HMS Ziggurat
From Brass Goggles
The HMS Ziggurat was an airship vessel originally designed for space travel. It currently does nothing of the sort, however, adventures are had within it nonetheless.
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The Ship
A small sketch of the ship is currently in progress. The HMS Ziggurat is a rather different vessel, with an almost Frankensteinian air. It is mostly hacked and cobbled together with ramshackle odds and ends. Two cannons were first affixed, then followed the harpoons, then came the oversized spyglass, then the fish-powered raygun... It was all a mess. The ship is a mid-sized vessel, with luxurious Captain's quarters and office, a rattling boiler, a staff tea room, and assorted nooks with hammocks. The "Navigation chamber" is a janitor's closet, though several maps are kept in the Captain's office. Rumor has it proper crew's quarters are hidden somewhere on the ship, but people who suggest this are dismissed as crazy and thrown overboard.
Crew
The Captain of the Ziggurat and its founder is Captain Iphigenia McCannon. The position of First Mate goes to Brigadier Spenser Hawkes-Leggett and the Navigator and botanist is Adelaide Braun. Other crew members, whether joining the ship for a single mission or otherwise, include(d): Estella Griffin, seamstress; Angelo Giovanni, mercenary; Nathaniel Smith, engineer, and Seaman Nathaniel Bently, crewman and head of officers.
Adventures
The Ziggurat has mostly been flying around trying to find a permanent crew, as it unfit for its original mission at present. It was first flown to Edinburgh for the Annual Æthernauts' Tea & Luncheon, whereupon Captain McCannon met the Brigadier. It then traveled to San Francisco where the Captain met Adelaide Braun.
Upon accruing a full crew for one of the Ziggurat's full test drives (see above for crew list), the Ziggurat promptly crashed upon a small island in the British Isles. Upon further discovery, the island is inexplicably inhabited by Incas, all following some sort of more modern and thoroughly Westernized leader. Currently, Braun, Griffin, Smith, and Bently have been taken prisoner; Giovanni has crossed sides, and McCannon and Hawkes-Leggett are hanging upside-down in a dungeon after being apprehended by angry natives.
Relevant RP threads
The Daring Adventures of the HMS Ziggurat, Volume 1
The Daring Adventures of the HMS Ziggurat, Volume 1 Sign-up & OOC
