Ship Ahoy!
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:25 am
News from the Lakelands today:
Homins, it has been reported that the Tryker inventor, named The Skipper is very close to finalizing his great invention. The Skipper was seen this week traveling the lands asking Homins for final ideas and details that would allow him to complete an astounding new project. Please add your own ideas to this post and help out the Skipper.
The following is what The Skipper has been reported to have said;
Let me tell you a tale of our ancestors, in a time before the Great Swarming. A tale that will let you all know of what knowledge was lost to the Tryker race, those long years ago.
It was a time when there were SHIPS, Ships that sailed the waterways of the Lakelands, Ships that carried commerce from city to city and delivered the crafted work of the Tryker artisans from Dainty Isle Workshop and the other workshops and trading posts that are in ruins now, to the great markets of the Tryker race.
Ships that carried all the races and their packers and mounts in comfort, unlike what we experience these days, having to run and swim to every point on the map. Those Ships were fabulous to behold, bright pennants flying from their masts and colorful sails dyed in all the colors that could be imagined.
Why there were even pirate vessels that preyed upon the merchant ships, freebooters that lived the Tryker dream, being accountable to no one but themselves. It was a richer time, a time of adventure, of heroism and bravery. Things I sadly feel are lacking in our poor existence these days here in the Lakelands.
And that is the point of my little tale my friends, for I intend to find the old knowledge or invent from the start, those Ships of the old days!
I have been experimenting in secret trying to find out what floats and what does not, I come before you to ask if any of you have any ideas or have come across old drawings or bark parchments that tells of these things?
As an example for you, let me tell you of a few things I did early in my experimentation. I tried to tie a bunch of stones together, well that sank right away.
Next I tied a lot of dead Yubos together; they floated, kinda but started to smell real badly, then sank in a mass of bubbles. Heh, well you get the idea.
I thank you in advance for your help, I will keep you informed of my progress, I think from what you have told me and what I have learned for myself, that I can begin construction of the Ship now .
Ill call it The Ora, I think, as it will be small but strong and able to withstand the storms that plague the Lakelands.
Fare well my friends, Ill be seeing you around the Lakelands.
Homins, it has been reported that the Tryker inventor, named The Skipper is very close to finalizing his great invention. The Skipper was seen this week traveling the lands asking Homins for final ideas and details that would allow him to complete an astounding new project. Please add your own ideas to this post and help out the Skipper.
The following is what The Skipper has been reported to have said;
Let me tell you a tale of our ancestors, in a time before the Great Swarming. A tale that will let you all know of what knowledge was lost to the Tryker race, those long years ago.
It was a time when there were SHIPS, Ships that sailed the waterways of the Lakelands, Ships that carried commerce from city to city and delivered the crafted work of the Tryker artisans from Dainty Isle Workshop and the other workshops and trading posts that are in ruins now, to the great markets of the Tryker race.
Ships that carried all the races and their packers and mounts in comfort, unlike what we experience these days, having to run and swim to every point on the map. Those Ships were fabulous to behold, bright pennants flying from their masts and colorful sails dyed in all the colors that could be imagined.
Why there were even pirate vessels that preyed upon the merchant ships, freebooters that lived the Tryker dream, being accountable to no one but themselves. It was a richer time, a time of adventure, of heroism and bravery. Things I sadly feel are lacking in our poor existence these days here in the Lakelands.
And that is the point of my little tale my friends, for I intend to find the old knowledge or invent from the start, those Ships of the old days!
I have been experimenting in secret trying to find out what floats and what does not, I come before you to ask if any of you have any ideas or have come across old drawings or bark parchments that tells of these things?
As an example for you, let me tell you of a few things I did early in my experimentation. I tried to tie a bunch of stones together, well that sank right away.
Next I tied a lot of dead Yubos together; they floated, kinda but started to smell real badly, then sank in a mass of bubbles. Heh, well you get the idea.
I thank you in advance for your help, I will keep you informed of my progress, I think from what you have told me and what I have learned for myself, that I can begin construction of the Ship now .
Ill call it The Ora, I think, as it will be small but strong and able to withstand the storms that plague the Lakelands.
Fare well my friends, Ill be seeing you around the Lakelands.
. The buoyancy, hmm, hollow things usually float, has the Skip experimented with the bamboo type plants that can be found around the lakelands? dunno if they`d make a great ship, but would make a nice raft