Although, he does have a small arsenal of smaller aircraft, such as the Monkey Barrel and Simoon. The Mad Skylord Sven Kno is a well-traveled pirate and master engineer that has a primary focus on larger airships, and completely air-based craft (barring the Kraken).

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. His designs are shown to have a more animalistic side, like the Angry Chicken. More of Riker's style is revealed with the Gotha heavy attack aircraft (seen in the Story missions) and Snapjaw airship. His vehicles include smaller ships such as the Coyote and Red Tuna, airships such as the Angry Chicken and Snapjaw, as well as a single plane, the Flying Squirrel. The Pirate Lord Riker is the oldest of the Pirate Lords. Outside of traditional ships, he also owns the majority of their planes, specifically the Duster, Shrike, and Felix Flieger B5 Geier, as well as the Pequod submarine. His ships also tend to look more modern, with taller and larger superstructures and more realistic gun turrets, especially on his larger, godly craft such as the Crossbones and Plunderer. He owns the majority of the faster firing Advanced Cannon ships, such as the Pilferer and Mistraider. The Pirate Lord Pathos is a former Steel Striders captain who defected to the Deepwater Guard early into its formation. 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. His designs tend to be quite small, or scrapped together, giving him the appearance of the weakest Pirate Lord, with the exception of the Prowler.

His faction was the designer of the infamous Marauder and ships based around it, such as the Scuttlegun (and a number of April Fools parody designs). His fleet includes the smaller water-based craft such as Vanguard, Sea Viper and Rat, and auxiliary ships such as the Walrus and Riverhome. The Pirate Lord Goldwater's vehicles comprise the bulk of the Deepwater Guard's smaller, less effective (but much more spammable) ships. This is ultimately the catalyst for the Quest for Neter campaign. However, the River Rat had survived Sal's onslaught, and so was spared by Sal for making his revenge possible. Captain Sal's Prowler then opened fire on the fortress, killing both of the River Rat's parents in a heavy barrage of fire. The River Rat discovers that their mother isn't grateful at all for them and Sal coming to her rescue, revealing that Ruger was their father. Though at first skeptical of whether or not he was telling the truth, the River Rat joined his crew and helped him and his men attack Ruger's forces, first in a small attack boat called the Scalawag and later in a missile plane called the Kookie-Kestrel.

Sal informs the River Rat that he knew where their mother was: the pirate lord Ruger had kidnapped her. Their home is attacked by a number of autonomous aircraft sent by Captain Sal, who then offers them a position in his crew. The Deepwater Guard story missions tell the tale of the River Rat (the player character in the Quest for Neter campaign). 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. 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.ДЄ lack of metal resources in Janwall means most ships in the Deepwater Guard are built from wood imported from Eriwick. Now, the greater Deepwater Guard nation is ruled over by 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. So, many fishing ships and whalers armed themselves and turned to the richer waters of their neighbors.

Over time, the poorest of the nation learned that one of the best ways to get rich was by piracy. 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. The Deepwater Guard is a scattered nomadic nation that lives in the desert archipelago of Janwall and stretches into the great plains of Eriwick.

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