Equitas

The Equitas was a Schooner belonging to the treasurer for the Templar Order in North America, Samuel Smith. It is abandoned by Smith at the Templar encampment in Terra Nova during his flight from the Assassin Order.

Smith had been in Europe from 1752 to 1754, under the orders of the Templar Grandmaster in the colonies, Lawrence Washington. Smith was to attempt to activate the Precursor Box. However, after consulting with some of Europe's most brilliant minds, he was unsuccessful.

Smith returned from Europe in 1754. He refurbished the Equitas for him to use in the colonies. He then planned to meet with James Wardrop, the Templar whom Washington had tasked with translating the Manuscript, another ancient artifact needed to use the Precursor Box.

While en route to Wardrop, Smith, aboard the Equitas, is located and approached by the Morrigan, a ship belonging to the Assassin Shay Cormac. Besides Cormac, the Assassins Liam O'brien and Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye, are aboard.

Smith sees that he is spotted and begins to hastily flee. He guides the Assassins through a sheet of ice, slowing the Morrigan. He then leads them right into an ambush, consisting of a Brig and several Gunboats. This impedes the Assassins considerably, allowing Smith to make much ground towards the camp where he is to meet Wardrop. However, the Assassins manage to catch up to him.

Smith then uses Burning oil in a last ditch attempt to deter the assassins. The Morrigan manages to evade the oil however. Smith then beaches the Equitas on the shore of Terra Nova. He then flees inland to the camp where he is supposed to meet Wardrop. He is followed by Cormac, however, and assassinated.