Miner (Ship)
- Typical features Length 77 ft, Beam 24 ft, Depth 12ft. Tonnage 180 tons Crew: 10-25
- Average Base Cost to Build 275,000 true
- Average Time to Build 10-14 months
Designed and built in the shipyard in Audira, these vessels are intended to serve one purpose only: transporting metal goods. These ships were conceived when vast resources of coal, iron and other metals were being hauled out of caves and mines across the desert, and the miners and merchants needed a way to cheaply move their resources around Dregar and to other destinations across the oceans. Many large mercantile groups pooled their resources to build ships that were both cheap to build and cheap to operate. The Miners sprang into being: a useful no nonsense breed of ship with no ornamentation or figureheads. They are predominately used wherever ore or heavy loads of raw materials are required to be transported across the sea, though the biggest fleet of them operates in and out of the ports of Sedera on eastern Dregar.
Life onboard these ships is hard, uncomfortable and dirty. It's not uncommon to see these dirty ships on the water, with their sails blackened from the dust from coal and other metals and minerals that they carry day after day. These vessels tend to be slow and unwieldy and are subject to attacks by pirates who seek to lay claim to their heavy loads of ores and other minerals. Their slow speed and consequential vulnerability often earns these ships company as they make their journeys, and Miners are commonly seen either traveling in convoys or occasionally with an escort. A fleet of these ships sailing together is often called a black armada. It is a common enough sight in the waters off Audira. Here exists the largest system of coordinated shipping in the world, and consequentially, Audira is also a prime target port for acquiring and using slaves in these types of ships.
