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starslayer · 11-29-2016, 06:26 PM

The Transcendent

The Transcendent is a war schooner of unidentifiable make and no noticable national markings. It opperates partially by unknown magic or psionic acitivty (even works in magic or psi blocked worlds), and needs a crew of only a few to be fully manned (a helmsman, a cannon-man, a cartographer, and a mechanic)

The cartographer, once out in open water, will find that the maps all change, and can select another world to visit.

The entire process is somewhat confusing, and using the Transcendent is nothing like any other vehicle, however it comes 'naturally' and time spent doing the job while learning counts as working with a gifted tutor.

Each crew member when entering through the 'captains door' instead finds themselves in there own room, unfurnished, 100m^3 in size times the SM of the individual. The cargo hold has a size dependant on the number of crew- about 300m^3 per crew member. Items in teh cargo hold never spoil or go bad. Depending on the skills of the individual they will find doors on there room that lead to a forge, woodshop, kitchen, magical circle, psionic meditation chaimber, and library. Even if the tools in the various chaimbers seem anacronistic they count as very fine for whatever TL they are employed at.

There is also a brig that spans on seemingly forever, just a forever long hallway of.

Once someone has been accepted as crew of the ship they 'know' somewhow, and the ship only selects individuals with compatible skillsets and world outlooks.

The ships hull and weapons operate by unknown magic that causes them to do period damage regardless of the local technology. The hull likewise suffers only 'period' damage for a top of the line warship. Further, only those with very strong willpower will find it weird that a war schooner has docked in port, even if boats no longer exist, nor do ports.

The crew are all 'evil' for most definitions of the word, and they were all 'saved' by the transcendent- it showed up just as they were going to be killed for there deeds and they suddenly became aware of it and there acceptance among the crew.

No one knows if its sheer luck, the selection process in the first place, or some action of the ship, but crew members all seem immune to supernatural or technological coercion.

Scholars who are aware of the ship are not sure if some poor choices in crew selection slowly shifted the ship to take 'evil' individuals, or if that is the in the ships original design. They also argue over wither the ship is sentient or not.

Regardless, whever the ship docks you can expect the motley crew to engage in abuse of the local populace and move on before they get lynched. Attrition is pretty high among the crew, petty fights among the crew often result in bloodshed, but the 'everyone gets there own' nature of the cabins prevents the most territorial behavior.

Depending on who the crew currently are they can be dealt with, and the ship is a very reliable way to get to virtually any Quanta.

Conflict with other factions:
Cabal- The cabal would very much like to HAVE the ship in there own service, but so far none of its selected crew have been cabal members, and any action to coerce existing crew have instead seen it fail.

Infinity- No one likes to talk about the Coventry breakout, but the Transcendent is now very high on there radar. Documents detailing who is at coventry vs other detainment facilities is now highly classified.

Centrum- Centrum attributes stories about the transcendent as naught more then ghost tales told by unenlightened offworlders.

Reich - The Reich is aware of the ship, and despite it being a schooner they are convinced it must be norse in origin.

11-29-2016, 06:26 PM	#14
starslayer Join Date: Dec 2006	Re: Alternate Crosstime Organizations The Transcendent The Transcendent is a war schooner of unidentifiable make and no noticable national markings. It opperates partially by unknown magic or psionic acitivty (even works in magic or psi blocked worlds), and needs a crew of only a few to be fully manned (a helmsman, a cannon-man, a cartographer, and a mechanic) The cartographer, once out in open water, will find that the maps all change, and can select another world to visit. The entire process is somewhat confusing, and using the Transcendent is nothing like any other vehicle, however it comes 'naturally' and time spent doing the job while learning counts as working with a gifted tutor. Each crew member when entering through the 'captains door' instead finds themselves in there own room, unfurnished, 100m^3 in size times the SM of the individual. The cargo hold has a size dependant on the number of crew- about 300m^3 per crew member. Items in teh cargo hold never spoil or go bad. Depending on the skills of the individual they will find doors on there room that lead to a forge, woodshop, kitchen, magical circle, psionic meditation chaimber, and library. Even if the tools in the various chaimbers seem anacronistic they count as very fine for whatever TL they are employed at. There is also a brig that spans on seemingly forever, just a forever long hallway of. Once someone has been accepted as crew of the ship they 'know' somewhow, and the ship only selects individuals with compatible skillsets and world outlooks. The ships hull and weapons operate by unknown magic that causes them to do period damage regardless of the local technology. The hull likewise suffers only 'period' damage for a top of the line warship. Further, only those with very strong willpower will find it weird that a war schooner has docked in port, even if boats no longer exist, nor do ports. The crew are all 'evil' for most definitions of the word, and they were all 'saved' by the transcendent- it showed up just as they were going to be killed for there deeds and they suddenly became aware of it and there acceptance among the crew. No one knows if its sheer luck, the selection process in the first place, or some action of the ship, but crew members all seem immune to supernatural or technological coercion. Scholars who are aware of the ship are not sure if some poor choices in crew selection slowly shifted the ship to take 'evil' individuals, or if that is the in the ships original design. They also argue over wither the ship is sentient or not. Regardless, whever the ship docks you can expect the motley crew to engage in abuse of the local populace and move on before they get lynched. Attrition is pretty high among the crew, petty fights among the crew often result in bloodshed, but the 'everyone gets there own' nature of the cabins prevents the most territorial behavior. Depending on who the crew currently are they can be dealt with, and the ship is a very reliable way to get to virtually any Quanta. Conflict with other factions: Cabal- The cabal would very much like to HAVE the ship in there own service, but so far none of its selected crew have been cabal members, and any action to coerce existing crew have instead seen it fail. Infinity- No one likes to talk about the Coventry breakout, but the Transcendent is now very high on there radar. Documents detailing who is at coventry vs other detainment facilities is now highly classified. Centrum- Centrum attributes stories about the transcendent as naught more then ghost tales told by unenlightened offworlders. Reich - The Reich is aware of the ship, and despite it being a schooner they are convinced it must be norse in origin.