Name: Doyun Kimba
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Appearance: Doyun Kimba stands nearly 5 feet 5 inches tall, with deep tanned skin that's been weathered by sea spray for many years now. His eyes are a light green with golden flecks around the edges. His hair styled into a long black mane down his back, smooth with the tips curled slightly. His voice is mostly clean, and well shaved, mking him look a lot younger then someone his age would normally look. He's got a very stocky build to him. Somewhat short, but very powerful looking. Normally when he's on his ship, he wears brown and gold dyed clothing, made up of a heavy cotton tunic, over trousers and heavy leather boots. He will often wear a leather cuirass studded with iron rivets when needing too during combat. When off his ship he tends to keep that same brown and gold coloration to his clothing but it is far more casual, choosing just long sleeved shirts and long pants with the same leather boots he often wears on the ship.
Personality: Doyun is very thought oriented. Experimental and creative. On his off hours he's often drawing, or pursuing art in some way or form. He values intelligence and logic in many things. When this comes to his ship he's often thinking up ways to throw off the opponent, doing this in a way that's completely original, new tactics, new ways of approaching a situation. Making him very independent.
Background: Doyun had been born to a family of fishermen many years ago. It's almost like another life entirely really. It had started quietly really, as soon as he was old enough to walk, he was taken on the deck of his father's fishing vessel. So he grew up on the deck of a ship. At first he was fine with his lot in life. He'd tend the nets in the evening, ready to boat to leave in the dawn hours, then spend all day on the water, casting nets, picking about shallows for clams and scallops to supplement the catch of the day. He spent about 14 years doing that, and he was quite happy.
he didn't get aspirations for naval service until he as about 15 or 16. While on the deck of his father's ship and he was pulling in a net, the small fishing boat suddenly had a huge shadow loom over it. His father came out, laughing and waving. A Tawaian navy ship had pulled up near to the ship. The captain and his father begun to bargain for some of the days catch. Doyun looked up at the immense ship, fully 8 to 12 times the length of his fathers fishing ship, and towering above the fishing ship by far. Half the day current atch was bartered away, for fine silver and gold rather then goods and services like at home. At the end of that day after pulling into port. Doyun told his father that he wanted to enroll in the Navy. His father chuckled and nodded. Doyun was given a portion of that days gold, some food for his journey to the nearest city. And set off.
What followed was many years of training, being assigned to a navy ship and working his way up the ladder. He started as a sailor, working the galley, he took part in patrols, minor actions against pirates and the like. Gaining experience. And worked his way up through the ranks. He gained support from other sailors, so the admiralty advanced him on merit and ability, rather then who his family was. Which to some wasn't a great thing really. Other Captains were from famed families, rich and powerful, while Doyun was a fisherman's son. Finally the admiralty gave him a command. It was a small galley, a recon vessel really. Designed to move fast and quick and find out where the enemy is. He was there for five years. Before he got a new command. An older ship, something he intended to turn into something amazing. It already had a name, known as the Slick Blade. A slim, trim and fast vessel. That's where he was when the fleet he was in previously was fallen upon by Nerynan armada. Only a few ships managed to make it out of that situation, many of the others who got caught in the ambush were sunk or took as prizes by the enemy. He his crew and the Slick Blade fled back to the capitol. And that's where the admiralty found him and told him about a effort that needed his attention.
Equipment: Drawings of opposing force ships that he quickly made during the last fight, a saber that was given to him when he ascended to captain, and a heavy arquebus that he uses that when his ship is close to the enemy. A heavy duty bamboo fish pole with high end fishing line, something he made for himself, you can take the fisherman away from the fishboat, but you can't take the fishing away from the fisherman, he has used the pole in many a water, having once fought a large bluefin tuna for almost an hour, before entering a pirate battle. He's had the pole since he father passed away 5 years ago.
Name of ship: Slick Blade
Type of ship: Fast and Agile Artillery ship
Armaments: Two forward facing long cannons of atleast 18 pounds each, seven naval mortars at 150mm calibre each, three on either side of the ship port and starboard,and a seventh placed fore between the two cannons. All the mortars have a 90 degree swivel system that allows them to be aimed to bring as many mortars to bare at once. A single light swivel gun at the aft. Also has a contingent of Naval Marine Marksmen on the ship.
Crew: 20 Naval Marine Marksmen 12 of which use long bows while the remaining 8 use arquebus rifles, 60 rowers, 30 port, 30 starboard, two rows each side one atop the other. 47 sailors who man the sails and rigging, 14 will man the mortars while in use, 3 each to the cannons, and one man on the swivel gun. Leaving 19 for repairs, rigging and other duties. Quartermaster Roam, who looks after the provisioning and crew, Gunnery Master Tadi, who commands the gunnery crews, Naval Marine Captain Uots who oversees the Marines, Sailing Master Jin, who oversees the maps, and navigation of the ship and assists the captain in piloting the ship. Two pacers, men who are assigned to drum the pace for the rowers, and who also are in charge of feeding and tending to the largely volunteer rowers, as Captain Doyun would rather use people who have an interest in their countries safety, rather then men who had been press ganged or are convicts to avoid the potential of mutiny.
Appearance: The Slick Blade is a slim ship about 42 meters long and 18 meters wide. A single sail admidt ship for sailing when there is a favorable wind, The rowers within are stacked one row atop the other, offset so the rowers have a little bit of room. The far front position of the ship just under the cannons has a reinforced gun magazine, where 70% of the ships ammo, powder and other items are kept. Right below the main rear tiller is another lesser magazine, where the arrows, crews personal weapons, and naval marines weapons are kept. The bows and handgun ammo as well as the handguns themselves along with swords and melee weapons are kept in the rear as well.
The Slick Blade painted a green, blue and brown along the outside of the hull. The giving it a profile that makes it slightly harder to see in some scenarios, a form of camouflage. The ship is designed for more open water engagements, where it can turn and bring to bear the mortars on the opponent, or square off and use the two long cannons. The ship is designed to make fast cutting runs, along the edges of the fight, firing the mortars during the run, pulling out then repeating again and again, dropping high explosive rounds onto the decks of enemy ships, or using shrapnel bombs, thin ceramic cases in essense, that when they land explode and send out clouds of nails and glass to kill the sailors.
Slick Blade is built to be quick and agile. The time it takes to turn 90 degrees is very nearly half that of other ships. It's built of lighter materials, but with all the iron and metal aboard, it still has a normal draft in the water. But it's lighter build with thinner walls, make it easier to slide through those waters. The Slick Blade can reach a fairly high speed, but it doesn't use this speed to ram, it uses this speed to get in close, strafe a position then get back out before an enemy ship can get in close and attempt to board. This lighter build and thinner hull made the Slick Blade highly susceptible to being breached if struck by an attack with a high enough force.
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