The Arkanaut Frigate is the workhorse of the sky-fleets — carrier, gunship, prospector, and merchantman in a single riveted hull. Its great endrin holds it aloft, its prow mounts a heavy sky cannon or a harpoon-like skyhook for dragging prizes close, and its decks carry a full Arkanaut Company to wherever the venture leads. Fleets are counted in frigates the way fortunes are counted in shares.
Every frigate is a commercial enterprise with a name, a ledger, and a reputation that outlives its crews. Captains mortgage decades of future profit to own one, which is why they fight for their vessels with a ferocity that startles enemies expecting mere merchants. To the free peoples below, the thrum of endrins overhead means trade has arrived; to the Kharadron's foes, it means the bill has come due.
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