[IC] Just Another Job
For the next week, Scholar assembles a boat on the dock out of flotsam and nothing, given a berth (happily) by his new 'patron' family. A shipbuilding journeyman is assigned to him as an 'assistant', largely to figure out how Scholar is working x10 times as fast. Of course, that's a lie, he's working x1000 times as fast.
This lets him put together the boat in record time, and spend a bit more time reinforcing the vessel, working out the kinks. Through the miracles of knowledge, and now with access to other vessels, Scholar is able to put together a straight up upgraded version of the medium sized fishing boats used by the city.
It is far less remarkable than the arc assembled by scholar in terms of appearance, however, anyone with any experience with nautical manners would mark it as a bright republic rep
In size, they are similar to a knarr.. but a modern one, built with truly impressive durable rigging from silk spun from plywood (don't ask). Again, no planking (why bother when you could just form the hull into a single thing?), and the rigging was rather more extensive than most fishing boats, with a number of small improvements to make them more managable with a smaller crew.
It was as if the boat was constructed by the bright republic.
When it it finished, in record time, a representative from the family (you recognize him as Orfeo from the gate) shows up. "So, how is the boat coming along. It looks good. Is it sea worthy?"
The journeyman looks horrified and increasingly pale as the week went on. He'd spent the past week mostly standing in slack jawed amazement, looking increasingly despondent as the work neared completion. "This man makes my entire craft meaningless. The work is superlative."