Daggerhound Vehicle in Astral Skies | World Anvil

Daggerhound

The Daggerhound is a Damaris Yards multi-purpose destroyer. It was originally owned by the Bloody Dagger Mercenaries and commanded by Captain Margvitz. It was later taken over by Evelyn.

It is built to allow it to fulfil multiple roles, but the primary role is as a fast-moving troop transport that can assist in raids. As such, it isn’t able to carry as much as a dedicated transport, it isn’t as fast as a scout, and it doesn’t have the weapons to stand up to more than a frigate. It’s better than a freighter or passenger liner, but that’s about it. Its only advantage is that it has more weaponry than a civilian ship, so it might be able to scare off a Kingfisher or pirate. It isn't even close to state of the art, and even most of the consoles are flat screens, rather than magically augmented or holographic.

The ship has a pair of shuttles, both of them with small airlocks that can fit up to four people at once.

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The attack on Evelyn's weapon shop was launched from Daggerhound. In retaliation, Evelyn killed all but eight of the original ninety-three strong crew.

As well as its official cargo of medicines, the Daggerhound was carrying ten female slaves and forty custom Dolls with their accompanying maintenance units. All of the Dolls were high-quality models with four diamond-grade skill ports each, all of them filled.

Evelyn released the slaves, some of who remained with her as crew. She kept the Dolls and replaced their programs to make them useful as crew.


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