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The Deepwater Guard is one of the eight factions in the single player campaign Quest for Neter, and is the weakest and first of all the factions. Their vehicle designs focus mainly on sloops, battleships, and airships with an assortment of weapons ranging from Simple Weapons to Advanced Cannons and unguided rockets, but mostly they implement CRAM Cannons. Almost all designs of the Deepwater Guard are built with wood as the primary material, with metal being used to reinforce vulnerable areas and protect vital components such as engines or ammo. Their territory spans from the Eriwick region to the Janwall region.

Lore[ | ]

The Deepwater Guard is a scattered nomadic nation that lives in the desert archipelago of Janwall and stretches into the great plains of Eriwick. Due to the lack of rich soil and agricultural know-how, most of the Deepwater Guard relied on deep water fishing and whale hunting for food. Over time, the poorest of the nation learned that one of the best ways to get rich was by piracy. So, many fishing ships and whalers armed themselves and turned to the richer waters of their neighbors.

At least currently, the Deepwater Guard's government is a loose council of twelve Pirate Lords who decide on everything from national defense, fishing rights, and which Pirate Lords control which parts of the Deepwater territories.

Many of the greatest Pirate Lords have built up their own fleets to support their style of piracy, from the Mad Skylord Sven Kno, who rules over the open ocean in great Airships—often named after his grandparents old whaling ships—to the Humorous Lord Pathos, who's ships more closely resemble traditional battleships which excel at far sea raids and land bombardment.

A lack of metal resources in Janwall means most ships in the Deepwater Guard are built from wood imported from Eriwick. Scavenged, repurposed, or built from scratch, most of them are made of fragile woods and reinforced with metal, but don't let their wooden exteriors fool you, the Deepwater Guard are known for their tenacity in the face of overwhelming odds and might surprise you if they catch you unaware.

Pirate Lords[ | ]

Pirate Lord Goldwater

Lord Goldwater is a pirate lord of the Deepwater Guard. His vehicles include the smaller water-based craft such as Vanguard, Sea Viper and the Ant Lion. His vehicles also include the auxiliary ships such as the Sinner's Luck and the Walrus. His faction was the designer of the infamous Marauder and ships based around it like the retired campaign design Jacob's Delight. His designs tend to be quite small, or scrapped together, giving him the appearance of the weakest Pirate Lord. However, he has multiple 'frontal broadside' craft (craft that only allow the enemy to see their front) such as the Scuttlegun and Paddlegun, which are stronger, the latter of which falls into Godly difficulty.

Pirate Lord Pathos

Lord Pathos is somewhat like the bigger brother of Lord Goldwater and another lord of the Deepwater Guard. His designs are usually more recycled than built from the ground up. The Kalmar and Urchin are Easy difficulty Pathos ships, the Kalmar being a failed Moray and the Urchin being a larger version of Goldwater's Sea Viper. A single craft, the Water Buffalo, is the only Pathos craft in Regular difficulty. Lord Pathos is the Lord that owns the majority of the faster firing Advanced Cannon ships, such as similar ships Pilferer and Ransack. His ships also tend to look more like the traditional warship, with taller and larger superstructures and more realistic gun turrets, especially on his larger, godly craft such as the largest Deepwater Guard capital ship, the Crossbones. Another example would be the Plunderer. He has a few planes like the Duster, and is the Lord of the only Deepwater Guard submarine, the Pequod. The Plunderer is Pathos' capital ship, a 40 point Godly design.

Pirate Lord Riker

Lord Riker is a Lord that has a primary focus on smaller aircraft. This includes his smaller helicopter Sky Viper and the Marauder-like Atlas (and it's retrofit). The Frantic Chicken is a notable Advanced Cannon-using airship. A larger plane is the Duster. Smaller ships such as the Coyote and Red Tuna are present in Riker's force. More of Riker's style is revealed with the Gotha heavy attack aircraft and Snapjaw airship. His designs are shown to have a more animalistic side, like the Angry Chicken. His scrappy style is shown by the Godly Flying Squirrel. His smaller ships tend to look quite scrappy and recycled, whereas his stronger forces like the Snapjaw and Angry Chicken are designed similar to animals.

Pirate Lord Sven Kno

Lord Sven Kno is a Lord and master engineer that has a primary focus on larger airships, and completely air-based craft (bar the Kraken). Although, he does have a small arsenal of smaller aircraft. These include the Monkey Barrel and the Hoplite which are 5 and 3 point easy designs respectively. An example of a larger Easy difficulty airship is Falkenheim. He has smaller Regular designs such as the Swordfish and larger, stronger ones like the 40 point Piraiba. The Orca and Bucanneer are examples of 30 and 35 point Expert difficulty designs. Marlin is a strong 45 point Godly design of him. Moray is Sven Kno's capital airship, a 38 point Godly design.

Notable Figures[ | ]

  • Captain Sal
  • Mad Colonel Franz Pigeon
  • Randolph Fitzgerald

Loadout[ | ]

DWG has perhaps one of the most diverse sets of units, using a submarine, airships, ships, and airplanes of vastly different styles. Most of their airships are primitive flying machines consisting of boats with helicopter blades or balloons attached, although one having an attached Particle Cannon, but a portion are fairly effective aerial battleships that were built with the intention of flying. Their ships are usually intended to be ships and are built well, but are ineffective due to the lack of resources needed to armour or arm their vehicles. The most powerful vehicles they have consist of large airships and battleships.

Style[ | ]

Vehicles usually follow one of three styles.

  • Largely ineffective but expensive ships that look like they are made to imitate other factions vehicles.
  • Vehicles that are built for effectiveness but fall short due to lack of metal. Their guns are no laughing matter.
  • Pieces of wrecks glued together to make somewhat efficient designs.

Bordering Factions[ | ]

The Deepwater Guard has Player cornered to the south-west (on easy difficulty), Onyx Watch to the north-west, White Flayers to the north, and Lightning Hoods to the east.

Relationships[ | ]

In Game Designs[ | ]

Currently being updated for V3.7.2. Some values will be outdated for now.

Easy Designs[ | ]

Name Corporation Type Material Cost Volume in m³ Spawn Chance Top Speed in m/s
Marauder Pirate Lord Goldwater Ship 42,005 5,643 15% in P.L.Goldwater 7
Shuriken Pirate Lord Riker Ship 14,102 709 20% in P.L.Rike 38
Vanguard Pirate Lord Goldwater Ship 8,026 1,577 20% in P.L.Goldwater, 10% in P.L.Rike 14
Sea Viper Pirate Lord Goldwater Ship 5,804 481 20% in P.L.Goldwater 12
Jacob's Folly Pirate Lord Goldwater Ship 56,959 5,788 10% in P.L.Goldwater 9
Scuttlegun Pirate Lord Goldwater Ship 31730 2,549 30% in P.L.Goldwater 8
Walrus Pirate Lord Goldwater Ship 47,294 8,486 5% in P.L.Goldwater 15
Rat Pirate Lord Goldwater Ship 2,191 131 N/A 15
Scrapper Ship 24,550 1,529 23
Raider Ship 67,922 3,291 16
Duster Pirate Lord Pathos Plane 8,053 210 20% in P.L.Pathos 94
Wanda Pirate Lord Pathos Airship 23,849 1,688 20% in P.L.Sven Kno 38
Swordfish Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 56,164 2,284 20% in P.L.Sven Kno 55
Simoon Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 40,837 5,051 10% in P.L.Sven Kno 53
Piraiba Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 180,747 12,427 20% in P.L.Sven Kno 38
Steamworks Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 51,418 3,333 25% in P.L.Rike, 5% in P.L.Sven Kno, 41
Grouper Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 45,107 3,435 5% in P.L.Sven Kno 35
Atlas Airship 92,507 5,389 31
Marlin Airship 140,402 7,676 47
Hoplite Airship 13,986 205 15
Monkey Barrel Pirate Lord Sven Kno Helicopter 114,879 4,987 15% in P.L.Sven Kno 45
Casket Bolt Pirate Lord Riker Helicopter 27,714 917 10% in P.L.Riker 25

Medium Designs[ | ]

Name Corporation Type Material Cost Volume in m³ Spawn Chance Top Speed in m/s
Coyote Pirate Lord Riker Ship 8,771 795 25% in P.L.Rike, 15% in P.L.Goldwater,15% in P.L.Pathos 14
Patchwork Pirate Lord Riker Ship 47,660 4,525 15% in P.L.Rike 14
Pilferer Pirate Lord Pathos Ship 132,793 7,619 40% in P.L.Pathos 15
Smoker Pirate Lord Goldwater Ship 17,692 1,044 20% in P.L.Goldwater,10% in P.L.Rike 7
Contraband Ship 107,871 3,208 9
Jacob's Treehouse Ship 47,425 8,856 12
Panjandrum Ship 76,892 16,885 8
Riverhome Ship 60,450 8,852 9
Kalmar Ship 65,417 7,866 19
Scoundrel Ship 44,850 3,163 27
Jacob's Scorn Ship 15,901 3,461 25
Kraken Ship 298,648 10,616 13
Shrike Pirate Lord Pathos Plane 26,410 1,054 20% in P.L.Pathos 70
Pequod Pirate Lord Pathos Submarine 53,884 2,167 10% in P.L.Pathos, 7% in P.L.Goldwater 35
Orca Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 112,742 6,608 30% in P.L.Sven Kno 44
Falkenheim Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 70,832 4,271 15% in P.L.Sven Kno 28
Magellan Airship 173,128 10,475 37
Monkey Barrel Helicopter 15,327 878 32

Hard Designs[ | ]

Name Corporation Type Material Cost Volume in m³ Spawn Chance Top Speed in m/s
Plunderer Pirate Lord Pathos Ship 187,981 20,500 40% in P.L.Pathos 17
Corsair Pirate Lord Pathos Ship 31,160 2,784 20% in P.L.Pathos 19
Tortuga Pirate Lord Pathos Ship 268,362 17,265 20% in P.L.Pathos, 8% in P.L.Sven Kno 11
Outlaw Ship 102,508 9,462 17
Paddlegun Ship 181,782 7,048 15
Felix Flieger B5 Beier Plane 185,262 4,133 89
Gotha Plane 70,459 3,074 83
Moray Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 161,952 8,880 40% in P.L.Sven kno 61
Barracuda Airship 294,095 8,420 55
Bucanneer Airship 250,639 21,672 76
Sunfish Airship 53,587 2,998 60
Sunback Airship 185,286 8,766 54

Godly Designs[ | ]

Name Corporation Type Material Cost Volume in m³ Spawn Chance Top Speed in m/s
Abactor Ship 156,634 16,699 10
Crossbones Pirate Lord Pathos Ship 449,631 41,924 30% in P.L.Pathos 19
Ransack Ship 159,597 13,002 28
Flying Squirrel Pirate Lord Riker Plane 115,881 396 10% in P.L.Rike 69
Loggerhead Submarine 328,951 16,242 57
Tarpon Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 511, 605 34,206 N/A 70
Albacore Pirate Lord Sven Kno Airship 249,514 14,913 N/A 48

Installations And Buildings[ | ]

Name Corporation Type Material Cost Volume in m³
The Fishing Hole N/A Installation 58,626 6,101
Davy Jones Outpost N/A Installation 239,220 30,746
Sinner's Outpost N/A Installation 39,214 3,182
Fish'N A Barrel Pirate Lord Riker Installation 38,266 12,109
Large House N/A Building 3,766 2,149
Medium House N/A Building 3,417 1,888
Small House N/A Building 1,903 865
Tiny House N/A Building 1,529 581
Arblast N/A Building 5,654 3,624
Airship Gantry: Atlas Pirate Lord Pathos Building 103,348 6,338
Airship Gantry: Moray Pirate Lord Pathos Building 100,939 20,336
Water Tower Pirate Lord Pathos Building 6,846 2,990
Coastal Defence N/A Building 13,153 1,284
Seabird Cannon Fortress N/A Building 20,425 3,089

Special Fleets[ | ]

Coffin Nail Armada - Three Coffin Nails are spawned, one flanking the first on either side:

In-game description: "The Coffin Armada is sent by the crazed generals of the Deepwater Guard to salvage villages and errant ships. Circling their prey they close in until the huge downwards facing cannons of the Coffin Nail airships are directly above the target and then they unleash their full potency. Drake Column - Five Drakes are spawned in a column, one behind the other:

In-game description: "The long arm of the Deepwater Guard and feared by navies throughout Neter. Once this column of fighters have flown over there is generally nothing left. The running joke in the DWG air-arm is that the final member in the column has never actually seen any action."

Crazy Mob - An Angry Chicken escorted by two Flying Squirrels:

In-game description: "Crazy. Nothing else left to say. Now let's try to survive."

Return of the Shrike - A Shrike.

River Runners - A Riverhome and Sinner's Luck are spawned.

Swamp Rats - A Scrapper escorted by two Shurikens.

Rum Runners - A Walrus, Sea Adder and Sea Viper.

Release the Krakens! - A Kraken is spawned.

Retired Vessels[ | ]

A variety of different designs were removed over time. Some of them may, however, still be found in the game's files, but will no longer spawn in Campaign

Retired Vehicles[ | ]

Name Corporation Difficulty Type Campaign Battle Points Volume in m³ Spawn Chance Top Speed in m/s Removed on Version Notes
AntLion Pirate Lord Goldwater Easy Ship 3 364 30% in P.L.Goldwater 5.2
Hoplite Pirate Lord Sven Kno Easy Airship 3 165 30% in P.L.Sven Kno 8.8
Jacob's Delight Pirate Lord Goldwater Easy Ship 40 14,936 8% in P.L.Goldwater 6.4
Nessie Pirate Lord Riker Easy Airship 10 1,695 15% in P.L.Rike 10.4
Sea Adder Pirate Lord Goldwater Easy Ship 8 761 20% in P.L.Goldwater 5.9
Sinner's Luck Pirate Lord Goldwater Easy Ship 28 6,186 10% in P.L.Goldwater 10.0
Sky Viper Pirate Lord Riker Easy Helicopter 3 105 30% in P.L.Rike, 40% in P.L.Sven Kno 20.3
Urchin Pirate Lord Pathos Easy Ship 5 516 20% in P.L.Goldwater, 40% in P.L.Pathos 3.5
Atlas Retrofit Pirate Lord Goldwater Regular Airship 18 4,176 20% in P.L.Rike, 10% in P.L.Sven Kno 14.2
Baby Paddlegun Pirate Lord Goldwater Regular Ship 15 2,199 10% in P.L.Goldwater 6.5
Sledge Pirate Lord Riker Regular Ship 8 844 35% in P.L.Riker, 15% in P.L.Pathos, 15% in P.L.Goldwater 8.8
Wanderlust Pirate Lord Goldwater Regular Ship 20 6,164 10% in P.L.Goldwater 13.6
Water Buffalo Pirate Lord Pathos Regular Ship 18 3,528 8% in P.L.Goldwater, 15% in P.L.Pathos 5.6
Swordfish Pirate Lord Sven Kno Regular Helicopter 25 2,815 10% in P.L.Sven Kno 37.8
Gotha Pirate Lord Riker Expert Plane 12 2,102 10% in P.L.Rike, 10% in P.L.Pathos 50.5 Still exists in Ashes of the Empire
Paddlegun Prototype Pirate Lord Goldwater Expert Ship 18 4,434 20% in P.L.Goldwater, 10% in P.L.Pathos 10.9
Ransack Pirate Lord Pathos Expert Ship 20 4,657 30% in P.L.Pathos 14.4
Sunfish Pirate Lord Sven Kno Expert Helicopter 15 737 10% in P.L.Sven Kno 23.6
Red Tuna Pirate Lord Riker Expert Ship 5 1,220 5% in P.L.Rike, 3% in P.L.Goldwater 14.2


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