====== Ray of Arpelos ====== **Size:** 210 ft length, 40ft beam, 20ft draft\\ **Propulsion:** 1,800 square yards of sail on three masts\\ **Speed:** 23 knots, 253 miles per 10h day, 608 miles round-the-clock sailing.\\ **Crew:** 146.\\ **Cargo:** 750 tons.\\ **Hull:** 8 inches of cedar plated with 2 inches of steel.\\ **Deck:** 8 inches of cedar covered by 2 inches of white oak.\\ **Mast:** 200 feet from the water line.\\ **Weapons:** 6 light ballistae, 4 divine ballistae.\\ **Ship Qualities:** Oceanic, Runner, Frigate, Special\\ **Flag:** [[gaeleth:places:Kur Maeth]]\\ **Cost and Construction Time:** 110,500gp; 1 year, 11 months.\\ The //Ray of Arpelos// was commissioned in 1325 by the [[gaeleth:divinities:Chosen]] of [[gaeleth:divinities:Arpelos]], [[gaeleth:people:Garalus]]. The keel was laid later in that same year at Thayer's Rock in [[gaeleth:places:Rakore]], and she was launched in 1327 Avard. From the beginning, the Church of Arpelos contributed significantly to the ships construction, despite a long-running animosity with the nation of Rakore. Despite national differences, the shipbuilders and priests involved in the project knew that the //Ray of Arpelos// would help everyone in the region.
The ship was designed as an undead killer. The keel was blessed against the undead, the decks are holy ground, the ballistae fire bolts that are divinely blessed, and there are four special ballistae that fire bolts of sunlight that can hole a ship on the horizon. This last feature terrified the naval commanders in Rakore, who almost scuttled the project a dozen times. Only direct interference from the crown in Rakore kept the construction going, and a plaque was installed on the pilot's housing that read:\\