Temerity

The **Temerity** is the flagship and only seaworthy vessel of Ascension.

## Salvage

The ship consists of the salvaged and refurbished remains of the imperial metalclad warship **Fist of Progress**, sunk by Velika in Three Cliffs.

The ship was originally made with a hull of 90%-titanium alloy and corresponding runework distributing mana all throughout the vessel. The light-distribution runework was shattered by Velika, as well as two of the four lair cores masking the ship from detection. The remaining two are apparently still working as intended.

Speculation: *the size and exact shape of the ship has not been exactly established, but in WW2 on Earth, Liberty-class ships of 135 meters in length could provide transport for 500-700 people.*
It was raised from the sea floor outside Three Cliff's harbor just a week after its sinking, using icebergs created with Rain's Refrigeration aura, and with Mahrias spells temporarily sealing the two halves. Clubbs was needed to drain the ship from water. After significant repairs and overhaul by Tallheart, Ascension moved in quickly, in the attempt to leave Three Cliffs before attracting too much attention. The repairs included heat-welding together the hull, which had to be done two times after the first attempt was too weak to hold the ship together. The mana conduits of the two halves couldn't yet be reconnected. Since the Journey Core was destroyed, Ascension placed Subtlety's electrical generator in its place, which was then hooked up to a ship-screw, for which another hole was put into the aft section of the hull. The ship was wired by Ascension, who installed lightbulbs and electricity. Together with Ascension, Greater Crystal Slimes moved in as well.

The ship has many decks, with lots of room that was previously intended for over 1000 soldiers and crew. Some of that was converted to storage rooms to hold recovered imperial equipment. A bridge with the adjacent Cento's room has designated space for Ascension's council. The former suites of the imperial Serenis are reserved for Ameliah and captain Rain, as well as for Tallheart's workshop. While above the journey core, this section including the bridge is still below the waterline.

As the metal within the ship prevents or disrupts most spellcasting, a raised wooden platform above deck allows for mages to launch spells.

## History

Tallheart came up with the name **Temerity**. The departure from Three Cliffs was supposed to be on Seedling 29, but in the night before, the Empire attacked the harbor. *Temerity* was targeted by the Adamants on its two sister-ships. Thanks to its steam-engine, *Temerity* made an escape onto the ocean, and could effectively run from the pursuers. The wooden casting platform got destroyed in the attack, and two Ascension members were killed, Kip and Mollo. An Incarn reached the deck and attacked Halgrave; during that fight both the upper deck and the first deck below were almost completely torn up. The crew and passengers hid deeper below, and the death toll didn't rise higher. Halgrave was able to defeat the attacker, and was afterwards healed by Tallheart and Ascension's healers.

After navigating through a storm, *Temerity* then set course directly to Barstone, and arrived close to the DKE's city harbor in under 12 hours. *According to a certain map which displays about 1250 km distance between the two cities, this would confirm the ship's cruising speed at around 50-60 knots - but less if Barstone is closer than shown in that map.* With help from Rain and Bakal, the metal ship was disguised as an iceberg prior to approaching Barstone. Only a minimalist party left *Temerity* after arrival in the city, using a metal rowboat to make land. Upon their return from the city, Rain and Ameliah had to face first Citizen Barstone and then Warden Vatreece.

The *Temerity* left Barstone behind right after that episode, and did not make a stop in Fioe, directly moving to Eastspar instead. There, Mlem secured a large supply of sawdust, making it possible to enhance the outer "iceberg" shell of the Temerity by exchanging pure ice with Pykrete.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 194
2. ↑ Chapter 195
3. ↑ Chapters 197-200
4. ↑ Chapter 201, and 191
5. ↑ Chapters 202-206
6. ↑ Chapters 213, 214