The Great Shipyard

In Micadonia, stretching along the lakeshore by the Old City, lies the great Spelljammer yard of the Free Imperia. Nearby is the Free Imperia Naval Armory.

The Great Ship Superbalas has been in refit and upgrade here for nearly a decade.

The Shipyard makes 'Jammers for the Free Imperia Navy, and on contract for the West Arda Trading Company, because those bring in the funds for making lots more for the Free Imperia Navy.

Plans and ship listings

The Great Ship Superbalas is an enormous Dragon Carrier with three Great Bombards, one facing forward and two rear facing. At enormous expense it has been armored in Nak Metal.

Great Ship Superbalas

The Man O War, which is not in the Great Shipyard is an High Elven Imperial Navy experimental model with new stealth technology. It was rescued by the Free Imperia Navy and is being repaired and tested for safety.

No-one is cleared to know its location.

The Warhawk is an Elven Confederate Navy (ECN) design, hybridizing Elven Grown materials with Vodoni design elements for better handling. Captain Tatharandar Windsong has his Warhawk 'Blue Orian' on Arda and is teaching us about growing custom hulls.

There are currently two Arrowings in Free Imperia service.

The Free Imperia's Whale Ship has levels converted to luxury lodging and casino games.

At one time it also experimented with a cavalry deployment role.

The Free Imperia Navy has had a Giff contract for ten Great Bombard ships to be delivered with crews every five years for twenty years.

Despite their awesome power, a Great Bombard ship looks practically innocent afloat.

The Hammership is an affordable workhorse for the Free Imperia Navy and the West Arda Trading Company.

These monsters are 100 tons, but built to look like a hammership. They have a metal hull, weapons base loadout is 10 dual medium ballista, 5 dual heavy ballista and 4 dual trebuchets, plus the Magic Missile amplifier built into the hummingbird (Crystal Spheres). And a custom feature, both helms (primary and backup) are installed in thick walled 'vaults'. It doesn't carry much cargo, but it does carry elite Giff gunners and a healthy complement of Air Operations specialists and Imperial Marines. Anyone thinking they are ambushing a merchant ship is in for a bad surprise. The Free Imperia runs these on all our regular lanes at irregular intervals.

The rumor has it that some of the Hammer-Q Ships are now armored with Nak, and may mount Bombards!

Dolphin ships aren't in production, but have been investigated for the double hull covert trading potential.

Plans for the Elven Confederate Navy (ECN)'s Battle Dolphin were shared by Captain Tatharandar Windsong, but there is no anticipated production of these hulls.

Elven Confederate Navy (ECN) War Dolphin

ECN War Dolphin Writeup on Spelljammer.org

We aren't actually building Swan Ships in any numbers, but some of us are elves. It's in our blood; we think about it. Keeping a couple in the yard and fooling around with them is good for morale.

Custom Swan Ship builds are known to be underway at West Arda Trading Company Outpost TC#1 and Greywind Harbor in Duchy Eltán.

Full sized Swan Ship Plans

Little Swan Ships

We haven't actually made one, but we have Pyramid design experts (Nithian Templars) - could we make 'Jammers that produce Pyramid Power?

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