Altaïr II

The Altair II is a ship owned by the Assassin Order. It is manned by Gavin Banks and his crew, and acts as a mobile headquarters for the Brotherhood.

History

Origin

Both Gavin and Susan Drayton, the ship's captain, had worked together to steal the Altair II, though they possessed different intentions at first - Susan's motivation was to combat Japanese whalers, while Gavin aimed to turn it into the mobile Assassin headquarters it now serves as. However, due to Gavin not having the capacity to properly captain the ship, Susan was given the position instead.

Pacific

From 14 to 19 May 2013, the Altair II traveled through the Pacific ocean, before dropping off Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane in California. During a transfer of power from William Miles to Gavin as Assassin leader, Gavin used a book given to him by William in order to discover the Assassin locations around the world.

Once the location of the Osaka Brotherhood was discovered, the Altair II left the pacific ocean and traveled west towards Asia.

Japan

After the Altair II stopped at Honolulu Harbor on 11 September 2013, Gavin failed to contact the Osaka assassins. The ship traveled to the Philippines on 1 October 2013, where Emmanuel Barraza, the weapons instructor, re-armed the Altair II crew to prepare for a potential fight in Osaka.

By 1 December 2013, the ship had docked in Osaka, Japan, where it stayed docked until 1 January 2014, when the Altair II was taken to Tokyo for New Years. During the ship's stay in Japan, its crew were busy discovering and rebuilding the Osaka brotherhood, until they celebrated the holidays.

Russia

On 15 January 2014, the ship had left Japan and was in the Pacific ocean, travelling to the next destination. The Altair II traveled towards Russia.

By 19 February 2014, the Altair II had docked in Vladivostok, Russia. After a clue in the book leading to the ship's crew discovering the location of the Russian Assassins, the Altair II sailed around Russia in order to dock in St Petersburg. During this time, Altair II Gavin, Emmanuel, and Emmett had left the ship and went into mainland Russia in order to find the Russian Brotherhood's location.

On March 26th, 2014, the ship had docked in St Petersburg. Gavin, Emmanuel, and Emmett had rejoined the crew, along with a new crew member, Galina Voronina.

Norway

By 10 May 2014, the Altair II docked in Helsinki, Finland, where Gavin sought to find William Miles using clues in his book. The ship left and by 1 May 2014, the Altair II had docked in William Miles' bunker in Norway.

Crew

Gavin Banks - Assassin leader.
Susan Drayton - Captain.
Eric Cooper - Navigator, supervisor.
Emmanuel Barraza - Armorer, weapons instructor.
Emmett Leary - Computer expert.
Dr. Stephanie Chiu - Medic.
Nodar Ninidze - Chief steward.
Akaki Ninidze - Chief engineer.
Galina Voronina - Enforcer.
An unnamed Initiate spy.

Trivia

The registry number of the Altair II is NCC-1701-D. This is a nod to the Star Trek: The Next Generation series, as it is the registry number of the USS Enterprise-D.
The name Altair II is a reference to both the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, and the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.