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| Length: |
400 feet |
| Beam (hull): |
30 feet |
| (outrigger): |
44 feet |
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Draft:
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12 feet |
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Prow and stern rise to
60 feet above the water line |
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| Oar Banks: |
Three banks of oars, 1000
oars each side |
| Oar Length: |
57 Feet (Upper bank) |
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| Complement: |
2000 rowers (8 per oar,
top bank; 7 per oar, mid bank; 5 per oar, lowest bank) |
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100 deck hands and crew
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1000 marines |
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| Main Armament: |
Silver and steel reinforced
ram
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| Catapults: |
2x Spear of Lodril fire
siphon
1 x Moon Spear
1 x Harpoon
1 x Lithobolos
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| Propulsion: |
Only those Xaroni penitents
guilty of the most heinous crimes, serial murders, rape, blasphemy
and sacrilege are permitted to serve the Icebreakers. No service,
save that upon the Styx Galleys of the Black Sea Fleet, is more
eagerly sought by those anxious to purge away the deepest guilt.
Only on its five-man oars can they feel the joy of full atonement. |
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| Notes:
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By moving Rowers and Ballast
to the rear, the prow can be raised out of the water and, if there
is sufficient snow for the oars to press against, it can run on
its skis over the Glacier. It is fully enclosed and submersible.
The top deck can be covered and the oar-locks are sealed. |
Empty Half Day, Illusion Week, Dark Season:
The 400-foot Kalikos-class Icebreaker Red Storm Season
slips out of Joranit into the Thunder Delta. The 2,000 Xaroni Penitents
bend their backs to the oars. To the rhythm of the lash they rumble
out the Song of the Oslir Boatmen. The crimson glow-spot lighting
the under-deck cannot disguise the frost forming on their beards and
loincloths.
Crescent Going Day, Illusion Week, Dark Season: Red Storm
Season's curved silver-clad prow slices the rumbling pack-ice.
The Yanafali are working in shifts to keep its blade sharpened.
Empty Half Day, Disorder Week, Storm Season: Captain Marka
gives the order to submerge. Heavy blizzards obscure the surface of
the glacier.
Dying Moon Day, Disorder Week, Storm Season: The Twin Stars
report to the Red Admiral. They have lost contact with Red Storm
Season...
Has Valind triumphed? Have the Wolf-Pirates succeeded in navigating
the tunnel linking the White Sea to the Ocean? Or is there truth in
the disturbing evidence linking Marka to the Cult of the Invisible
Orlanth? Does she intend to hand over the vessel to the Sartarite
rebels? The Red Admiral knows the Icebreaker must be returned at any
cost. The chase is on...
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