VLS Legacy
The VLS Legacy is the first fully operational of it's class of the new Veroships that came about during the Colonization Era. It was designed to take on the mass increase in pirates that came about from the influx in trade goods about the Archipelago especially in the Upper Isles where pirates had an easier time escaping in the magically induced atmosphere on their skiffs.
It features an extraordinary amount of new technologies such as the newly discovered Light Sails that mixed the Vereen from the exotic animals of the High Seas Archipelago and the technology of Grimm. It also featured 20 guns, 10 on each side, a new top secret propulsion system developed by Grimm and ironwood shipped all the way from the Forests of Durn.
Design and Planning
The ship came into planning phases after Grimm lost several of the newly built steam based Airships to the pirates of The Weirds. This caused several of the higher ranking businessmen to begin sinking more money into a class of ships to defend the airships once they entered the Upper Aisle. Several key requirements were that it had to be fast, maneuverable, and able to stay in the air for long periods of time. Grimm owner Drake D'awna himself famously quoted "I dont care how much gold I have to sink into this god forsaken ship in this god forsaken land, as long as the ship dont sink I will call it a worthy endeavor".
Initially the design team was stumped on how to achieve such a fast and maneuverable design to compare to the pirates small skiffs and sky bison. However once dwarf Dali Friberg discovered the properties of Vereen after studying the air skiffs of the Air Genasi she began the start of the Light Sails technology, and the future of the VLS Legacy came into fruition.
To achieve the speeds needed to match the sky bison and skiffs, Light Sails were not enough for such a large vessel. So the Grimm engineers, inspired by the Vereen and development of Light Sails, began looking into using some of the other plentiful and exotic resources native to the Archipelago and ended up developing a very secretive but effective propulsion system.
It is unknown how much money was sunk into the full design and development but eventually Drake D'awna's technological marvel came into fruition in the year 1100 of Recorded History, beginning a new era of ship design and weaponry. The title for the class of ship, VLS, came from the key technologies powering it, Vereen Light Sails, and it was named the Legacy as it was intended to be Drake D'Awana's crowning achievement for his legacy as it brought order and a new age to the chaotic High Seas Archipelago.
Specifications
Top Speed: 20 knots
Max Cargo: 1000lb
Max Crew Size: 30
Armament: Grimm's Reaper Cannons x20
Explosive Shot
Chain Shot
Shrapnel Shot
Fire Shot
The first commander of this ship was Jim "Jimbo" Silver, a human from the city of Destus .
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