User:Kazanshin/Sandbox

First off, thank you to Wassboss for creating this sandbox for me. Sorry for the trouble, sincere apologies.

With that said, let's get my ideas flowing:

Murakami Takeyoshi vs Blackbeard vs Cheng Shih
Murakami Takeyoshi=Murakami Takeyoshi (1533-1604) wa the head of the Murakami Kaizoku (pirates), sometimes known as the Murakami Kaigun (navy), and was deemed "the greatest pirate of Japan" by Louis Frois. While he is currently most known as the head of the feared pirate gang, he was actually more samurai than pirate, as historical records tell us, as he banned the pirating activities that the Murakami clan took part in until then and replaced those by acts such as tariff control and providence of protection to merchand ships from rival pirate gangs. In 1555, he led his forces against the Ouchi clan of Kyushu to help the Mori clan, who asked to be "allies for one day". Eventually, after the Mori clan absorbed the Murakami, Takeyoshi assisted his masters in the battle against the Oda navy to support the Ikko Ikki rebels, effectively inflicting one of the biggest defeats Oda Nobunaga suffered in his life. After the defeat of Ishida Mitsunari at the hand of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeyoshi, being on the "loser" side, became completely part of the Mori clan, with the Murakami pirates being disbanded. He later took roles such as escorting Korean ambassadors until his natural death in 1604. He wrote the "Murakami Naval Warfare Guide" sometimes in his life, which was employed by the Imperial Japanese admiral Akiyama Saneyuki. -32m long
 * -|Uchigatana=Katana-0.jpg uchigatana is the blade that is most commonly reffered to as the "katana" (a term that usually encompasses all single-bladed swords in Japanese). The blade is carried by all feudal Japanese soldiers, but usually not wielded as a primary weapon. Instead, the soldiers would draw it once the opponent came too close to effectively fight with the yari. The length of the blade is often somewhere between 60 to 73 centimeters in length, an the full length of the sword is usually around 90 cm. The metal of the blade is created from tamahagane, a hard, high carbon steel for the cutting edge and sides, and the tough, low carbon steel for the core and back, giving the blade a hard edge, while allowing it to absorb blows without shattering. The gentle curvature of the blade adds to the weapons cutting power by focusing the force of the blow on a smaller area.
 * -|Yari=Yari1.jpg Yari was a Japanese pike, commonly wielded as a primary weapon by both high class samurai and ashigaru. It had a 十 shape, making it a highly versatile weapon: it could hook onto enemies, pin them down, be swung with the spikes facing towards the enemy, used as an anti-cavalry weapon, but its most prominent use was to make a pike wall to block incoming enemies. In naval battles, yaris with hooks were used alongside grappling hooks to board enemy ships and fight the crew in hand to hand combat. These hooks were also used in a pick like motion to smash through armor by concentrating the force on one point.
 * -|Tantsutsu=Tempo-p1000695.jpg tantsutsu was a Japanese matchlock pistol, most commonly used as a horseback weapon. It had a snap matchlock mechanism and both a front and a rear sight, making it much like a miniature version of the tanegashima musket. It fired 8mm bullets and was a handy sidearm for enclosed combat, being easy to carry and small enough to use without using much space.
 * -|Tanegashima=EdoJapaneseArquebuse.jpg tanegashima (種子島), most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English hinawajū (火縄銃), which means matchlock gun, was a type of matchlock configured arquebus firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese in 1543. Tanegashima were used by the samurai class and their foot soldiers (ashigaru) and within a few years the introduction of the tanegashima in battle changed the way war was fought in Japan forever. It was based on European arquebuses and engineered to be better, with a better aim and a pistol grip. The musket was equipped with a snap matchlock mechanism, a front and rear sight and fired .75 caliber balls. Japanese pirates such as the Murakami and the wokou often used them to fire bo-hiya rocket arrows to light enemy ships on fire.
 * -|Ōzutsu=800px-Oo_dutu.jpg ozutsu was a Japanese matchlock firearm with a short, wide barrel, used in Sengoku or Warring States period Japanese history in mid to late 1500s. The weapon was intended for use as a man-portable cannon, with a bore ranging from about 20mm to 75mm, with smaller versions designed for firing from the shoulder (albeit with very high recoil) and larger ones mounted on tripods or small carriages. The ozutsu could be loaded with a variety of types of ammunition, including a single large ball, metal shot intended for a shotgun-like blast, and bo-hiya, "fire arrow" powered by crude rockets, often with an incendiary payload (typically a combination of pine pitch and gunpowder).
 * -|Yumi+Hiya=Yumi.png yumi, or Japanese longbow, is a large bow and arrow that was a favorite of weapon of the Samurai of feudal Japan. The weapon holds the distinction of being the longest bow in the world, longer even than the longbow. The bow is typically about two meters in length, longer than the archer is tall. The weapon is gripped asymmetrically, with the grip two thirds of the way up the bow. The yumi is traditionally made from a composite of wood and bamboo, though in the modern era, synthetic yumi are sometimes used for sport archery. The hiya was a fire arrow, often propelled by early rockets, most often used to set buildings and ships on fire. It was composed of three parts: the propelling gunpowder, which served to send the hiya flying towards the target, the shaft, often made of bamboo, and the front gunpowder, which would explode and cause destruction and fire. Hiyas fired with the Yumi would usually not be equipped with a propelling gunpowder.
 * -|Ishibiya=Oda_Nobunaga_swivel_breech_loading_gun.jpg ishibiya was a breech loading swivel gun used in Japan during the Sengoku Jidai. These cannons, based on Portuguese designs, were light and quick to reload and fired a sizeable 6lbs shots, which were extremely effective on the often wooden-hulled ships of Japan, with only exceptional battleships like the Tekkousen being capable of standing unharmed by the shots. They could also be used to fire bo-hiya incendiary arrows to cause chaos in the enemy ship before boarding.
 * -|Atakabune=Atakabune.jpegbune (安宅船) were large Japanese warships of the 16th and 17th century used during the internecine Japanese wars for political control and unity of all Japan. Japan undertook major naval building efforts in the mid to late 16th century, during the Sengoku period, when feudal rulers vying for supremacy built vast coastal navies of several hundreds of ships. The largest (and generally most dangerous) of these ships were called Atakebune.　While they lacked movement speed, these large ships were actually fairly quick to turn thanks to their dozens of rowers.

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-Wooden hull

Blackbeard=Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American Colonies during the early 18th century. He quickly acquired his own ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, and from 1717 to 1718 became a feared pirate. His nickname was based off of his thick black beard; he was notorious for lighting his hair on fire during battle to frighten his foes. During a ferocious battle, Teach was killed by a small force of sailors led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard. A shrewd and calculating leader, Teach used his fearsome image instead of force to elicit the response he desired from those he robbed. Contrary to the modern-day image of the traditional tyrannical pirate, he commanded his vessels with the permission of their crews, and there are no known accounts of his ever having harmed or murdered those he held captive. He was romanticised after his death, and became the inspiration for a number of pirate-themed works of fiction across a range of genres. -31m long
 * -|Cutlass=Cutlass_2.jpg cutlass is a short sabre-type sword with curved, broad blade used primarily from the late 16th to mid 19th century. Some navies retained cutlasses in their arsenals into the 20th century, though they were rarely used. The weapon was a popular weapon for sailors and pirates, being easily usable in the close quarters of the interior of a ship, and proving useful both for slashing through flesh and bone, and for more mundane tasks such as cutting thick ropes. The weapon was also sometimes used as a machete to cut foliage and sugar cane in the West Indies. To this day, the term "cutlass" is used in Jamaica to refer to a machete.
 * -|Boarding pike=Boarding_pike.jpg The most reliable weapons for boarding enemy ships or repelling boarders were the point and edge weapons available to the crew. Cutlass, boarding axe, and boarding pike. While most useful for repelling boarders, the boarding pike was a formidable offensive weapon. Boarding pikes were about eight feet long and stored in beckets around the masts.
 * -|New Land Pattern Cavalry Pistol=British_flintlock_pistol.jpgduced in the 1796 and in widespread production by 1802, the New land Cavalry Pistol provide one model of pistol for all of Britain's cavalry and units such as the Royal Horse Artillery. Initially it started out with a rounded brass butt but this soon gave way to a flat butt with ring. The ring allow the pistol to be attached to the cavalryman's equipment and not be lost in the heat of battle. Another new element was the swivel ramrod which greatly improved the process of loading the pistol on horseback.
 * -|Sea Service Brown Bess=[[File:Brown_Bess.png]]The "Brown Bess" was the nickname of the Land Pattern Musket, the standard British Military musket from 1722 until 1838- Over 100 years. The weapon was one of the earliest examples of a standardized design for a military firearm in history, and was used by the British Military, as well as numerous forces who opposed them, including American Minutemen, Afghan Warriors, Zulus, Maoris, Indians, and Native Americans.
 * -|Blunderbuss=Ottoman_Blunderbuss.jpg blunderbuss was a short-barreled flintlock firearm with a flared-out barrel. The name "blunderbuss" is derived from the Dutch donderbus or "thunder pipe". The weapon was typically used typically used as a form or early shotgun, loaded with metal shot, or in cases of emergency, metal scraps such as nails. The weapons was used widely as a civilian hunting weapon, but also saw military use, as a close combat weapon in both pistol and musket forms.
 * -|Grenado=Grenado.jpg grenado is an early grenade. They were usually iron balls, sometimes clay, filled with black powder, with a fuse protruding through. In order to use the grenado, the user has to lit the fuse and throw it towards the target. After a short while, it will explode, with the shrapnel and force of the explosion causing heavy damage to the surrounding area.
 * -|9lbs cannon=Pirate_cannon.png long nine was a class of specific naval cannon during the age of sail. It was a proportionately longer-barreled 9-pounder for increased range. Its typical mounting as a bow or stern chaser, where it was parallel to the keel. In a chase situation, the gun's greater range came into play. The use of the smaller 9 pound shot as opposed to a heavier projectile was due to the need to reduce weight on the ends of the ship and the relative fragility of the bow and stern portions of the hull.
 * -|Queen Anne's Revenge=Queen_Anne's_revenge.jpg Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century frigate, most famously used as a flagship by the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Thatch). Although the date and place of the ship's construction are unclear, it is believed she was built in Bristol in 1710 and named Concord. One year later she was captured by the French and renamed La Concorde de Nantes. She was captured by Blackbeard and his pirates in 1717. Blackbeard used the ship for less than a year, but captured numerous prizes using her as his flagship.

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-Wooden Hull

Cheng Shih=
 * -|Dao=Dao_sword.jpg
 * -|Qiang=Weapons-chinese-weapons-spears-kn-qiang.jpg
 * -|Flintlock pistol=Arabic_flintlock_pistol.jpg
 * -|Flintlock musket=Musketoon.JPG musket Modèle 1777, and later Modèle 1777 corrigé en l'an IX (Model 1777 corrected in the year 1800, or IX in the French Revolutionary Calendar) was one of the most widespread weapons on the European continent. It was part of a weapon family with numerous variants, e.g. for the light infantry, artillery and a musketoon for the cavalry.
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Tlingit vs Pirate
Tlingit slave hunter=The Tlingit were a seafaring people, skilled fishers, traders and hunters-gatherers, who were located southern Alaska in the United States and British Columbia and the Yukon in Canada. The Tlingit were believed to have settled in the region for thousands of years. The first recorded contact by Europeans with the Tlingit people started in 1745 when Russian traders started to explore Alaska. The Russians initiated trade with the Tlingit for sea-otter pelts and other items. By 1772 the Russians had established permanent settlements and trading posts in the area. Although initial contact with the Russians was peaceful the culture clash soon led to conflicts and wars. In 1794 the first Russian Orthodox missionaries arrived from Russia to convert Alaskan Native Indians and in 1799 Russian claimed the whole of Alaska for themselves. In 1804 the Battle of Sitka, was fought between European and Alaska Natives and in 1805 the Tlingit attacked and destroyed the Russian post at New Russia.
 * -|Gwalaa double-sided dagger=Nw-coast-knife-1.jpg traditional dagger used by the Tlingit. Originally made of copper, but later designs influenced by European weapons were made of steel. The front blade is 11 inches long with the grip and the pommel blade being 5 inches long. One of the weapons most commonly carried by Tlingit and especially deadly against unarmored foes, which the Tlingit often encountered.
 * -|Ashaawaxich war club=Ashaawaxich_war_club.jpg ashaawaxich is a war club made of whale bone used by tribes such as the Tlingit and the Haida. It is extremely effective at dealing blunt damage capable of minimizing the protection given by armor as well as outright killing unarmored foes in single strikes. Boasting a 25 inch length, its quite long for a war club, but stays light thanks to the bone which it is made of.
 * -|Aadaa spear=Tlingit_spear.png aadaa is a traditional war spear used by the Tlingit, both in warfare and for hunting large prey such as whales. Composed of a sprucewood shaft and a barbed copper head, the weapon provided the user with important reach in battle. The barbed heads would cause terrifying damage when ripped out, sometimes even breaking off inside the victimś body, which would cause even more internal damage. Abnormally long, these spears could be up to 5 meters long.
 * -|Saks bow=Tlingit_Bow.jpg traditional bow of sprucewood used by the Tlingit, the saks was one of the most important weapons in Tlingit culture. Used from warfare to hunting to whaling, the bow was one of the most used tools of a Tlingit, which made the tribesmen very skilled in its usage. The arrows, known as chooneit, were tipped with copper, stone or bone. While very accurate and reliable, this weapon was eventually overshadowed by muskets brought by Europeans.
 * -|Northwestern fur trade musket=Russian_Flintlock.jpg Northwestern fur trade musket, or simply fur trade musket, was a flintlock musket widely used by fur trappers in North America. These would often find themselves in the hands of curious Native Americans like the Tlingit, who would trade furs and other goods in exchange for them. It fired .62 caliber shots and was based on the Charleville musket. While not primarily made for warfare, the musket did see the light of battle in conflicts like the Indian wars and the French Revolution and the American War of Independence.

Pirate=The term "pirate" refers to one who attacks ships on the high seas with the intent of hijacking the vessel and/or stealing its cargo. The "golden age" of piracy was from the late 1600s to the early 1700s, in part due to a large number of unemployed ex-navy sailors and privateers from wars that had taken place in Europe previously. Many of their weapons were the early black powder muskets, pistols, or grenades, but they did make excellent use of bladed weapons (like a cutlass sword or a boarding pike). Pirates did present a serious threat to English ships, especially when lead by capable leaders like the infamous Blackbeard. In general, pirates of the era were either Europeans, particularly English or French, or in the case of the Barbary Coast pirates, Arabs. Today piracy still exists, especially in Somalia where pirates present a serious threat to merchant ships in the area.
 * -|Hunting dagger=Hunting_dagger.jpg hunting Knife is a knife that hunters use to kill and cut open dead animals. It can also be used as a Combat Knife though that is not the exact design. One common design is the Bowie knife, first made in the early 1800s and popularized by famous frontiersman Jim Bowie. The Bowie knife is a characterized by its length, typically over 12 inches, and its clip point.
 * -|Cutlass=Cutlass_2.jpg cutlass is a short sabre-type sword with curved, broad blade used primarily from the late 16th to mid 19th century. Some navies retained cutlasses in their arsenals into the 20th century, though they were rarely used. The weapon was a popular weapon for sailors and pirates, being easily usable in the close quarters of the interior of a ship, and proving useful both for slashing through flesh and bone, and for more mundane tasks such as cutting thick ropes.
 * -|Boarding pike=Boarding_pike.jpg most reliable weapons for boarding enemy ships or repelling boarders were the point and edge weapons available to the crew. Cutlass, boarding axe, and boarding pike. While most useful for repelling boarders, the boarding pike was a formidable offensive weapon. Boarding pikes were about eight feet long and stored in beckets around the masts.
 * -|Flintlock pistol=Arabic_flintlock_pistol.jpg flintlock pistol is a handgun that uses the flintlock system of firing. The flintlock mechanism works by using a spring-loaded striker to strike a piece of flint, creating a spark. This spark ignites a small amount of gunpowder in a priming pan, which in turn fires off the main charge. Flintlock pistols were generally carried by officers, cavalry, sailors, and pirates, and others who needed a weapon lighter than a Flintlock Musket.
 * -|Sea Service Brown Bess=1000px-Brown_Bess.png "Brown Bess" was the nickname of the Land Pattern Musket, the standard British Military musket from 1722 until 1838- Over 100 years. The weapon was one of the earliest examples of a standardized design for a military firearm in history, and was used by the British Military, as well as numerous forces who opposed them, including American Minutemen, Afghan Warriors, Zulus, Maoris, Indians, and Native Americans.