 heavy-ballistae paired turrets capable of delivering a projectile of 90 kilograms over a distance of three hundred metres.

 

 

The finished drafts were delivered to the High Queen post-haste: a ship measuring 205 metres in length and 30 metres in height, driven by a steam turbine engine of 40,000 horse powers to achieve a whopping cruising speed of 23 knots. The armament of the new vessel included 6 twin heavy-ballistae mounted on rotating turrets, 14 medium ballistae mounted on rotating side turrets along the hull, 4 twin repeating light ballistae protecting the ship's superstructure and a complement of 59 light balliste mounted on stands. The ship also included a ballista designed to launch airborne Dwed carrying alchemical fire, two auxiliary patrol boats carried on deck with a medium ballista each and four escape boats. The ship sported a 6-inch hull of hardened steel capable of withstanding ballistae bombardment and even direct ramming from other ships.

 

The vessel would become known as the Verthaik-class battleship.

 

The general look of the Verthaik-class battleship.

 

 

A look at the ballistae armament on the side of the Verthaik-class battleship.

[Novastral 582]

Disgusting.

[Slothtastic 761]

Banned. 

[ryno2 1285]

Officer Grudgebeard begins recruiting and training an amphibious landing force to storm the Sutican beach. The Ocean-Trained Tactical Elite Raiders, or O.T.T.E.R.'s for short, begin staging mock-invasions in preparation of the main landing:

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