Weapon of Artsby

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Technology of Otheia
The Weapon of Artsby is a large convoyship in the service of the Warm Sea Company. Designed by Telrack Hedelsa, and officially belonging to the Realm of Aslock, it is on loan to the WSC until further notice. The current Flagship of Admiral Raeta Vesare, who requisitioned it for its large size. It is used most commonly for hunting pirates. 
=== Design ===
The ship is designed as a typical convoyship, though if significantly larger size. It is over 900 tons burthen, and has an armament of 54 cannon.  The ship has a crew of over 250 men, and can carry over 500 additional marines. It is notable for its size (40m length, 11m beam), as well as its hull, which over 2 feet thick at the waterline, and is covered in heavy lead sheathing, to both improve its water-tightness, as well as to increase its survivability under fire. 
=== Career ===
Constructed in 360 on direct commission for the House of Artsby, the rulers of the Realm of Aslock, she was intended as the great flagship of the fleet of that realm. While she is not the largest, she was designed to be a fast ship, and be extremely resilient under fire. It’s lead sheathing was the brainchild of the engineer Telrak Hedelsa, who worked out the calculations for its displacement, and designed the ship alongside the realm’s shipwrights. 
However, the House of Artsby was forced to default on its payments, and the Warm Sea Company stepped in. Striking an agreement with the House, the company paid what remained to finish the construction of the vessel, and took temporary possession of the vessel for its own fleet. The Weapon was launched in 361 and commissioned into the WSC’s fleet in 362. 
Dispatched to the Western Station in the Warm Sea, it spent the first 8 years of its career leading convoys and hunting pirates between the Estuary Channel and the western archipelago of the Sea under Captain Aleo Hadracks.
After a brief stay in Aslock undergoing small repairs and hunting smugglers in the Channel, she was requisitioned to be the flagship of the influential admiral Raeta Vesare while he was on the Eastern Station in 372. It has remained on station there, escorting convoys and dissuading pirates in the region for the past year.
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