#fleet boat

[dbf-enthusiast]

The construction, launching, and fitting out of USS POGY (SS-266) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company

[myfandomprompts]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 2 SCENERY

[roach-works]

I have a Michigan Fleet question if you feel like answering! (No worries if not!) Does the fleet have some kind of official iconography like a flag or a mascot or something? A motto of some kind? I bet some boats have their own individual unofficial symbols or flags . . .

jokes on you sucker i love answering Michigan Fleet Questions!!!!

and then also:

so there you go, the fleet flag is a badly drawn seagull on top of a badly drawn jolly roger. sometimes people draw it really well but that sort of goes against the spirit of the endeavor.

it is also historically accurate and respectful to just write BOATS really big on a sheet of white paper and hang it up. sometimes kids are moved to add stars and exclamation marks. which is also respectful.

there's still an intergenerational committee to improve the fleet's flag and they have gotten exactly nowhere for 45 years. sometimes they try to get people to vote on a new flag and the most popular vote of all time was just the jolly seagull design only the seagull was shooting red laser beams out of its eyes and ass. the committee disqualified that one and became very unpopular for a decade.

[vintagegermany]

Hamburg 1890s

[pyjamacryptid]

sokka putting on his war paint to face the fire navy and I’m feeling super emotional over how this 15 year old boy really was preparing himself to protect his village and die trying

[wordycheeseblob]

Ok but why do we get to have a mermaid AU and no sailor AU like I want to see Silvio doing actual sailing and shit

PIRATE AU

FOREIGN FACTION

privateers. In short, pirates working for the government to carry out quasi-military activities... a pirate with papers if you will

With their solemn and equally terrifying captain, Chevalier who oversees his bunch of lawless brigands abide by the contract or else don't get caught. Don't ever engage in direct combat with his fleet.

Clavis is the quartermaster, during the Golden Age of Piracy this was the highest ranking pirate on a ship under the captain, usually elected by the crew. The quartermaster was the only officer on a ship who could veto a captain’s decision, but only when the ship was not engaged in battle or on a mission. This rapscallion is a wild card, difficult to control, has to be strictly supervised to deter from causing all manner of nautical misbehavior but he's always onto something. All the captives are under his supervision... Some destinies are worse than death.

Nokto appraises the goods values and is the one in charge of dealings, negotiations, pricing and reselling. Also paperwork.

Luke is the errand boy whenever they are at port. He is also the cleaning lad but don't be surprised to find he has enormous strength from doing all that sea man work.

DOMESTIC FACTION

Sailors. Honest to goodness sailors. The Royal Navy.

Leon, this charismatic swashbuckler is the captain of the Crown Fleet. He is easy-going but takes his job very seriously. If they ever happen to pass Chevaliers ship they'll definitely exchange annoyed glances.

Jin is the second in command, this shameless carouser enjoys festivity and especially the riotous drinking once on land. He knows his bitches in every port.

Licht is the lookout. He knows how to read the weather and sea and has very good eyesight. Being up there also gives him some much needed alone time from all the noise Jin is steering with the crew.

Yves is the cook. The first time he was introduced someone in the crew was reluctant to accept him on board saying women on ships bring bad luck. Yves was definitely outraged at that remark but rest assured he became an absolute essential to the crew, anytime he's absent Licht is left to cook and we know how that turns out, pray to the gods someone is there to save the ship from burning.

Sariel is the king's emissary, he communicates his majesty's wishes to the captain and anything paperwork related is to him. His inspections aren't without scrutiny, usually Jin is the one getting a scolding word.

PIRATES

Lawless brigands whose name is feared far and wide. Ruthless and unforgiving like the tempest seas, they bow to no man.

Silvio or as some call him Silver, he's... Well actually, I lied. Silvio is not a pirate but a merchant growing his empire of trade and influence. Let's just say that to do that he has the morals of a large corporation, that is, he has the human rights violations as a checklist.

"The capitalist machine must be oiled with the blood of pirates"

-this guy at some point

Keith is a savage pirate you wouldn't want to cross paths with. He committed all manner of atrocities without batting an eye. His ship mostly sails tropical seas and is very difficult to track as it hides in the mist and uses the weather to sail unnoticed. He's very good in dealing with poisons and has a pet bird on his shoulder, Dill.

Gilbert's face is the universal symbol of death and destruction :D scourge of the seven seas, World's Calamity, and prominent glutton, this pirate sails an Obsidian black ship, incredibly military advanced and commands a ruthless crew. Despite the considerable size of his ship it's difficult to predict what route he's going to intercept (making him a constant nuisance to Silvio). Maaaaybe tried to kidnap Emma... more than once. You're not safe. Not even on land.

That said, you never know from where or when he's coming but when you see the dark flag, it's already too late.

Possibly uses pirate slang unironically

[dannythedog]

QUICK someone write a Sam yacht fic

[risingwiththeheatabove]

How is this man even real?!

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

the thing about chilshi is that i see it as super one-sided on chilchuck's part and that's some shit he's bringing to the grave with him

[revoltedstates]

Norwegian sailors ca 1924. Via Norsk Maritimt Museum.

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Indiana (BB-1) at anchor during the Naval Review on October 3, 1911.

NARA: 55171560

[radioscientist]

Me: *delusional* Maybe when I watch Marineford this time Ace will be rescued and hang out with Luffy and Whitebeard

[allieisacrybaby]

Lake day with Jake🚤

was this supposed to be posted during spring break maybeeee👀 anywayyyy...

Jake tag-list: @gardensgatedaisy @sacredjake @writingcold @digitalcalamity @spark-my-nature @ohhkaty

[roach-works]

Hey Roach, coming in a bit late with a Boat Boys universe question - how is the theatre scene in New York in this future? Is Broadway still a thing?

broadway is still a thing, though any number of theaters in the original manhattan theater district have shuttered, decayed, been bought out, and refurbished. new york city remains a very crowded city with a functional upper crust, and humans remain what they are, so there's still plenty of music, dancing, acrobatics, and play performances.

as a patrician, solace king is expected to be a very educated and culturally literate patron of the arts, and personally very much enjoys keeping up with the upper crust theater scene of big-ticket musicals and operas. as he matures as a patrician and gains power, wealth, and reputation, it would be expected that he start funding particular facets of the arts scene that he favored, as well as acting as a direct patron (and sugar daddy) of an artist or even a stable of them.

patronizing athletes isn't at all unusual either, though sol had, until meeting rich merrill, not given a shit about any sport that wasn't dueling, and was young and fit enough to be a duelist himself, so he was a decade or so away from being expected to do anything with sports but watch them, play them, and bet on them.

it would be considered a bit unusual for him to bankroll an athlete at his current age and level of establishment, but everyone is going to take one look at rich's ass and correctly assume that sol is doing the extremely normal wealthy young man thing of handing his very first sidepiece whatever they want.

ANYWAY. over the last couple decades in this universe there's been a roman-led revival and modernization of classic italian opera forms, as well as a mix of new stories written in the style of classics, as well as ancient greco-roman myths and legends being adapted a bit like how Hadestown has been.

additionally, american audiences and small-scale street and renaissance fair performers have taken whole-heartedly to the lowbrow, satirical, saturday-night-live vibe of comedia del'arte, which has a somewhat updated cast of characters alongside ancient favorites.

notable american additions include Coniglietto, a rabbit-themed trickster-slave who performs a lot of acrobatics in a very skimpy amount of dark rags, and his violently humorless lord and master Signore Lupo d'Argento, who takes the stage in fine pale clothes and white face paint-- but these are the sort of scenes you'd see played out in abandoned courtyards and runoff parks, not on fine Broadway stages with a triple-digit dollar sign pinned to each seat.

[silverfox66]

The Netherlands will provide water pump installations, life jackets, and rescue boats to Ukraine.

*edit: They posted a new version of this tweet. The National Rescue fleet is sending the boats, not the KNRM, they will provide lifejackets and waders.

[thebreakfastgenie]

I am still thinking about Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel hanging out on Billy's replica WWII landing craft. I need so much more information.