Portavas Maritime Company ‘Away’ Fleet
At the Kholyn Shipyard in the Galene Archipelago, the Portavas Maritime Company proposes the launch of a new flotilla, a three-ship “Away” Fleet built to extend Portavas’ naval power far beyond its sheltered harbours. Each ship is a sloop, fast and manoeuvrable, with lines that cut the sea like sharpened blades. Together they are named the PMCS Portavas, PMCS Avereaux, and PMCS Wonder, their titles chosen to honour the great allied nations of the sea and sky.
The ships are to be fashioned from the island’s sturdy timbers, their hulls reinforced by bronze fittings, their sails patterned in the deep blue and silver of the Company’s crest. They mount twin ballistae across two decks, enough to ward off larger foes while retaining the agility needed for blockade running and pursuit. Atop each sloop, a raised navigator’s bridge provides an unbroken command view of deck and horizon. Below, the living quarters are built to house the full crew in relative comfort, with bunking enough to take on an additional thirty passengers should the fleet be called to perform rescue or transfer missions.
The Away Fleet is designed not to shadow the greater navy but to complement it. The sloops will operate semi-independently, working alongside the Home Fleet, the Windward Flotilla, and the Screening Squadrons, yet answering only to the Maritime Company’s command. Their task will be to strike swiftly where the greater ships cannot, to patrol the arteries of trade, to break pirate strongholds, and to rescue those cast adrift.
In naming the ships not only for Portavas but also for Avereaux and the Wonder, the fleet sets itself as a gesture of kinship across nations. Yet its purpose is unapologetically pragmatic: to carry the power of Portavas wherever the sea permits, to remind the scattered isles and rival coasts alike that the Company’s reach is long, and that no tide carries safety for those who prey upon its waters.
Cost of Construction: 21 Legends
LOCATION: PORTAVAS – KHOLYN SHIPYARD ON THE GALENE ARCHIPELAGO
Unique Build Code: BG.MRS.61
Contributions so far:
Havelock Cortez Stormseer – 5 Sagas
Remaining Balance:
20 Legends, 19 Myths, 15 Sagas
