RMS Empress of Ireland

RMS Empress of Ireland

Ghost Ship
Contact Owner	Richard_Villiers
Owner's Discord Name	Villiers
Connection	6
Public Contact?	Yes
Archetype	Service
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Metatype	Wild Sprit of Man
Gender	N/A
Awakened/Emerged	Awakened
Age	179
Preferred Payment Method	Karma
Hobbies/Vice	Anthracite Coal & Rum
Personal Life	N/A
Aspects	Domain Bound Transactional Nature Wild Spirits of Man Travels at the Speed of Time Passenger Service Freight Transport Not Smol Not Patient Not above Hiring Help Naval Momentos Restricted to Anthracite Coal and Rum

Overview

In 1891, CPR adopted a new name — the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company (CPSC). The CPSC became one of the many shipping companies operating in and out of Liverpool. The company expanded as people emigrating from Europe to North America provided a larger number of passengers. As with other shipping companies, CPSC had larger ships built to cope with the demand. In 1906, two vessels were built in Scotland: RMS Empress of Britain and RMS Empress of Ireland. These two vessels had a full capacity of 1,530 passengers. There were accommodations for 310 first class, 470 second class passengers, 500 third class and 250 steerage passengers. The CPSC transported many immigrants from Europe to Canada, primarily from Great Britain and Scandinavia. RMS Empress of Ireland sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada on its way to Quebec City following a collision in thick fog with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died, making it the worst peacetime maritime disaster in Canadian history.

Aspects Description

Aspect	Description
Domain Bound	The domain of the RMS Empress of China is the route of the All-Red Song line connecting Liverpool to Halifax and Quebec City, roughly a 1,000 meters wide. A rating 3 Song line runs along the Royal Mail Service route.
Transactional Nature	The Empress of Ireland has no conception of loyalty. Loyalty can never be raised above 1. Although the Ghost Ship will accept appropriate reagents some karma must be part of every deal. The Empress's opening position will be 1 point of karma per person per time zone of travel. The Empress of Ireland can be negotiated with normally but remember Wild Spirits are perfectly willing and able to walk away from a deal and may be insulted if not given the respect they feel they deserve (p. 177 FA).
Restricted to Anthracite Coal and Rum	The Empress will accept reagents and material goods in return for low level spirit markers (Rating 1 or 2) but they must be anthracite coal or rum.
Wild Spirits of Man	Like wild nature spirits, wild spirits of man have the Domain quality and gain one additional optional power. Vehicle spirits have a few additional powers available to them: Evasion, Maneuvering, and Stealth. These function like the autosofts of the same name (p. 269, SR5), with a Rating equal to the spirit’s Force.
Travels at the Speed of Time	Time zones were invented by Sir Sanford Fleming, who worked as an engineer for Canadian railways. The Empress of Ireland is still schedule conscious. It takes one hour to transit to an adjacent time zone (fifteen hours from Vancouver to Hong Kong).
Passenger Service	Rating 1 spirit markers can be used to transport a single passenger with a single piece of luggage of 100 kilograms or less. Higher level spirit markers can be used to transport a number of passengers equal to the spirit marker.
Freight Transport	Rating 3 spirit markers or higher can be used to transport heavy freight such as a vehicle. GM fiat as to what fits.
Not Smol	The Empress is large, sometimes loud, and always leaves a trail of coal smoke. It is also equipped with a natural weapon: a cannon equivalent to the Krime Cannon.
Not Patient	The Empress is intolerant of obstacles obstructing free movement along the right-of-way. If necessary The Ghost Ship will use its cannon to clear the way. Single shot, then semi-automatic burst. While attacking there is a 1 in six chance every combat turn that a mana storm will be triggered along the Song line (p. 35 SG). These Mana storms affect mood [rage] and produce elemental effects of lightning, hail, and rain.
Not above Hiring Help	Although the Empress is entirely transactional it is willing to be as generous as necessary (GM fiat) to hire metahumans to do its bidding. Financial remuneration is always in drams of anthracite coal.
Naval Momentos	The Empress is fond of items linked to the sea (GM fiat). +1 to the rating of spirit markers obtained from payment with Naval Momentos

Dicepools

Dicepools
Knowledge Checks	10 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Active Checks	14 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Gear Acquisition Checks	6 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Networking Checks	4 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety

Network

Player Characters with this Contact

Name	Loyalty	Chips
Chameleon	1	1
Funk	1	Even
Trades	1	Even

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