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Name: The Malaia

Type: Caravel

Appearance: The Malaia looks like a typical caravel, were it not for being somewhat larger than average and bearing a rather aggressive-looking spiked ram. She carries a privateer flag, the design of which is similar to the Imperial Navy's except decorated with a golden stag's head in the centre with a pinkish gem encrusted in its forehead.

Specifications: With a hull length of about 23.5 m and a beam width of 7 m, the Malaia is above average in its size compared to other caravels. Yet, with her triple masts and lateen rigging, she is incredibly fast and highly manoeuvrable, an advantage she employs to great effect. The Malaia's most important armament is its ram, which is made of incredibly durable metal to ensure it can positively annihilate the hulls of enemy ships without being damaged itself. It is otherwise quite lightly armed; it bears a single ballista, which is primarily used to launch harpoons or volatile substances. Crewed by two dozen hardened sailors, the Malaia's tactics usually amount to ramming the target and then boarding it to destroy the rigging and weaponry, before backing away and letting the newly formed massive gap in the hull do the rest.

Bio: The Malaia is the ship of the privateer Jarnus Plecitus and his crew. Originally a prized possession of a wealthy business entrepreneur from High Rock, she came into Jarnus' possession after he captured her during wartime. She was soon modified to become his own vessel, outfitted with an incredibly durable ram (which was more expensive than Jarnus' entire previous ship) and given a ballista. She has been stalking Iliac Bay and the Abacean ever since.