So there floating on the pool was a old Carthagian double decker with various catapults and
Roman Fyre launched tied down onto the deck.Up in the rigging were various Carthagian archers using blunt\arrows.
Though this day of training wasn't intended to kill or seriously
wound the elite force
of submerged were elephants
the Carthagian sailors and soldiers aboard her were told to rap a few
knuckles if they could.
Hence though there were no ballista's
aboard,that Roman Fyre was real enough and
the catapult crews were armed
with 5 pound stones
( rather then the standard issue 50 pounder.
So bruising and trumpeting of pain
was a given.
The only way for the were elephants to avoid that was to stay
hidden under the water
during the
mock barrage.
Todays session was going to last into the night
when Damon and the others
would become humn again
and in theory
Damon and the other 35 were elephants
would climb aboard during the night and take the
"Commander" here being played by Admiral
Cain Revere himself.
Since the point of the future mission was
to capture both Caesar's son ,alive,nd capture a functioning
quadreme battlecruiser
Damon and the others couldn't just come aboard as
elephants during
the daylight and trample everything under
but had to capture the enemy
as humans.
And so Dmon and the others slipped into the pool
and although the Carthagian crew couldn't
see them
nor could the were elephants
see the ship.
So there was lots of wild blundering apart before
Damon realized
those huge ears
of his might detect the ship.
So he told the other elephants
to stop thrashing
about and all
listened for the sound that
told them which
direction the double decker lay.
It was of course the sweet strains
of the sea sirens song
the Greek Goddess was
singing
inside the hull
that told the special operations
force which direction
to slowly paddle in.
The 'enemy' was completely fooled and when a albatross landed some ways
off the poor birth faced the awesome
power of a barrage
of Roman Fyre,blunt arrows and 5 pounders.
The bird squawked in protest as it flew off
missing a few feathers
Night fell and the now human
ssault force silently crept up the sides of the craft and with nary
a whisper
Damon nd three others snuck
to the 'Commanders" sleeping quarters
and 'captured'
Cain.
"Good show fellas" joked Cain Revere
as he surrended his wooden sword
to Damon.
"Now its time you captured the Dreadnaughtus"
he smiled aat Damon Flint
who stood proudly beside his father,his two brothers
and surprisingly
his little sister Trudy.