Tree of Ages

''... hull-down on the horizon. But as we drew closer, we all grew puzzled: it was like no ship we had ever seen, a curious congeries of multiple hulls and jointed... limbs? Then we knew it had sighted us, for thick smoke rose as it roused its engines and gave chase. Its limbs bristled. Through the glass now I could see what lay at the meeting-point of its faces: thousands upon thousands of spider-eyes, champing spider-fangs, fused together like wax. A spider-council! but one of unprecedented size, and crammed strangely into a hybrid ship. It could only be the Tree of Ages: and the first day of our flight began...''

Monster description
A true beast of a ship composed of, and crewed by, spiders.

Behavior
It can be summoned using an Element of Dawn should you be so foolhardy.

It's bulky, and attacks drain large amounts of hull as well as crew. The ranged attack increases terror. It is, however, rather bad at turning, so this can be used to your advantage.

The Tree of Ages has 2 attacks. TreeAgesRam is a ramming attack, with 60 base damage. It will kill 1 x Crew when Hull is below 50%, with an extremely high stagger. TreeAgesSpit is a long-range attack doing 35 base damage and an additional 5 Terror.


 * TreeAgesRam: Range: 160, Base Damage 60, Stagger 8, Crew Damage 1
 * TreeAgesSpit: Range: 250, Arc 50, Base Damage 35, Stagger 8, Terror Damage 5 (note: does not always stagger you)

Other raw game data:


 * MovementSpeed: 14 (Auroral Megalops: 16)
 * RotationSpeed: 0.3 (Auroral Megalops: 1)

SS spidertreegaz.png The Tree of Ages Uprooted
''Its carapace cracks like armoured ice. Bulbous, many-legged shapes swarm out, flood the water - the spiders which comprise its flesh, fleeing like rats. It's breaking up!''