Sun Shield Vocabulary
Sun Signal Vocabulary -- Ebon's toops have devised a vocabulary for signaling using reflected light off polished shields.
Each sentence has four parts: begin, subject, action, end.
The begin signal is four short flashes followed by a one beat pause.
The end signal is four long flashes followed by either another sentence or silence.
Subject Vocabulary:
...- = Hostile Target / Unit (singular)
..-. = Ally Target / Unit (singular)
..-- = Unknown/Neutral Tartget / Unit (singular)
.-.. = Artillery
.-.- = Archers
.--. = Perimeter / Defenses
.--- = Exalt
-... = Ship
-..- = Enemy Reinforments (plural)
-.-. = Ally Reinforments (plural)
-.-- = Unkown Army/Group (plural)
--.. = Message
--.- = Hazard
---. = Missiles/Weapons
Action Vocabulary:
...- = Miss / Missed / No damage
..-. = Hit with Damage
..-- = Appeared
.-.. = Disappeared
.-.- = Killed
.--. = Shot/Fired
.--- = Move/Moving East
-... = Move/Moving West
-..- = Move/Moving North
-.-. = Move/Moving South
-.-- = Retreating
--.. = Approaching
--.- = Boarding
---. = Disembarking