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This blog is dedicated to updates on Nauticis Mille, a story created by Dewa. All content in this blog © Dewa-chan unless stated otherwise

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look at him he actually has some muscle now! and a proper wardrobe

The first one was me better defining his tattoo, the rest are the outfits he shows up in. his arm tattoo contains his family name's kanji as well as concordia's call code.

from left to right:

shirtless (lmao), base uniform, off-duty, utility service, training, pilot suit.

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(does a lil dance) and the legend says i'm still redesigning them to this day

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(does a lil dance) and the legend says i'm still redesigning them to this day

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Some important characters!

Arcadius Alois Moritz Wilhelm Idasiak: Piemont-Liguria’s Admiral. 54 years old, marital status unknown, said to have at least one son. Despite his serious face, he’s actually a very patient and gentle man. He enjoys playing basketball in his free time and is often seen sipping tea in his office. Is very aware of his extremely long name and tries to shorten it every time. His ship is HMS Victory.

Darcy Lavoie: One of the Base’s captains. 27 years old, raised in the countryside, Darcy has a bit of a cowboy complex going on. Injured an eye with a rubber bullet in an accident once despite being known for having excellent aim. Quite friendly and optimistic, likes watching DIY videos. His ship is RMS Asturias.

Draco Zdražil : Piemont-Liguria’s Vice-Admiral. 31 years old, strangely tall, charming in a way. Main hobbies are judo and cooking. Although Draco looks approachable, many said that he’s a strange individual, hard to read to predict. Said to be ‘always watching’, whatever that means. His ship is USS Iowa.

Christoph and Hannelore Hoppenheimer: INSO’s leaders, fraternal twins, both aged 30. While Christoph is a stretegy and financial nerd, Hannelore is the organization’s marketing and engineering brain. Raised together in a seemingly stable, well-off family. Their speech and behaviour is so cheery, excited and friendly that it almost seems plastic or forced. Christoph is afraid of frogs, while Hannelore hates rats. Their private life is unknown.

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Titanic’s updated design! 

She looks super bulky- which was very common for the ocean liners. Newer ships, such as the cruises, look a lot slimmer.

Her face’s shape is also slightly more angular and ‘square’ than Concordia’s, which is very rounded and softer-looking. She also has a much smaller face.

I also gave her some extra hair in the back of her head bc why not :0

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If you were to pick a song to be an opening theme for Nauticis Mille, which one would it be?

aaahhh,,,,Sawano Hiroyuki[nZk]’s Binary Star for sure! I think it manages to capture the vibe i want for Nauticis Mille perfectly!

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Going to introduce some new characters today! The Admiral, the Vice-Admiral, the leaders of INSO and one of the Captains!

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if i were to ask all the ships what their favorite food is, who would say fuel

Probably a goofy one like Concordia or Carnival Splendor

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[Scarlet Lady in a somewhat threatening tone]: I'm gonna eat your ass. [Carnival Ecstasy]: Don't tease me with a good time. [Scarlet Lady]: ... Ik Scarlet wouldn't say that but could you imagine

Scarlet Lady is a bit too young to be able to form such sentences or thoughts by herself- she behaves very similarly to Titanic, only a tiny bit less quiet! 

Ecstasy however...she’d probably get a shoulder punch from her squad leader, Oasis--

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Costa Concordia’s 2020 design update! All other ships will follow a similar body type.

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Also for the people who are still waiting on Nauticis Mille

Story revision + prologue is ready, BUT now i’m revising the mecha designs

I wasn’t very satisfied with how they looked like so i’m figuring out a better looking model. It won’t change too much tho, i promise! They were just looking a bit too noodle and anime-ish for my taste

so please please be patient!! this is 100% a passion project and i want it to look and feel its best,,,,

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Can you imagine how much chaos there would be if the entire costa line acted like Concordia

Did you mean almost 100% of the Carnival family

They’re basically different degrees of Concordia

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Do ships ever brandish weapons to each other as some sort of weird flex?

Within the Base’s area, they’re not allowed to wield weapons unless given permission.

Outside of it, it’s rather common for younger cruise ships to go on and on about how cool their weapons are- while the ocean liners remain more quiet

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How would a normal everyday argument between ships go?

They rarely take on an aggressive turn-- if there are any signs that the argument is escalating a bit too much, it gets cut short by an official.

Most of the time they just bicker and puff smoke

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can i boop titanic's snoot

yes 

you may boop

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what's one of the worst missions the base has ever had to do? the worst, most gruesome, heinous, downroght disgusting, etc. etc. etc. (because i crave the s u f f e r i n g)

Well, usually the missions during the war are the nastier ones.

When there are no wars going on, there’s an unspoken rule among bases where attacking to kill is forbidden- the battles should go on until one of the sides reach a point where they’re unable to go on and should retreat. Because of that, it’s not very common for pilots to suffer gruesome injuries in peaceful times, because even their enemy knows to stop when it’s time.

Killing a pilot outside war time is pretty bad for the base’s reputation and considered ‘an unnecessary low blow’. Same goes for sinking a ship- but if the pilot is found alive, then it’s not as bad. 

HOWEVER, in war times, the only rules the bases follow no matter what are to not attack hospital or neutral units (tugs, cargos, messengers etc). 

Main cases would be a certain battle with too many battleships involved that resulted in a literal bullet hell were multiple ships had to retreat because their pilots were close to experiencing shock from the pain (the ships can’t feel pain, but their pilots can if their synchro rate is set to high enough).

Britannic’s case, although an accident, was considered quite gruesome since well, her pilot was blown up to bits.

There was another battle where an ocean liner (SS Leviathan) suffered critical damage to her engine and her entire lower half exploded. Since most of the ships’ engine and fuel tank is located in their “abdomen”, with enough damage, they can explode. It’s not common, but very possible. Her pilot survived.

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We have yet to see any of the Captains, the Vice Admiral, and Admiral and their ships. Can you tell us a little about them pwetty pwease :>

I can’t say much about them bc of spoilers, but i’ll try to give their basic functions, at least!

There are a total of five captains, each one acts as the “main supervisor/commander” of each category in the base. They also have some other minor functions, most of them related to helping out in the base’s administration and conducting meeting with the Officials to settle strategies for upcoming battles and so on.

They’re also the ones who request support ships to aid the squadrons in missions from INSO. They can request at most five ships (for more than five, they need permission from the vice admiral). So if say, a pilot wants to be accompanied by a destroyer in a mission, they have to ask their category’s captain beforehand.

The vice admiral mostly takes care of administrative appointments and communicates whatever the admiral says to the captains and officials. They make sure things are in order, receiving reports and executing general tasks. Of course, what they take care of are the basics- more complex and important reports are handed to the admiral.

The vice admiral is also the only person (besides the admiral) that can request a full support fleet from another base or INSO. There are also some ships registered in INSO that can only be requested by the vice admiral, such as Bismark.

Piemont Liguria’s Vice Admiral is named Draco Zdražil.

The admiral is, well, the head of the entire base. They have the final say in how missions are organized, when or how the base should act in a war, as well as the only person who can execute a lockdown in the base. They also keep up communication with other bases, form alliances and such.

In case of a war, they’re the main person who gives everyone moral boost.

Piemont Liguria’s Admiral is named Alois Moritz Wilhelm.

Alois and Alastair know each other from a long time ago.

Also!!! Remember that those positions aren’t what they’re like IRL!! This is how the roles appear in Nauticis Mille-- they don’t necessarily act the same as how they are in reality