Pirate Kingship

As the newly born red-haired ship girl lifted her skirt and saluted, the [Legendary Warship·Fearless] bathed in the glow of the law behind her reappeared before everyone’s eyes.

The steel giant, clad in silver-grey and deep-red paint, was enveloped in a layer of soft gold brilliance that lingered.

The whale oil power furnace and steam turbine equipped on the warship had already been activated, the deep roar transmitted along the main shaft, paddles, and steel plates...

At this moment, every steel plate, rivet, bolt, and gear on the ship was fused into a tight, orderly whole, breathing together with the ship girl.

If someone closed their eyes and stood in front of it, they would inevitably suspect it was actually a massive living creature, rather than a cold, unfeeling machine.

Byron and Violet, the two creators, felt this the deepest.

The ship girl is the soul of the Fearless, while the Fearless is the body of the ship girl; strictly speaking, it is a special creature nurtured by the world’s own hands through the [Artisan].

And the red-haired ship girl [Fearless] before them is particularly special among all the ship spirits in the world.

She is the world’s first ship spirit born from a steam battleship, destined to open a new era of naval warfare.

From the moment of her birth, she nearly stood at the pinnacle that many ship spirits could reach in their lifetime, stronger than many ancient veteran ship spirits that have existed for centuries.

And when Byron revealed the Key Ring worn on his finger, the ship girl’s eyes naturally showed a respectful expression, solemnly reciting the Three Great Laws of Warship Spirits:

"First: Do not harm the master, or allow the master to come to harm due to inaction;

Second: Must obey the master’s orders, unless these orders conflict with the First Law;

Third: Without violating the First and Second Laws, the ship spirit must protect its own existence."

The Seal Ring glowed along with it, the contract thus fulfilled.

Byron and Violet have the [Golden Triangle], whoever wears the Key Ring can command this legendary warship.

Thus, in the hands of the North Sea Empire, following [Golden Deer], [Dragonhead Ship Valhalla], the third legendary warship [Fearless] officially returned.

Byron and Violet exchanged a glance, feeling joyous, stepped forward, and helped the ship girl up.

"Rise, Fearless."

The ship spirit itself has no gender, there’s no need to call it sir or miss, just directly using the ship’s name will suffice.

Why do the appearances of the three ship spirits all look like pretty girls?

Hmm, it’s purely personal preference!

After embracing the ship girl, they finally looked towards that steel giant floating on the sea.

The dreadnought’s design surpassing this era by nearly 400 years came from Byron’s deep memory, with Violet responsible for the specific functional implementation.

Byron’s understanding of this warship is second only to Violet’s, the chief engineer.

The Sailing Logbook flipped rapidly, automatically displaying detailed parameters of the legendary warship.

[Fearless] and the dreadnought-level battleships for a considerable period thereafter all abandoned the ram-head design commonly used by the "pre-dreadnought ships", with longer and wider hull, larger length-to-width ratio, greater displacement, and faster speed.

Basic specifications: "Length 160.6 meters, width 25 meters, draft 9 meters, standard displacement 18,410 tons, full load displacement 21,060 tons.

Equipped with 18 whale oil power furnaces, four steam turbines, totaling 23,000 horsepower, with a maximum speed of 21 knots.

Because it doesn’t rely on sails and the weather, fully driven by the whale oil boiler and steam turbine, the warship’s speed can be freely controlled.

Those past ’high-tech talents’ sail cable sailors were consequently laid off, replaced by mechanical ’car clocks’.

Featuring stop gear, micro-speed forward, advance one, advance two, advance three; micro-speed reverse, retreat one, retreat two, retreat three;

And the grandly named indication for the highest speed: ’Natural Selection, advance four!’

Which means full-speed escape, victorious retreat.

Endurance: 6,620 nautical miles/10 knots; 4,910 nautical miles/18.4 knots.

This is no problem, the power furnace burns high-energy whale oil, not ordinary coal, just equipped with a Storage Miracle Object can greatly enhance endurance, no significant mileage anxiety.

Only needs to replenish fresh water at ports along the way.

Crew complement: 773 people."

There’s a saying: "Steel is the skeleton of industry!"

Only the North Sea Empire and Sacred Golden Empire, which have spearheaded the industrial revolution, possess such high steel output, enabling large-scale shipbuilding.

With countries where metallurgy is weak, where even a knight’s armor can exchange for an estate, even with complete designs and high-sequence artisans, there aren’t enough raw materials.

Next, the weapon system is the main event, [Fearless] adopted the revolutionary "fully loaded heavy artillery" design:

"With a total of 10 305mm 45-caliber rear-loading rifled guns, installed in five twin-mounted turrets.

Of the five turrets, three are on the warship’s axis, one at the front, two at the rear, with two on the sides of the midship.

For the first time ensuring the main gun firepower has no dead angles in front, rear, left, and right, able to simultaneously unleash the formidable firepower of four turrets, eight guns on either broadside.

Able to exert the firepower of six guns in the bow or stern directions, no need to seize the windward side, not afraid to launch a frontal assault."

The main gun’s elevation angle is between -3 and 16 degrees, the shell weight is 390 kilograms, equating to 860 pounds, equivalent to the total weight of 27 pieces of 32-pounder cannons before, and not merely solid bullets that only smash people, but powerful shrapnel shells.

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