Name: Trinity (Spain)

Card: FS #002 (Rare)

Points: 15

Masts: 5

Cargo: 5

Moves: S

Guns : 3S, 3S, 3S, 3S, 3S

Hit %: 250 (S), 0 (L)

Ability: This ship gets +L to her base move if she has all of her masts.

On the surface, there's so much wrong with this ship. Her name should be Trinidad (the Spanish word for "trinity"), and the triquetra symbols on her mast are Celtic in origin, not Iberian. But get beyond the surface and the Trinity begins to look quite interesting.

5 cargo and S+L speed (as long as she's intact) makes for an effective gold ship, albeit an expensive one. She can ignore most secondary fighters while she loads up, since five masts can take more shots than most 2-masted ships can dish out, and the Trinity's own cannons are adequate to handle a 2-masted annoyance. You could put a Captain on her, to make sure she can get a shot off, but I'd leave her crewless to maximize her cargo, and to keep from running her cost up any higher. If you must put crew on her, Dominic Freda (the combination explorer and

cargo-space) would be a worthy choice, or you could use a Shipwright to repair her at sea and recover her speed bonus. She could also serve as a fighter, and she'd do okay, but unless she's the only five-master you own, you can probably find better fighting ships in your collection.

Goldship rating: 4.0 / 5

Gun Ship rating: 3.5 / 5

Boarding rating: 3.4 / 5

Value for points: 3.2 / 5