Here is the summation of all of my piratey knowledge, and the logic to back it up:

1. Pirates don't wear armour. None. If you fall overboard wearing even leather armour you can be counted off as [censored].

2. Pirates use sloops. The sloop is the only ship small, fast, and maneuverable enough to suit the needs of the pirate. Anything larger is too slow and/or ponderous.

3. Pirate weapons will probably be pretty good. They spend their entire existances in the pursuit of wealth, and they use that wealth to upgrade the things they use the most: weapons.

4. Unless you are an admiral in somebody's navy, you do not command 8 ships. Pirates do not have the necessary administrative skill to manage 8 ships. Even if they did, i can guarantee that some ambitious young pirate on one of the ships, or one of the captains will get sick of you hogging all the glory and sail off into the sunset in search of his own swag to steal. I suggest you limit yourself to less than 5 ships. Preferably 1 to 3.

To my knowledge...

1. I've heard of pirates wearing armour for battle, if they could afford it; soldiers in ships also wore armour until it wasn't redundant. It's more of a question of getting that armour.

2. Sloops are cannon-armed ships, don't think they would exist in Tamriel now. Plus Barbary pirates used galleys all the time. Plus frigates could be faster than sloops. Again, more of a question of getting that ship - pirates didn't exactly have access to fancy shipwrights, they had to rely on what they captured, which usually wasn't first-rates.

But the thing about the 8 ships is, Candelesian isn't going to be a crontrol freak over all the ships. It is merely a guild of pirates where a couple of Variolas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox) are in contol of the ship. Candelesian tells the Variolas what to do on their respective ship, and they do it.

Well lots of discussion o,o long as noone has touched Leyawiin yet As its still mine! xD

*Suddenly thinks of a devious plan to raid Leyawiin* :flamethrower: :swear: :ahhh:

Would be inadviseable you'd lose badly

bliviongate: Oh reallyz? bliviongate:

Ya really. Elsweyr has some 17000 or so troops.

Not to mention Im updating it with some other stuffs Wootz had approved of

oh.... :meh:

nananana

Derrik doesn't want anything to do with the south; So, good luck.

Slow day at work.

My merc group is always looking for a new man with a deep purse.....

And the count of chorrol is a fat, insecure man, who loves his people beyond normal amounts, and can be slightly incompetant at times....

The empire has stood against daedric princes themselves! Rebellious scum like the rest of you will not be the undoing of it!!

..... Really slow dat at work....

By the Nine, Verettio's gonna love his sovereign. So much in common.

The I mean, Republic of Skyrim may have a new member.

Who, I hope you don't mean me?

Someone that hasn't posted on this thread. (They PMed me)

I'm still in this!

Oh, and to that remark on another page, whilst cannons do exist in Tamriel, pirates did use galleys across most of Europe, and probably do in Tamriel, as well. Galleys are fast ships!

I guess the people that come out on the winning end of this rp will be the ones to ally with others pregame. Anyone who feels they need 600 usefull troops, just pm me.

I'll call it.

Sibera, the Khajiits and Argonians are still working for the same cause, no? We could make a deadly team.
If not, then I will have to fight a war on two fronts. And, as being Hitler's biggest mistake of the Second World War, I really want to avoid it as much as possible.

Oh, and PFA, you're nobles' goods are forfiet as soon as I get to you...

"UP THE NIBEN WE MARCH, UP THE NIBEN WE MARCH!"

Hehehe...

Go right ahead, because by messing with him, you mess with Chorrol.

Not to mention you have to go through the Imperial City itself to even get north.

Details.
Minor Details.

Just obsticales that are destined to be hopped.

Well, depends on your goals.