Cyrodiil's Navy Options

[SubRosa]

Yesterday I was crossing the bridge at Fort Alessia and saw something strange out in Lake Rumare. It looked like someone on horseback swimming across the lake. I dove in to take a closer look, and sure enough, it was an Imperial Legion rider. How on Nirn he ever decided to go swimming with Mr. Ed I have no idea. He even paused several times to dismount, swim over to mudcrabs, and kill them. Then he would go back to his horse and mount up again (still in the water mind you), and they would swim on. It was the weirdest thing ever. Has anyone else ever seen these maritime patrols? Where was this guy when the Bloated Float was hijacked?

The battleship Talos

That mudcrab won't sink any more Imperial ships

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jul 7 2010, 03:20 AM

[flowerboom]

There is an imperial navy but it is only very rarely mentioned , i guess its perceived as a bit trivial .

Anyway its main jobs are around the vvardenfeel / morrowind sea and black marsh .

In morrowind smuggling is a big issue , people / dwarven gear are the big issues , the imperial navy intially solved the problem by beating them in deep water but then they instead used the shallows so the imperials build smaller craft . In black marsh they are working activly to stamp out slave trafficking , although they are having a lot of success the sacarcity of slaves means they are being driven up in price , making them more valuable.

In combat they rely on a troops of archers to kill men on board before light skirmishers go out to ifnish off the stragglers , a mage on board is used to burn sails of fleeing ships or to change the wind to defelct impeding arrows , in extreme heavy warfare light ballistas ( a type of light artillery) are used . A token priest is often on board to see to casulties.