Arkship

The Arkship is a powerful ship constructed by the Hlér.

## History

The Arkship is a mighty vessel of the Hlér, only few of these ships exists which serves many purposes. It is the main command ship Hlér used in their civilization.

The Arkship on Pangeus Prime are special as it is the only ship that has the new 'portal gate' implemented, it all starts with the expedition crew travels to Pangeus Prime bring along the material necessary to construct a prototype 'portal gate', the experimental 'portal gate' is the first part to be completed as they are essential for the rest of the ship's construction due to it easier usage of material shipment, it's separated skeleton frame is later constructed then later assembled together on the said world. Even with the help of machinery and AIs, the ship took years to complete and even then, auxiliary equipment wasn't implemented yet. Despite still lacking a few theorized parts, the Pangeus Prime Arkship is now considered perfectly operational.

After the fall of Aegir City, the Pangeus Prime Arkship is then equipped with even better armament by analyzing the Vulpina's technology. The rest of the Arkship on Aqualis are sunken.

As of late 2050, the Pangeus Prime Arkship is installed with a lightspeed warping system exclusive to this specific ship allows it to travel to Aqualis without the need of the compact portal (In other words, instead of act as a portal, the ship itself can travel between 2 world) which allows the Hlérian to travel back to Aqualis for their possible scheme to reconquer the world.

## Overview

With its large size, it is the biggest vessel so far, even bigger than Vulpina's skyship, the ship itself is indeed submersible which makes it also classified as a submarine and capable of withstand so much pressure it can pretty much dives into any depths.

Despite currently lacking the atmospheric breaching feature, the ship is indeed built with space travelling in mind due to its shield it can withstand atmospheric entrance perfectly, but as of now it is unable to leave the planet.

As the Pangeus Prime Arkship itself is oversaw by the very Hlérian that took on the expedition, it quickly become the headquarter for the latter, the group that eventually become The Descendant. And unlike the standard issue arkship in Aqualis, Pangeus Prime Arkship has many modifications that makes it far more advanced and more combat oriented effectively turned it into a dreadnought, fitting for the last Arkship operational.

### Armaments/Ability

* **Point-Defense CIWS** - Small Nexium-powered turrets for mainly missile interception.
* **Subjugator Battery** - Gun port firing a homing Nexium energy projectiles that chases target, it is an energy version of heat-seeking missile exclusive to Hlérian.
* **Standard Energy Battery** - Standard gun port capable of firing Nexium-powered shots. Pangeus Prime Arkship has more turrets than standard ship.
* **Shielding** - The ship is protected with invisible shield that can deflect everything until its power ran out, the shield can be recharge after its depletion.
* **Submerge Module** - The ship is capable of submerge underwater and configure some of its appearance to more fitting for underwater travel.
* **Hangar** - The ship can house a few smaller vehicles, included a fighter jet.

### Pangeus Prime Arkship Exclusive

* **Large-Caliber Cannon** - Large turret capable of firing Nexium-powered beam, folded when unused.
* **High-Powered Railgun** - Long-range weaponry, the ship's main cannon.
* **Portal Gate Generator** - The compact portal onboard the ship linked with one of the last settlements on Aqualis. The portal is not always active as it consumes lots of energy supply while its up, as well as to prevent Gymir on Aqualis to passing through as a precaution.
* **Intercontinental Warp** - The ship can fast-travel via warping to anywhere in the planet, this feature is newly implemented after the fall of civilization.
* **Lightspeed Warping System** - Allows the Arkship to travel between Pangeus Prime and Aqualis, requires precise coordinate calibration to make this system functional hence why it only works on these 2 worlds, the warping cannot be used often as it consumes a lot of the ship energy supply system. This system is implemented in late 2050.
* **HFA-00RV Oboros 'Fafnir' and 'Reginn'** - HFA-00 is Hlérian's only existing type of fighter jet, despite the lack of variety its array of weaponry is very wide to make up for it. It is also an unspoken progenitor of Vulpina's aircraft (and to an extent, Irysian aircraft) due to its existence predates all the aforementioned aircrafts, lowkey the first aircraft in the timeline that uses an energy-based engine and yet still is the most advanced out of all. The aircraft's main armament is its array of miniature variation of Subjugator Battery, which is 4 main gun ports that firing a homing energy bolt, a Nexium energy blaster gun port similar to LMNS blaster on the nose. The aircraft used by The Descendant are heavily modified to catering toward hyper offensive warfare with inclusion of a pair of small interceptor UAV, an Omni-Direction Subjugator Energy Pod (ODSEP) as well as its most powerful armament, the Curve-Beam Microwave Launcher which firing a large powerful beam that can curve onto lock-on enemy, the armaments are also armed with disruptor technology to compensate for its absolute reliance on energy weapon, making it able to pass through shields. Similar to advanced aircraft of Pangeus Prime, The Oboros uses twin NHR engine similar to Vulpina's Lumiera, giving off distinctive condensed pink energy exhaust. In order to lower the risk, these two modified Oboros also receives a modification which making it piloted by AI terminal or remote piloting as well as implemented a similar energy shield system Vulpina aircraft had to further increase the aircraft's survivability.

### Crew/Residents

* **Lucrezia Ofnir Vesalius** - Founder of The Descendant, leading figure. Azuria's distant cousin. [Scythe]
* **Quintus Daedalis** - Founder of The Descendant, Second in command. [Spear]
* **Otto Vindictus** - Member of The Descendant. [Rapier]
* **Urius Icarus** - Member of The Descendant. [Katana]
* **Lunisia Seralis** - Member of The Descendant. [Whip Blade]
* **Aethys Histoire** - Member of The Descendant. [Dual Blade]
* **Fiara Aileria** - Founder of The Descendant. [Chainsaw Sword]
* **Alice Allubel** - Hybrid, crew.
* **Azuria Ornatum Veniela** - Formerly, temporary occupant.
* **Amia Rena** - Alliance, not formally occupant.
* **Quivera** - Joined in Project 'QC'.
* More various Hlérians
* More various Hlér-Human Hybrids

## Trivia

* This ship exists since even before Vigilance Chronicles but never made appearance until Project 'QC'.
* The Arkship is more of an exploring ship rather than a warship. This cannot say the same to the Pangeus Prime one however.
* Normally an Arkship is classified as a 'Command Ship' while the Pangeus Prime Arkship is classified as 'Super Dreadnought'.
* Arkship are around 300 meters or more in length, a bit larger than Japanese Battleship Yamato.