Embedding an image in a class and calling the function in Main.as

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I’m sure that this is simple and I’m gona feel stupid once some one answers it for me but i can’t find an answer on the net. the hero.as class is as follows.

public class Hero
{
public var health:int;

    [Embed(source="Resources/Images/ship1.png")]
    private var layer0Class:Class;
    private var layer0:Bitmap = new layer0Class();
    
    public function Hero(health:int=1) 
    {
        this.health = health;
        trace("hero");
    }
    public function render():void
    {
        trace("hero is rendered");
        addChild(layer0);
    }

 }

when I call the render function in the Main.as, it doesn’t render the picture, i’m brand new to this and no matter how i’ve tried to change things around I haven’t been able to hit on it. If anyone can tell me what I need to change, and why this doesn’t work, that would be a huge help. Sorry if this has been asked before, I didn’t see a thread on it.