Types of Ships
The RoSoG aknowledges several different types of ships, but currently only has guidelines for the three most commonly used, two of which are built in three classes. The types are as follows:
Ramships or Tarnships
Roundships or Merchant Ships
Serpent Raiders or Longships
Of those three, Ramships and Roundships come in three classes:
Light
Medium
Heavy
Other types of ships that the RoSoG aknowledges and registers, though currently has no guidelines for are as follows:
Skiffs
Barges
Galleys - The Builders caste recently voted to begin construction on these types of ships. The RoSoG will register them; new guidelines to naval battle soon to follow as well as a description to be posted here.
In the future, other types of ships that are listed in the books may be added and the guidelines that exist may be modified to handle these other types of ships. Currently, there are no plans in this direction.
This page is under works to provide you with quotes from the books to give you more accurate descriptions of the ships listed as written in the books of Gor. If you would like to provide quotes to add in here, please include book title and page number and send them to Keria Saber. Quotes used will contain contributor's name. It is hoped that this will eventually provide enough information that those who have not been able to attain the books will be able to at least gain basic knowledge of how the ships were written to be, though it is to be said that no amount of quotes can take the place of actually learning from the books themselves.
The merchant ship, or round ship, is the backbone of the trading system on Gor. Most cities are located on or near a navigable water way specifically to allow the merchant vessels to reach them. Even Ar, a landlocked city, had a trading station, Ar Station, located on the mighty Vosk river. The warship, or ram ship, is the reason for the glimmer in every Captain's eye. Pirates and raids are an integral part of Gorean society and the Gorean way of life. City ports are well guarded to discourage raids and pirates constantly lurk and ply the shipping lanes.
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