Hello everyone. Lieutenant lanterns here from the Zenko recherche and development division. many of you may be wondering if i've been in the nip tea again, the short answer is yes, the long answer is a bit more complicated so i'll just leave it at yes. however while under the influences of the nip... oh that wonderfull nip, makes me purr like a kitten... well anyway while under the influence of the nip i started working on a few projects to get the zenko up to snuff with some standardized equipment. i realize many of us who join honestly want to help but we lack any actual weapons of our own. so with the aid of the lovely nip tea and many sleepless nights, i managed to work up a few prototypes. unfortunately many of them arent able to see the light of day just yet, but they're getting there!
the first prototype seeks to arm our crossbowmen with a unified crossbow. many of our current crossbowmen are using something that's been hobbled together or bought off of a merchant ship and suffering from a bit of rust and ware, so without further adue, i present the Zenko's unified crossbow, the Mano. this crossbow utilizes an internal holding system, while i haven't quite figured out how to make the crossbow repeating like the chinese have managed, i have figured out how to fix the problem most crossbows have, and that's if you fumble the blasted thing you loose the bolt. with the internal holding area, once you slide in the bolt from underneath the crossbow and pull back the leaver, you aren't loosing the bolt less you pull the trigger. i took a few design eliments from dwarven crossbows and Chinese cannons, so i hope that the crossbow will serve us well. the crossbow is capable of handling any standard bolt, however specialized bolts or heavy bolts will require special modifications to the internals to cope with the larger round. the Zenko crossbow can be found at the quartermaster in the zenko tavern, upstairs with the rest of the armors.
i'm also working on some standardized sword, axe, and shield designs, as well as a standardized bow. i also plan on making a civilian varriant of each. so if you're not a member of zenko you can still defend yourself should you find yourself outside of our walls.
so far the sword is proving difficult. found a way utilizing clockwork to cause the blade to extend a little bit, a sort of double sheath if you will! unfortunately i'm having issues finding studry enough gears and cogs but none the less, i could use some help perfecting the zenko sword the Unauna! here's what i have so far.
i've also been working on an axe, the Niu, but it seems to be lacking something. oh well i'll figure it out sooner or later!
if you would like to requisition either the sword, or the axe, please fill out a experimental weapons requisition form and retrieve a signature from Relina. after that's done please find me somewhere in zenko so i can snag one for you. now if you think i'm using some sort of rare metals in this that it's superbly powerful, you're a tad bit daft. the blade for the sword and the axe are iron for the moment and much of the cogs and other bits are copper. not only that but it's molded metal not folded. if you would like a folded blade please wait, these are only the prototypes, and even then i still need enough data to work out all the kinks. so test out what we have currently and bare with me while i try and finish the work.
if you're wanting to requisition the crossbow, please put in a transfer request to join the zenko crossbowmen as their use at the moment is restricted. if you're wanting the civilian variants of any of these, i do apologize but i dont have any at the moment. need to prefect the military ones before i can strip them down a bit.
Remember, the zenko recherche and development division needs YOU to test out our gear and equipment.
any zenko participating in the testing is required at least one scribed note per week on things they notice about the weapons in question.
