El Casco
The El Casco is a Madre Hyve fused to a blighthulk ship that leads the Tyde Kyndrid Kongresses.
The hyve mind has powerful psychic abilities and mutations. The monstrous blightship is captained by High Blightspeaker La Almriante. The El Casco is propelled by a fleshy tail fin, rowing Kongregan, corrupted diesel engines, and skin sails.
El Casco takes to sea every seven Rotations alongside a Terror of the Tydes as part of a Great Expedition following a successful Procession of the Three Tydes.
Type: Ship, Ancient Rowed
Power Source: Mixed hydrocarbon fuel (including waste and living organisms)
Skill: Pilot
Rated Speed: 4
Handling: -25%
ACC: ±3
MOV: 40
Armor: 30
SIZ: 600
HP: 550
Crew: 300+
Passengers: 400+
Cargo: 200
Value: Restricted
Notes: Armed with 8 Spear-thrower Turrets, 2 Ballista, 2 Gatling Guns, 4 Machinegun Turrets, 1 Shock Turret.
El Casco is a unique vessel, only one exists.
All officer and crew complement required for full efficiency.
Adaptability, Extreme Environments: See page 66 of the BRP core rule book.
Blightsense: El Casco is a Parasitic Seablight Madre Hyve that generates a psychic pulse.
Mind Control Level Two: See page 75 of the BRP rule book.
Regeneration Level Two: See page 70 of the BRP core rule book.
Seablight Chitin Armour: Most slashing, crushing, impaling, and flame weapons do only half damage to El Casco. Saviour Flame, however, causes double damage.
Infectious: Seablight Entity attacks are infectious with Parasitic Psychezoa. A deep bite or tunneling of claws into flesh has a 60% chance to infect a human in a number of turns equal to their CON. If inflamed sepsis occurs around the wound, players are advised to amputate or remove flesh around the wound before Seablight takes hold in 1D3 days. The infected player will be transformed into a Blighter, Low Blightspeaker, or immobile cocoon-pod.
