| Zenith |
In Faith of Balance, their are an organization called Sea Dragon that rent the service of their mercenary fleet to protect commerce (for those who can afford their price). They have 20 warships and 80 converted merchant ships.
I want to know how it cost to rent the service of :
- Sea Dragon Warship ( for a week )
- Sea Dragon converted merchant ship ( for a week )
Thank!
| deuxhero |
It would likely factor in a where the Sea Dragon unit actually goes. Going through pirate and sea dragon land would cost more than an area that's generally considered safe. If I were to take a stab at it...
The crew wages are known factors. One book gives hireling costs per day with a scale based on danger. Assuming a default rate of "hazardous" (most pirates will avoid well defended fleets, but there's enough to make it a risk.) for the 60 crew for 60 GP, 180 if you . Then (optionally) add rowers, which I'll assume are untrained workers and not expected to fight, so 8 GP a day total if used. Then add food (5 sp a day per head so 30 or 70GP a day) should give you a bare minimum. I'd add some fraction of the cost of a warship cost of a warship (25,000). A hard labor slave would earn 1/1000th of his worth in a day as a freeman, so I'll use that and say the ship itself costs 25GP a day. That totals 138 gold. Being "elite" I'd make them cost 200 GP a day for a nice, even, round number for a route that's reasonable.