Gryphos
Auror
Pretty self explanatory. I need to brainstorm the logistics of sky pirates' tactics. For context, the airships in my world have a suspended gondola design and are often relatively small. Most military ships are around the size of a sailing boat or yacht and cargo airships are usually slightly bigger (but slower) than those. Airships have horizontal propellors mounted on the rear to drive the ship as well as vertical ones to make the ship rise and fall, though gas can also be injected or removed from the balloon.
So how would a sky pirate go about raiding a cargo airship? My immediate thought was that they would use a long-range sniping cannon to disable their engines, before closing the distance and boarding with grappling hooks. Then they could either lock up the crew, repair the engines and take both ships back to their hideout, or maybe they could just load the cargo onto their own ship and fly off.
Any thoughts on how sky pirates could operate?
So how would a sky pirate go about raiding a cargo airship? My immediate thought was that they would use a long-range sniping cannon to disable their engines, before closing the distance and boarding with grappling hooks. Then they could either lock up the crew, repair the engines and take both ships back to their hideout, or maybe they could just load the cargo onto their own ship and fly off.
Any thoughts on how sky pirates could operate?