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The Pilot’s Book · Battle

The ring of actions

Battle

Tap a ship: a ring of what you can do with her comes up. «Attack», «Board» within 100 m, «Talk»; ⓘ opens her card.

  1. Tap a ship (on a desk, hover over her) and the ring opens round her; tap again on a choice. «Attack» is always there; «Board» appears within 100 m; «Talk» for every ship but the creatures of the deep. A greyed choice is forbidden by your flag: tap it to see why.
    1Tap a ship (on a desk, hover over her) and the ring opens round her; tap again on a choice. «Attack» is always there; «Board» appears within 100 m; «Talk» for every ship but the creatures of the deep. A greyed choice is forbidden by your flag: tap it to see why.
  2. The small ⓘ «Details» beside the ring opens her card. Beasts, monsters, ghosts and bosses get a single big «Attack» — they cannot be talked to or boarded from the sea.
    2The small ⓘ «Details» beside the ring opens her card. Beasts, monsters, ghosts and bosses get a single big «Attack» — they cannot be talked to or boarded from the sea.
  3. The card: her captain, class, ship level, flag and role, guns a side, top speed, hold, the distance — and the two numbers that matter: «Against you» and how many of your broadsides it takes to sink her.
    3The card: her captain, class, ship level, flag and role, guns a side, top speed, hold, the distance — and the two numbers that matter: «Against you» and how many of your broadsides it takes to sink her.
  4. The bars are her hull, sails and crew right now; a beast shows only its body. The card refreshes twice a second, so you can watch the fight on it, and closes by itself if she is gone.
    4The bars are her hull, sails and crew right now; a beast shows only its body. The card refreshes twice a second, so you can watch the fight on it, and closes by itself if she is gone.
  5. At the bottom of the card: «Target» (pin her), «Attack», «Sail to», «Inspect». The boarding odds show there too, once they have been reckoned.
    5At the bottom of the card: «Target» (pin her), «Attack», «Sail to», «Inspect». The boarding odds show there too, once they have been reckoned.

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See also

«Attack», «Close in», «Stand off»«Attack» puts the helmsman on her: he keeps gun range and turns your broadside to her. «Close in» goes for boarding, «Stand off» back to the guns, «Hold off» gives the wheel back.4 stepsBoardingWithin 100 m (hull to hull) «Board» throws the grapples: 2–4 s, and the ships are hauled together. Then the battle on the hexes.3 stepsBeasts and monstersOrcas, sharks, whales, narwhals and serpents bite the hull, never the crew. Only «Attack» — no grapples. Flense the carcass for oil, bone and teeth.3 steps