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Kamoba:

--- Quote from: JaegerDelta on March 13, 2015, 06:33:29 am ---
--- Quote from: HamsterIV on March 11, 2015, 05:11:22 pm ---I always thought the Pyramidion was Angelean despite what the fluff might say. It seems to built around operating in a cold climate and by crew that favor pragmatism over artistry in their approach to war.

The back deck engine section is reasonably well sheltered and probably warm if the engines running.
The hole in the middle of the deck looks like it should be used for ice fishing.
It is one of the smallest balloon to ship mass ratios indicating either advanced technology or that warm air produces more lift in the area it operates.

It has the best configuration for chasing down fleeing enemies or doing a fighting retreat.
It is slow but well armored indicating that it intends to absorb damage rather than dance around it.
It uses only light weapons perhaps because heavy weapons are harder to maintain and more prone to malfunction in the cold.

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these reasons may be why the angeleans favor the design, but it does not mean they invented it.

as angleans raid other territories quite frequently it would make sense that they would get their hands on a few stolen ships. with their lands being rich in techological ruins it would be fairly simple for them to copy the design and make a few modifications to suit their needs.

in a way it makes sense that they do not have a design originating in their culture, it is alot easier to modify a fully functioning airship than design one from the ground up. especially if you take that airship by force.

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Or the Angleans are too busy rebuilding one of the leviathans which crash landed, and this shall be their ship, escorted by stolen neighbouring territories ships.
8)

HamsterIV:
When people design things they do so for their own needs and with consideration for their technical limitations. The pyramidion has an ice fishing hole. What other faction would want to go Ice fishing?
It also has one of the highest mass to balloon volume ratios in the game. Whoever designed it knew they would have access to technology that would produce more lift per cubic meter of gas than any other ship in the game. Once again pointing to the Angeleans.

Indreams:
Asked Dev Chat, Pyramidion is a Yeshan ship... sry Hamster.

MightyKeb:
What if yesha just expanded to the cold and needed a vanguard against the fierce anglean raiders?



A vanguard and a fishing platform...

Indreams:

--- Quote from: MightyKeb on March 13, 2015, 04:12:46 pm ---What if yesha just expanded to the cold and needed a vanguard against the fierce anglean raiders?

A vanguard and a fishing platform...

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Yeshan invasion of Anglea is now cannon.

Brash, ambitious Yeshan generals would lead a campaign against the northern raiders. They would often return stripped of all their valuables, if they returned at all.

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