Fiction:United Tribes of Mendel/Emerald Armada

The Emerald-Armada is the main Fleet forces of the Mendel Tribes, and is used to defend their trade lanes, though the focus on the land forces has lead to the Fleet not being as strong or as capable as the rest of their neighbors and rivals in other nations. This does not mean, however, that the ships they use are weak or under-powered compared to others, but the fleet sizes where much smaller and then their land forces. The reasons for this stem from not only the Mendel enjoying land combat more then fighting at seas, but also because the Mendel had less access to the seas then other forces. For this reason, the Mendel fleet was basic, and used for basic combat against other fleets, raiding trade lanes, and blockading enemy ports and sending land forces to areas of conquest.

For many years, the Mendel fleets where basic and cable, but not extraordinary. However, their contact with the Dwarfs known as Togunda, lead to them not only including Togunda vessels into their fleet, but also expanding their native fleets, improving old ship designs and creating new ones to help protect the shores and water lanes the Tribes used. The Togunda brought with them advanced weapons, such as canons and bombards, allowing the basic artillery section of the Mendel Fleet, to include higher fire power and more punch.

The Warriors aboard are capable raiders and fighters, used to traveling long distances, and fighting against other forces. They are doughty fighters, enjoy nothing more then to board another vessel, and fighting on the edge of destruction and a watery death, and victory aboard a ship used by their foes, right within their own hold.

Command Ships
Great Fhada=

Large Ships
Long Fhada=

Artillery Fhada=

Medium Ships
Strike Currach=

Ranged Currach=

Artillery Currach=

Small Ships
Strike Coracle=

Ranged Coracle=

Birlann Patrol ship=