Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24449631-20140331220702/@comment-24449631-20140401142151

(Just little notes, Wyvern. They're not called 'Dwemer' airships anymore. Just 'airships' will do, considering it's not only the dwemer that have them now. Also, just another little tip. If you plan to go with crew on the Terra Draco, best not tell them you're a Pirate. ;D)

The Expedition still needed some planning though.

Plato had only just finished some vacancies he'd sent all over the Empire. That was only one part of the things on his to do list.

He also needed to get everything on board to the Terra Draco, which wasn't that big of a ship to be honest.

Still, it was nice that the Empire would just leant him this airship.

It would make exploring Akavir a lot easier, and also a lot less dangerous.

No, he wasn't the first to have led an expedition to the land of the Akaviri. In fact, several had tried. With an emphasis on "tried"...

A lot of Explorers never came back, or they had changed... Mentally. Which in its turn fueled the fear of the lands. Sailors of Tamriel learned to curse and hate the place. Bedtime stories were created to frighten children and the like.

The only difference is now that, with today's technology, another attempt would seem more safe. For example, the ship is an airship, they wouldn't be able to harm anyone on board if they flew on a high enough altitude. And the ship would have Beaumanic Cylinders enough so that it would be able to float in the skies for the majority of the time in at least a month!

Plenty of time to conduct a study... or well, the longest ever on Akavir. But if the fuel distribution choice lay with the professor they'd easily would take along enough fuel for at least a year or so. But like I said, that decision wasn't in his power to make.

Changing the Power cylinders would however require a body of water for it to land in for a short time. So that might be the most dangerous time and also the time they are most vulnerable. That's why he also needed Mercenaries and protectors (people skilled with weapons) to come along, in order to protect them.

Plato couldn't count on the Imperial Legion with this one. Saying they had "better things to do"

''Pfft. Fools. The most important scientiffic endeavour in years, and they would rather spend their money on protecting the Empire against the Adamantines... tch. No sense for Priority''

He did however got an Imperial Accountant... To oversee whether or not 'the material' was used for the purposes of research, and not for a month long joy-ride on an Imperial Airship.

This man was called, Anton Averci.