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Profile: Queen Mary 2
Outgoing. Relaxed. Playful. Cheerful.
Energetic and youthful, Queen Mary 2 is a veritable party girl. She’s cheerful and outgoing, and even though the older ships don’t often understand her she loves hanging out with them anyway. Despite her laid-back, fun-loving nature, though, she does take her role as the last operational ocean liner very seriously, as she’s immensely proud of having such a distinction - even if it’s a lot to live up to.
Thanks for another awesome template, @arcandoria! More to come as I might have gone a little overboard, but what can I say except Val has affiliations!
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ZR. MS. Buffel
The Dutch Navy began to modernize itself in the late 1860s, and the Buffel ( Buffalo) was one of a pair of ships that adopted the latest design features: armored sides from the Gloire and Warrior, twin guns in a turret as in the Monitor, and a ram bow based on the Italian experience at the Battle of Lissa.
The Buffel was built by Napier's in Glasgow 1868, and her sister Guinea was completed in Amsterdam two years later. The Buffel was designed as a coast-defense ship and only left Dutch waters for a trip to Antwerp in 1871 , but she helped the Dutch Navy train and exercise in the new naval warfare techniques. Her armament was first of all the ram on her bow, mainly against wooden ships, and originally two 300-pound (140 kg), 23 cm (9 in) Armstrong guns, with a total weight of 25 metric tons, in one turret.
The turret
These were later replaced by a single 28 cm (11 in) gun, and the armament was enhanced by a couple of smaller guns; two 7.5 cm (3 in), four 3.7 cm (1.5 in), and two Hotchkiss revolving cannons. Her crew consisted of 150 men, officers, petty-officers, and sailors. She was reduced to a barracks ship in 1896 and restored to her original state between 1974 and 1979. Where she became a museum ship.
The prominent black hull is adorned with gilded decorations at the bow and stern. At a coastal steamship she carries very little rigging. The two light masts were used mainly for signaling. On the main deck, the wheel is placed near the stern in traditional fashion, although it is some way from the bridge.
The aft- deck is comparatively clear, except for the hatches and companionsways down its center and the area around the funnel, which is surrounded by ventilators to take air to the pair of 1,000- horsepower engines. Forward of that is the light bridge, the the circular turret, with its twin guns normally kept inboard and the ports closed. The deck is also quite clear foreward, with the anchors and capstans in the bow.
The Longroom
Below decks, the captain’s cabin is at the stern, with his sleeping quarters and bathroom to starboard and the officer’s galley to port. Forward of that is the wardroom (called long room), with small officer’s cabins on both sides of the ship ahead of that.
The Mess and the Captains desk
The petty officers lived near the waist of the Buffel on either side of the trunking that led the fumes from the engine up to the funnel.
The mechanism and armor of the rotating turret also took up a good deal of space below decks, with the crew’s mess tables and hammocks on either side and foreward of it. Below that deck, just aft of the waist, were the engines, with coal stowed near them and provisions stored both forward and aft.
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Profile: Mauretania
Energetic. Optimistic. Competitive. Strong-Willed.
Mauretania is well-known for her cheerful, energetic personality. She’s outgoing and exuberant, with a tendency to playfully tease and bicker with her friends and sister, and she believes that since life is fleeting she should enjoy it while she can. It’s a belief she takes very seriously, a lesson learned from four long years of grief and fear during the First World War. She’s made that outlook a part of her, but its significance pales in comparison to what is perhaps the most important aspect of her identity: her speed. Mauretania was built to be a greyhound capable of crossing the Atlantic at an unprecedented pace, and indeed she remained the fastest liner for twenty-two years; in fact, the Blue Riband is her proudest achievement, and she was devastated when her speed record was broken in 1929.
Profile: R101
Airheaded. Innocent. Excitable. Prideful.
Youthful and idealistic, R101 practically embodies the British Empire’s dream of a future where airships rule the skies. She carries a great deal of pride in both her country and herself, and it’s this pride, combined with her boundless enthusiasm, that drives her actions; it’s also her greatest weakness, however, as she tends to overestimate herself, sometimes with horrible results. It doesn’t help, either, that she’s a poor decision-maker and quick to jump to conclusions: indeed, all those who know R101 can agree that although she’s sweet, she’s also very naive and inexperienced, and most wouldn’t trust her with their lives.
Profile: Normandie
Snobby. Proud. Self-Centered. Blunt.
Haughty and proud, Normandie has earned herself a reputation for being a pretentious snob. She’d argue that she’s just well aware of her own glory, but in truth that reputation is not at all undeserved, particularly when it comes to the French language. She genuinely believes it when she says she’s the greatest and others are below her, but although her insults aren’t mean-spirited they’re still harsh enough that other ships tend to avoid her, even when she’s genuinely trying to help. Since becoming a human, she’s also developed a fascination with fire; after all, who doesn’t want to conquer the source of their own pain?
Profile: Olympic
Reliable. Protective. Tough. Witty.
Although she’s largely learned to live with her pain, Olympic is a ship haunted by the past. Her sisters’ tragic deaths had a terrible impact on her, and she blames herself for failing to save them. As a result, she’s fiercely protective of those in her care, and over the years she’s developed a reputation for being tough and reliable, if a little clumsy and, at times, rather intense. For the most part, though, she’s quite pleasant and generally well-liked; her obvious goodwill and deadpan humor make her more popular than her intimidating, unexpressive exterior might suggest.
Can't just do one, gotta do 'em both. I find it endlessly fascinating how different StreetKid!Val is from Corpo!Val. While their timelines split, fundamentally they are the same Val.
ship template by @arcandoria 🥰
