Post in the Unique Ship Challenge thread.
Here's a typical merchent vessel, owned by House Moune of the Rock of Bral. [see Bralspace]
The Flowfish typically stays insphere, making the regular runs to the House Moune farming astroids Torik's Luck and Finagle. Occasionally she will be used for an out of sphere run, if a given cargo demands it.
Most SJ ship plans don't show rigging, making one wonder if they have any. Well, they do. On a Tradesman like the Flowfish for instance, the "fins" are all made from standard sail clothlinked to masts made of kindori (space whale) bones (it is this use of kindori corpses, as well as their oil for Greek Fire, which make Kindori such a valuable commodity). These masts are flexible and linked by a rope and pulley system to the mainmast and railings, thus allowing the crew to alter their settings and thus turn THE SHIP (through sympathetic magic).
Post-Captain Wilhemina of the House Moune Tradesman
Flowfish.
Female, Giff, 9' tall, 600 pds. Wears an elaborate purple naval
officer's dress uniform with gold trim. Tannish pink skin, course,
black hair tied in a pony tail beneath her purple tricorner hat. A
large cutlass hangs from a black leather baldric and two wheellock
pistols are shoved into her belt.
Stats: LN F4 (Corsair kit) HP:33 Str 19 Dex 10 Con 17 Int 15 Wis 15
Chr 15
Equipment: Cutlass +1, 2 wheellock pistols, arquebus
The Captain is a very skilled sailor, she knows Bralspace like few alive and has adventured in many other spheres as well. Before hiring on with House Moune she was involved with the Pragmatic Order of Thought, leading raids against slave ships. Some of her current crew were rescued by her in that way. Morale under her command is very high and the crew is extremely loyal. because of her training skills most newly hired sailors serve a tour on the Flowfish so Wilhemina can weed out the trouble makers. After she's prounounced them competent they move on to other vessels in the fleet. She does have a weakness for strawberry ale, but never gets drunk when her ship is underway. Her most immediate characteristic his her booming voice and favorite curse, "'PON MY SOUL!".
Lt Sabbagh, Priest of Tymora; First Mate and Chief
Helmsman
Male, Human. 5'8, 150 pds. A plain man of maybe thirty, his dirty
blond hair cropped close to his skull. He wears chainmail and has a
warhammer hanging from his belt.
Stats: CG P4 HP:32 Str 12 Dex 14 Con 16 Int 14 Wis 16 Chr 13
Equipment:Chainmail, Shield +1, warhammer
A quiet, soft spoken man from Raven's Bluff on Toril in Realmspace. Sabbagh is very efficient and well liked by the crew.
Lt Sands; 2nd mate and Navigator
Male, Human. 6'0, 170 pds. A white haired old man with a pegleg who
wears typical sailors garb.
Stats: N W4 HP:14 Str 8 Dex 10 Con 11 Int 16 Wis 14 Chr 12
Equipment: Wand of Magic Missiles ("Sabra" is the command word),
spellbook
Lt Sands is a grumpy older wizard who has been selling his skills as a helmsman and navigator for many years now. Rich enough to retire, he loves wildpsace too much to give it up.
All of the crew listed below have the following proficiencies: Spacemanship, Rope use, Ballista, Catapult, cutlass, Hvy Crossbow, dagger. These are the "veteran" hands, the ship will often have 1d4 new hires aboard as well.
Cudak (Bosun), halforc, male, old,tall, heavy, Clothes: High, hard boots, red jacket and black trousers Weapons:cutlass Stats: N T2 HP:7 STR:9 INT:10 WIS:8 DEX:18 CON:10 CHA:6
Chedrikath, human, male, 40s, 195 cm, 70 kg, long brown straight hair, blue-brown eyes Clothes: Low, soft boots, yellow jacket and yellow trousers Weapons:cutlass Stats: LN F1 HP:7 STR:12 INT:9 WIS:6 DEX:17 CON:8 CHA:10
Mirunnor, human, male, 20s, 176 cm, 74 kg, long red wavey hair, gray eyes Clothes: High, hard boots, gray jacket and green trousers Weapons:cutlass Stats: LN F1 HP:8 STR:8 INT:15 WIS:6 DEX:12 CON:13 CHA:11
Nithralad, halfelven, male, age ?, 173 cm, 67 kg, long brown straight hair, green-brown eyes Clothes: Low, hard boots, green jacket and green trousers Weapons:cutlass Stats: N F1 HP:6 STR:13 INT:14 WIS:15 DEX:10 CON:8 CHA:13
Abigowia (Cook), human, female, 20s, 160 cm, 58 kg, short brown straight hair, green eyes, pocked marked face Clothes: High, hard boots, gray coat, blue blouse and brown long skirt Weapons:dagger Stats: N F1 HP:5 STR:14 INT:14 WIS:14 DEX:10 CON:10 CHA:9
Kaidus, human, male, 30s, 191 cm, 63 kg, long black straight hair, brown eyes Clothes: High, soft boots, green coat and green trousers Weapons:cutlass Stats: N F1 HP:8 STR:15 INT:17 WIS:7 DEX:9 CON:6 CHA:10
Eower, human, male, 40s, 166 cm, 56 kg, short brown wavey hair, green-brown eyes Clothes: High, hard boots, brown jacket and brown trousers Weapons:dagger Stats: LN F1 HP:7 STR:16 INT:9 WIS:10 DEX:14 CON:10 CHA:14
Nyderiron, human, male, 20s, 179 cm, 74 kg, very short black wavey hair, blue-brown eyes Clothes: High, hard boots, brown jacket and brown trousers Weapons:dagger Stats: NG F1 HP:9 STR:14 INT:14 WIS:14 DEX:15 CON:11 CHA:11
Fatha, human, male, 40s, 194 cm, 78 kg, long brown straight hair, blue eyes Clothes: Low, hard boots, blue jacket and brown trousers Weapons:dagger Stats: LG F1 HP:5 STR:17 INT:9 WIS:13 DEX:11 CON:14 CHA:16
Ethaonidd, human, male, 30s, 186 cm, 93 kg, long blonde wavey hair, blue eyes Clothes: High, hard boots, blue jacket and brown trousers Weapons:dagger Stats: LN F1 HP:4 STR:12 INT:11 WIS:14 DEX:17 CON:12 CHA:14
Adrardog, human, male, 20s old, 182 cm, 85 kg, long brown straight hair, brown eyes Clothes: High, hard boots, gray jacket and gray trousers, leather armor Weapons: dagger Stats: N T2 HP:13 STR:9 INT:17 WIS:8 DEX:14 CON:17 CHA:17
Agreannon, human, male, 26 years old, 166 cm, 76 kg, long auburn straight hair, brown eyes Clothes: High, hard boots, brown jacket and brown trousers Weapons: dagger Stats: N T1 HP:6 STR:11 INT:14 WIS:16 DEX:13 CON:10 CHA:6
All numbers refer to the map on the Tradesman card of the SJ boxed set.
Accessible through trapdoors underneath both the aft and forward passageways, the steerage/ballast level is wide open but very low. Too inconvienient for cargo it is used to store spare sails, rope, and other gear.
