"Although I have seen it many times before, I still don't understand how this ship flies." Sicco Thermaplugg followed Aaron to the airport outside Gnomeregan, and after circling Dreadwake a few times, he said with some emotion.
Aaron had been staying at Gnomeregan for more than a month, and Dreadwake had been parked outside Gnomeregan for just that long. The dwarfs were very interested in this huge warship that could fly in the air without relying on airbags. Naturally, they would not let this opportunity pass by, and they had studied it many times in secret and overtly.
As a partner who has a good relationship with Aaron, Sicco Thermaplugg also led his team to study Dreadwake for a long time after obtaining the permission of Aaron.
However, neither the master craftsmen who are proficient in manufacturing various mechanical products nor the few mages among the dwarfs could research anything from Dreadwake, and in the end they had no choice but to leave it alone.
"Okay, let's talk about how you want to modify this ship." After Sicco Thermaplugg finished sighing, he finally remembered the serious business of Aaron bringing him here.
"You should know that these four cannons can fire, right?" Aaron pointed at the cannon muzzles on the side of the Dreadwake ship and said, "I had never noticed the power of these cannons before, but after this actual battle, I discovered that the power of these cannons was not enough."
Aaron had always used Dreadwake as a flying passenger ship with a large cargo capacity. The four cannons on the ship's side were just decorations in Aaron's opinion.
It wasn't until this time when he faced Trolls that Aaron realized that in this turbulent world, Dreadwake should still have a certain amount of self-defense firepower.
Although these four artillery pieces can hit exactly where Aaron wants them to (failure to hit is entirely Aaron's own problem), and they don't need to be manually loaded, as if they have unlimited ammunition, the power of these four cannons is really not enough.
These four cannons look like very common muzzleloader cannons, but the shells fired from them are only one kind of shells with limited explosion range and lethality. According to the previous experience when Aaron was used on Troll, Even if the enemies lined up in a dense formation for Aaron to bomb, they would only be able to kill a few enemies hit directly by the shells and seriously injure a dozen enemies. This kind of lethality would be even more unbearable when placed on Troll, which has an amazing self-healing ability.
"It's easy to increase the lethality. Just put a few more cannons on the ship. I see that your previous design didn't include artillery content. Then use our products. We can also provide you with a variety of shells to meet your needs." When Sicco Thermaplugg said these words, he had a Goblin demeanor. It seemed that he usually dealt with Goblins.
"If the firepower is insufficient, just put in a few more artillery pieces? That seems to be no problem." Aaron looked at the empty portholes on the side of the Dreadwake ship. These places can indeed accommodate a few artillery pieces, but in this case, Aaron would need to hire some gunners to control these artillery pieces. If Dreadwake uses them again, it may not be as convenient as it is now.
"Put this matter aside for now." Aaron continued, "I think my ship still needs some firepower to deal with enemies in the air."
When we evacuated the elves from Farstriders' Camp before, Dreadwake was chased by hundreds of giant eagles and Dragonhawk. Although there were a large number of rangers on the ship at the time, they still could not deal with those raptors. In the end, we relied on Xal'atath to deal with these guys.
From now on, Dreadwake will definitely follow Aaron all over Azeroth, and Azeroth has countless enemies that can fly in the air to deal with. It can still deal with the giant eagle and Dragonhawk. Let Xal'atath help. If you are facing enemies with high resistance to mental attacks or guys like Gargoyle who are controlled by Lich King, Xal'atath may not be able to perform so well.
For future consideration, Aaron must also equip Dreadwake with the ability to resist attacks from enemies from the air. Otherwise, Dreadwake's flying speed is far inferior to that of a gryphon, and I'm afraid it will only be chased and beaten by the enemy.
In response to Aaron's request, Sicco Thermaplugg's initial idea was to have Aaron install several giant crossbows on the deck. However, after thinking about it, Aaron thought that after the development of the minigun was completed, Sicco Thermaplugg would install several machine guns on the ship as close-defense weapons.
After the modification actually started, Aaron discovered another surprise, that is, Dreadwake can assimilate the installed cannons with the hull, which can fully achieve the effect of the several guns already on Dreadwake, and completely allow Aaron to aim and fire according to his wishes.
"This saves me a lot of trouble." Aaron After several tests, it was discovered that these newly installed artillery also have the function of automatically loading ammunition, but the ammunition fired is the same as the previous four artillery. If you want to fire other ammunition, you need to consume the ammunition prepared in advance, but it finally saves the trouble of loading.
"This ship is really magical." After Sicco Thermaplugg followed Aaron for a test flight, the curiosity about Dreadwake became more and more intense. Unfortunately, they still couldn't understand this magical ship. Even the owner of the ship, Aaron, didn't understand it very well. He could only attribute it to the magic of his OSS behind the scenes.
"Look over there, what's that?" A dwarf craftsman under Sicco Thermaplugg was looking around on the deck. Suddenly he pointed at the eastern sky and shouted. Everyone on the ship looked in that direction and found a black spot over there that was quickly approaching here.
Aaron hurriedly controlled Dreadwake, who was planning to fly back to Gnomeregan, to hover in mid-air. After waiting for the black spot in the east to approach, he discovered that the black shadow's true form was a griffin, and there were two crew members on the back of the griffin.
"Falstad? Vereesa?" Aaron looked at the two people on the gryphon in surprise, but didn't know how they got together.
"Aaron... Phew... something happened..." Vereesa and Falstad rode the gryphon and landed on Dreadwake's armor. On the board, Vereesa got off the griffon and panted and said to Aaron, but it seemed that Vereesa was a little excited and couldn't even say a complete sentence.
"Take a breath, Vereesa, speak slowly, don't be anxious." Aaron patted Vereesa's back gently, letting her take a breath before speaking slowly.
However, judging from Vereesa's anxious attitude, Aaron already had an ominous premonition in his heart. For Vereesa to rush here in such a hurry, there might be a big problem with Quel'Thalas.
Seeing Vereesa taking a deep breath to calm down, Aaron had many thoughts in his mind. "Is Quel'Thalas being pushed back by Troll? Are those guys who have been on the street for thousands of years so strong?" 2k. com