How to Give a Ship Life. Introducing the HMsS Sea of Rain. · 9:34pm Sep 9th, 2020
It was a small airship and older design, with the sleekness of a falcon. She had twin long nacelles, with the main hull hanging from several aluminum struts. Within the nacelles were the gas bags. There were two large propellers at the end of each one. Four smaller ones, two on each side of the gondola and two on the outer sides of each nacelle were used for steering. As long as a hoofball field, the ship was the definition of a destroyer. Her design was for speed and pursuit, hunting smaller ships, and scouting for the main fleet. She flew no flag and was currently at the end of a refit. Once complete, the warship would be recommissioned. The air dock beneath Canterlot she was moored to was of the E.U.P. Air Corps.
Her name was the Sea of Rain. For over twenty years she had served faithfully. The class she represented was slowly being phased out in favor of a more modern destroyer. Ships like her, though, were of a rare design, lauded for their reliability and toughness. Sea of Rain was a veteran, wearing her seven Battle Stars with pride upon her bow. Her paint was a mix of grays and blues, swirling in the shape of stormy clouds upon her lines. There had been rumors among those who served on the airships the Sea of Rain would be delegated to a museum ship. Other rumors suggested she would be sold to another nation. There were also those who believed she would eventually be sold for scrap.
She had the look of a ship who would not go down quietly, not even as a museum. Those who looked upon her could have sworn she was looking upon them with willful pride.
For now, standing orders was for her fate to be that of a second line destroyer, with the higher ups also mulling on giving her an assignment as a colonial patrol ship. Equestria had a few settlements beyond her borders and they needed reliable ships to keep them safe from the likes of slavers and pirates. As it was, her life would take a completely different course.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the ship which will propel Jakob and Co. towards destiny.
Of course, this is not edited and thus looks like crap. Coming to a chapter near you!
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