War canoe

The Circle Isles, the Tropics of Mazorta, the Napalees islands and the hinterlands of Balia and Maurania are home to tribes of primitive people who do not yet have guns or any understanding of science. Lacking any form of currency they tend to trade for goods and services. They value myth and religion and worship the elements, some of the larger tribes being specifically dedicated to a particular element.

Many of these tribes, such as the fearsome Stratozi of Mazorta and the fire worshiping Mecca tribe of Maurania launch brutal and savage raids upon other tribes and even upon small colonial ports using lighting fast vessels called war canoes.

These ships though small are extremely fast and nimble and are often launched en-mass and packed full of ferocious tribal raiders.

War canoes are sometimes sought after by small smuggling crews who deal in high-price luxuries and drugs as they can outmanouvre even a Cutter. These ships are often tricked out with a handful of small guns and used for short runs, quite often into ports busy with ships belonging to thief-takers such as sloops which, while fast and nimble when compared to most vessels, seem slow and sluggish when pitted against a war canoe.