Gilded Piety

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Background

After the destruction of the old Ruelbach Fleet, 'Old Al' scraped together all that he could in the following decades to start over. A repurposed warship, the Gilded Piety was fitted out for fast, secret trade. Her spirit still longs for a fight, however. At times during the void run, her cogitators 'practice' calculating firing solutions on the passing detritus of the void.

Stats

Ship Name	Class	Speed	Detection	Maneuverability	Hull Integrity	Armor	Turret Rating	Weapon Capacity
Gilded Piety	Meritech Shrike	13	+20	+30	30	16	2	1xDorsal,1xProw

Combat Stats

Weapon Name	Skill	Location	Class	Range	Crit Rating	Damage	Strength	Power	space
Mars Pattern Macrocannons	Bs (+5 for Command Bridge, +5 for Martial Hubris, +5 for Shrike-Class cogitators)	Prow	Macrobattery	6	5	1d10+2	3	4	2
Weapon Name	Skill	Location	Class	Range	Crit Rating	Damage	Strength	Power	space
Mars Pattern Macrocannons	Bs (+5 for Command Bridge, +5 for Martial Hubris, +5 for Shrike-Class cogitators)	Dorsal	Macrobattery	6	5	1d10+2	3	4	2

• Initiative 1d10+2
• Current Hull integrity: 30
• Crew skill level: Competant (30)
• Supplies: Full
• Morale: 98%
• Crew:' 100%

Traits

• Name Martial Hubris
  • Effect +5 BS for weapons, -15 to Piloting tests made to escape combat
• Name Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  • Effect Three components are hidden/disguised from all but a thorough internal inspection. (these are the Viperdrive Engine, Empyrean Mantle, and Evacuation Bay)

Components

• Essentials
  • Drive: Segrazian 'Viperdrive' (disguised by WiSC)
  • Warp Engine: Markov-1 Warp Drive
  • Geller field: Mezoa Gellar-Void Integrant
  • Shield: Mezoa Gellar-Void Integrant
  • Bridge: Command Bridge
  • Life Sustainer: Euphoric Life Sustainer
  • Crew Quarters: Slave Quarters
  • Auger Array: W-240 Passive Detection Array

• Non-Essentials
  • Component: Auto Temple, Empyrean Mantle (hidden by WiSC), Evacuation Bay (Hidden by WiSC), Broadband Hymn-Casters

Ship Roles

• First Officer: None Npc= No benefit
• Enginseer Prime: Magos Hoyt Beleron, Npc= No benefit
• High Factotum: None/NPC = No benefit
• Master of arms: Ash Nickto, NPC (currently)= No Benefit
• Master Helmsmen: Robyn Leftjack,+10 bonus to Evasive Manoeuvres action
• Master of Ordnance: None Npc= No benefit
• Master of Etherics: None Npc= No benefit
• Chief Chirurgeon: Torin Krinith, +10 Triage Extended Action
• Master of whispers: Macharius Salazar, Npc= No benefit
• Choir-master Telepathica: Xanatov, Increases the range of Astropathic signals by one step
• Navigator Primaris: Victrix na Xan'tai, Npc= No benefit
• Ship’s Confessor; None Npc= No benefit
• Drive master: Stiehr 116-Delta, Npc= No benefit
• Omnissianic Congregator: None Npc= No benefit
• Chief Bosun: None Npc= No benefit
• Infernus Master: None Npc= No benefit
• Twistcatcher: None Npc= No benefit
• Master of the Vox: None Npc= No benefit
• Purser: None Npc= No benefit
• Carto-artifex: None Npc= No benefit
• Ships Steward: None Npc= No benefit

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