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Nautical or Aviation terms?

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YellowJacketXV:
So which do you use the most when giving orders to the crew?

Do you consider the ship more of an Aviation vessel, maneuvering the Yaw and Pitch and Thrust?

Or do you consider the ship more of a Nautical vessel, telling your men to prep the starboard guns for the line of battle?

Also, anybody wish to add to lists of each sets of words?

The easiest would be:
Port - Left of ship
Starboard - Right of ship
Bow - Front of Ship
Stern - Behind ship
Keel - direct bottom of ship, usually referring to a particular structure of the base
Ahead - Forward motion
Astern - backward motion (probably only for airships)

I'm curious if there are any others that would be nice to add.

Nidh:
I just use compass directions, since everybody has one and I can't expect anyone to be familiar with nautical terms

GeoRmr:
No mic so I voice command, and they're all nautical.

Crafeksterty:
Compass is easiest. 0 confusion of "Ohh.. whats starbord?" When you can just say right. Or better yett to specify, "Enemy at North West". No matter what direction your ship is pointing, the statement always points torwards North West.

When I mention weapons, i always just say the weapons purpose. On a Goldfish, a gattling one the right and a carronade on the left, will be pretty automatic if i say "Use the Carronade" Cus thats the only carronade. On a junker i say Left guns, or Right guns.

There is very little reason to use ship adjustment thingy magig words because it is incredibly outdated. The book of count of monter cristo is very much graphic when it comes to detailing ships, the harbor to it and how they work. And at that time ships were very complicated with ropes and such. Back then no one had a compass all the time and it would be impractical IRL to use one for each crew member. So ships were a very lengthy thing to learn especialy for a navigator, pilot and a captain. Crew members simply learned the angular locations and the locations of a ship to identify to how they are. Because all ships were different. But in Goio, there are only few ships to keep in mind and they are crazy. Spire, mobula and squid are the worst contender for this.

Omniraptor:

--- Quote from: Nidh on May 31, 2014, 12:32:28 pm ---I just use compass directions, since everybody has one and I can't expect anyone to be familiar with nautical terms

--- End quote ---

Man the North-Western guns!

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