Editing Diaphane (section)

====Navy====

The fleet of Diaphane is mainly a blue-water fleet. Its huge warships have crystal tree masts, armored in prisms and glass coral, with gossamer sails and cruel rammed prows for boarding. The few river boats of the Diaphane hegemony are glass-bottomed, with sail propulsion.

-- by Kakita Kojiro

The flagship of Diaphane is a ship with [[Spirit_world|Crystal Tree]] mast growing out of a ship armoured in Prisms and edged with clear coral like growths, and gossamer clear sails that are perpetually pushed by the Wind captured by the magicians and priest of the City-State, with long range optics and a ghostly almost otherworldy quality.  And really, really big - dwarfing the naval craft of other nations. The ship has a dedicated crew armed for boarding, and a cruel shaped prow for ramming made up of a jagged and fearsome visage of the face of one of the Invisible creatures of the spirit world. The ship has no real long range ability, as the purpose of the craft is to capture and harness those who defy Diaphane. Those who fall into the maw are fused with the craft, becoming twisted clear faces perpetually screaming in silence, and if seen through the spirit world, it is a ship of pure grace and cruelty, used to intimidate those who vie to control the seas. Held out of the water, and a representation of the power and skill of projects, perhaps a relic of the Golden Age.

Those staffing the vessel are of the highest station, and because of its majesty, it has not actually engaged in much fighting, but rather is used as a tool of statecraft to impress the surrounding States, and keep Iridos within the fold.

-- by stephen_dean