Hearts of Oak: Conquest of the Seas is a non-commercial PC game being developed by PiratesAhoy!, and is to become the historical seafaring game to end them all! Fun, realistic gameplay on land and at sea, set during the Age of Sail, will provide extensive free play, exciting scripted storylines and intense multiplayer scenarios.
Pilot Schooner Concept Art
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Concept art: Sailing along in a late 1700's pilot schooner. The crew has been assigned to several different tasks: The helm, bow watch, and line handling. Unseen is the a sailor making breakfast at the stove in the hold.
Sketch by PostCaptain.
Nice!
looks very sleek
Only hand cannons on deck or? It looks like a high speed, low armaments, low hold vessel, so wouldn't be my first choice:p. Nice drawing!:D
No guns here- This is a pilot boat, responsible for transporting a pilot to larger vessels. The pilot would then guide the larger vessel into port. Pilot boats were built for speed because the pilot who got to the larger vessel first would be the one who would guide it in and receive payment. This essentially turned pilot boats into racing craft. They were still perfectly able to operate on the open ocean.
They were built for speed, so they were not designed to carry guns since that would require more bulk in the underwater hull. Pilot boats were historically armed with one to six small carriage or rotating guns in times of war, though.
Because of its small size, shallow draft, and speed, this would make an excellent pirate vessel for the end of the Napoleonic period.
Nice piece of history there to know ;)
Definitely. We plan to integrate details like that into the game. Kind of like a fun history lesson you don't even realize is a history lesson.
I know this is way late,(I'm just looking through the screenshots)but all history lessons are fun :D