NationStates

The Corparation wrote:

The Kievan People wrote:
Why...?

Ships carry more than enough fuel for most practical purposes. Not everything needs to have INFINITE RANGE.

To help give the appearance of a luxury yacht.

Not for infinite range. For looks. At any rate it's not something I see as a serious idea, just a random thought.

Spirit of Hope wrote:Why not just use a regular cargo ship with some marines on it? It could also carry cargo and not waste space on sails and require the additional training to use them.

Because rule of cool.

Vancon wrote:I can't remember which thread this was, but a while back I had an idea for a weaponized man-o-war for this very reason. However, it wasn't the most useful.

Kouralia wrote:

Vancon wrote:I can't remember which thread this was, but a while back I had an idea for a weaponized man-o-war for this very reason. However, it wasn't the most useful.

>Implying men-o'-wars aren't already weaponised.

Vancon wrote:

Kouralia wrote:>Implying men-o'-wars aren't already weaponised.

*modern for counter-piracy

Kouralia wrote:

Vancon wrote:*modern for counter-piracy

>implying dirty, malnourished blokes in skiffs can't be blatted away by a broadside of fifty guns firing canister.

Kouralia wrote:

Vancon wrote:*modern for counter-piracy

>implying dirty, malnourished blokes in skiffs can't be blatted away by a broadside of fifty guns firing canister.

Vancon wrote:

Kouralia wrote:>implying dirty, malnourished blokes in skiffs can't be blatted away by a broadside of fifty guns firing canister.

*Implying that a mon-o-war can't catch up to and board oil tankers

Kouralia wrote:

Vancon wrote:*Implying that a mon-o-war can't catch up to and board oil tankers

Who needs to do that.

You're in a man of war. Screw 'main efforts' and 'objectives'; sail around and look like a badass mother-fucker and sing sea shanties.

Padnak wrote:

Kouralia wrote:>implying dirty, malnourished blokes in skiffs can't be blatted away by a broadside of fifty guns firing canister.

>implying that there is an alternative non bayonet charge way of going about counter piracy

Gallia- wrote:

Padnak wrote:
>implying that there is an alternative non bayonet charge way of going about counter piracy

>implying implications

New Tsavon wrote:

Gallia- wrote:
>implying implications

>implying
>ever

ISHYGDDT

Kouralia wrote:

Vancon wrote:*Implying that a mon-o-war can't catch up to and board oil tankers

Who needs to do that.

You're in a man of war. Screw 'main efforts' and 'objectives'; sail around and look like a badass mother-fucker and sing sea shanties.

San-Silvacian wrote:

Kouralia wrote:Who needs to do that.

You're in a man of war. Screw 'main efforts' and 'objectives'; sail around and look like a badass mother-fucker and sing sea shanties.

Then get hit by a single RPG-7 round.

And it blows up.

Gallia- wrote:

Padnak wrote:
>implying that there is an alternative non bayonet charge way of going about counter piracy

>implying implications

The Greater Luthorian Empire wrote:

Gallia- wrote:
>implying implications

>Implying greentext works for scrubs like you

The Kievan People wrote:I hate everything about you (all).

D:<

The Greater Luthorian Empire wrote:

Gallia- wrote:
>implying implications

>Implying greentext works for scrubs like you

Triplebaconation wrote:Mon-o-war are the pride of the Jamaican navy.

Padnak wrote:

Triplebaconation wrote:Mon-o-war are the pride of the Jamaican navy.

I kind of want to capture a longsword with a man-o-war now...

Korouse wrote:

Padnak wrote:
I kind of want to capture a longsword with a man-o-war now...

They could just manually fire a missile at you.

Padnak wrote:

Korouse wrote:They could just manually fire a missile at you.

I said I wanted to

Didn't say I could

Purpelia wrote:

Padnak wrote:
I said I wanted to

Didn't say I could

Sure you can. The trick will be sneaking it on board and in large enough numbers to intoxicate the crew. Not to mention where you are going to find that much fish and make sure it's contaminated.