Of Ships and Girls and Shipgirls - a KanColle-RP (OOC)

[The Selkie]

Sounds mostly good to me, except one thing: 31 x 51 mm Electrical Gatling (EG) guns. Is the calibre of 51 mm a typo?

Probably. The exact measurement of the rounds are;
7.62x51mm, it's 7.62 mm I just misread it like a fool.
Also Prophets suggestion is pretty good, with the visor.
Not sure how I'd add that in though, specific terms escape me.

How I misread it that badly is a mystery to me as well

I see - thanks for alleviating my worries. Approved from my side.
As for the visor, that's a really good question... maybe you could go with good old glasses, even if they are only a fashion accessoire?

Just as a heads up for OOC purposes, Horizon was also one of the only ship in the relief force to score any hits during the Battle where she "disobeyed orders" (there wasn't even a real command structure at that point), sinking a heavy cruiser with a massed aerial rocket attack, with most combat being carried out the NE patrol that was attacked, and minor action beneath the waves by Abgrund against an Abyssal submarine. The Abyssal battleship was finished off by a sneaky destroyer.

There was a plan, though, one, which Horizon chose to ignore to go gallivanting and glory-hounding - something you should add, too, for OOC-purposes.

[North Arkana]

TIL putting up a comprehensive CAP to cover the relief force and the force we were assisting, while also taking the opportunity to mount a concentrated air attack is "gallivanting and glory-hounding".

[The Selkie]

TIL putting up a comprehensive CAP to cover the relief force and the force we were assisting, while also taking the opportunity to mount a concentrated air attack is "gallivanting and glory-hounding".

While there already was a good CAP in place for the Novayans, one that attacked the enemy, even, because they were no enemy planes - also, since when is it a CAP's, a Carrier Air Patrol's, mission to go off and shoot at enemy ships instead of patrolling and waiting for enemy planes to attack?

But we're not talking about the CAP here, but about the strike aircraft, which Rhiannon asked Horizon to withhold for a further strike for a chase, a plan, which Horizon disregarded with these thoughts:

"[...] Aware that there's no point in holding back an air attack while the enemy is also caught in a surface engagement, Horizon opts to disregard the order to withhold her strike aircraft, [...]"

Caught in a surface engagement and filling the air with AA-shells as it was, because they were under Novayan Air Attack.
By the way, not even order, but request, one, which had its reason explained to her, but which she disregarded because... it seemed to her, that there was no point in holding her aircraft back, which were the tactical reserve of the whole force. I call that gallivanting off and glory-hounding.
What would you call it, North Arkana?

Besides, one small thing, what Rhiannon told Prophet was not intended as stating some kill-counts of one person or the other, but as to tell him, what happened in relatively neutral terms. Kill Counts don't matter for her, quite simply.
I am starting to believe, that you, North Arkana, are in this RP to 'win' by some arbitrary definition...

[Regria]

Back from the torment of school. Someone mind telling me what's going on?

[The Selkie]

Back from the torment of school. Someone mind telling me what's going on?

Good to have you back!
So, summary:

The training excercise ended with Stilly heavily bruised up, taking a 16inch paint shell to her chest at what might as well be called point blank range. Dia and took the little sloop to the showers to get the paint off and, accomplishing that, took her to her dorm room to get a lotion onto her to lessen the bruise and to help healing. Stilly, although still having a crush beyond all proportions on Gibson Grover, came to admire the gentleness and power of Dia.
K 591 stumbled across Amy, who had fish, a dream come true for the little neko-destroyer, the two becoming fast friends in the process. The twins also met with Amy, at the same time, asking for and receiving Battered Fish of the Selkie-Variety, which they decide to replicate. As K 591 has to depart for the patrol (see below), Amy decides to go to the twin's restaurant to see, if she can help them.
The Midday Patrol, of Whona and K 591, departed and stumbled across a few crates of the shipping sunk the day before, drifting around. At the same time, they're stalked by Abgrund, who is currently in the process of lining up the shot and having her mates scrambling as she was declared rogue asset. So far, no action on that front. Horizon sent Leopard to explain the situation, she had already been spotted.
Rhiannon met Prophet, thus finding someone, who might be able to build a movie projector and, while taking him to the scrapyard, told him about the happenings of the first one and a half days, in her own words and assessment of the situation, as neutral as possible.
Meanwhile, UNS Lewis Point and SDFS Searc arrived at base, met Coriolanus by the quay, and are on the search for Rhiannon, who's standing literally right behind them.
To my knowledge, Caty is still by the training grounds.

OOC-wise, we have Amendment 2017-11-02, concerning the return of sunken shippersons as Abyssals, a discussion of hypophetic nature concerning the detection of Abgrund, as well as how and if to blame the Arkanans for the sinking of a patrol, and a discussion about what to call Horizon's actions during the night.
Did I miss anything?

[North Arkana]

@Sterk

1. 35 knots on the Iowas was at light load, after a refit, in shallow water. Speed Thrills II - Max Speed of the Iowa Class Battleships

2. You cut me off from making my post.

[The Cross and Davids Star]

@Sterk

1. 35 knots on the Iowas was at light load, after a refit, in shallow water. Speed Thrills II - Max Speed of the Iowa Class Battleships

2. You cut me off from making my post.

A stickler for realism I see. Well, you are right in every aspect about Dias upgrade, there'd be no way for her to reach such speeds with the current upgrade specs. However she essentially has her engines going flank speed, which may involve overclocking her engines to provide the torque force to go at that speed, but I cant image her doing that for long due to potential malfunction.

[Sterkistan]

@Sterk

1. 35 knots on the Iowas was at light load, after a refit, in shallow water. Speed Thrills II - Max Speed of the Iowa Class Battleships

2. You cut me off from making my post.

Cool.

[Sterkistan]

@Sterk

1. 35 knots on the Iowas was at light load, after a refit, in shallow water. Speed Thrills II - Max Speed of the Iowa Class Battleships

2. You cut me off from making my post.

A stickler for realism I see. Well, you are right in every aspect about Dias upgrade, there'd be no way for her to reach such speeds with the current upgrade specs. However she essentially has her engines going flank speed, which may involve overclocking her engines to provide the torque force to go at that speed, but I cant image her doing that for long due to potential malfunction.

Dia isn't the one he's talking about.

[The Cross and Davids Star]

A stickler for realism I see. Well, you are right in every aspect about Dias upgrade, there'd be no way for her to reach such speeds with the current upgrade specs. However she essentially has her engines going flank speed, which may involve overclocking her engines to provide the torque force to go at that speed, but I cant image her doing that for long due to potential malfunction.

Dia isn't the one he's talking about.

Oh. Well I guess theres some criticism in their for ya,

[Sterkistan]

Novoya, you accidentally posted in the IC

[Novaya Equestria]

Novoya, you accidentally posted in the IC

*SCREAMS* Done. Anyways...

Alrighty, volks! Listen up! Due to Novaya's depression and attempted and bungled and failed suicide attempt, it's now time that I will be starting the subplot involving Novaya and the Naval Base and its ships and fairies helping Novaya get back on his feet...

A Carrier's Wish Restored!

It involves all of the Naval Base preparing a party that will make Novaya feel better. Still needs planning.

[The Selkie]

Novoya, you accidentally posted in the IC

*SCREAMS* Done. Anyways...

Alrighty, volks! Listen up! Due to Novaya's depression and attempted and bungled and failed suicide attempt, it's now time that I will be starting the subplot involving Novaya and the Naval Base and its ships and fairies helping Novaya get back on his feet...

A Carrier's Wish Restored!

It involves all of the Naval Base preparing a party that will make Novaya feel better. Still needs planning.

Sounds good to me. Rhi is currently organizing a movie projector anyway, planning a movie night with Regrian Classics (provided Brightbell supplies them?), to generally raise morale, so we could kill two Abyssals with one shell, so to speak.

[Novaya Equestria]

*SCREAMS* Done. Anyways...

Alrighty, volks! Listen up! Due to Novaya's depression and attempted and bungled and failed suicide attempt, it's now time that I will be starting the subplot involving Novaya and the Naval Base and its ships and fairies helping Novaya get back on his feet...

A Carrier's Wish Restored!

It involves all of the Naval Base preparing a party that will make Novaya feel better. Still needs planning.

Sounds good to me. Rhi is currently organizing a movie projector anyway, planning a movie night with Regrian Classics (provided Brightbell supplies them?), to generally raise morale, so we could kill two Abyssals with one shell, so to speak.

Da! The party will require lechon manoks, siomais, rice, shanghais, a cake, soy sauce, hot sauce, pizzas, and so on! Novaya's an eataholic, by da way.

[The Selkie]

Sounds good to me. Rhi is currently organizing a movie projector anyway, planning a movie night with Regrian Classics (provided Brightbell supplies them?), to generally raise morale, so we could kill two Abyssals with one shell, so to speak.

Da! The party will require lechon manoks, siomais, rice, shanghais, a cake, soy sauce, hot sauce, pizzas, and so on! Novaya's an eataholic, by da way.

...yeah, the stocks look rather meager concerning quite a few of the ingredients. And yes, I read the recipies.
So, idea: We get the joint in joint base running and ask around, who knows a few recipies for snacks appropriate for a party-combined-with-a-movie-night (PCWAMN for short), which are easy to make and have the ingredients on storage. Maybe the more mature shipgirls and shipboys have an idea?
The Salestown Expedition in the Shenanigans-Thread (as well as other fairy-expeditions on the same thread) might stumble across a few things one could use as supplements or for experiments as well - and let's be honest here, Bauxite-Crackers are a riot at every staff-meeting, especially when human personell tries to eat it. ; )
And, what you forgot, was alcohol for after the destroyers went to bed.

[Higher Japan]

Da! The party will require lechon manoks, siomais, rice, shanghais, a cake, soy sauce, hot sauce, pizzas, and so on! Novaya's an eataholic, by da way.

...yeah, the stocks look rather meager concerning quite a few of the ingredients. And yes, I read the recipies.
So, idea: We get the joint in joint base running and ask around, who knows a few recipies for snacks appropriate for a party-combined-with-a-movie-night (PCWAMN for short), which are easy to make and have the ingredients on storage. Maybe the more mature shipgirls and shipboys have an idea?
The Salestown Expedition in the Shenanigans-Thread (as well as other fairy-expeditions on the same thread) might stumble across a few things one could use as supplements or for experiments as well - and let's be honest here, Bauxite-Crackers are a riot at every staff-meeting, especially when human personell tries to eat it. ; )
And, what you forgot, was alcohol for after the destroyers went to bed.

The twins screaming in the distance at the amount of food that is needed

[Sterkistan]

Dia should open a massage studio or something.
"Have your stress removed by the gentle hands of a 40 000 tonne battleship."

[Legatia]

...yeah, the stocks look rather meager concerning quite a few of the ingredients. And yes, I read the recipies.
So, idea: We get the joint in joint base running and ask around, who knows a few recipies for snacks appropriate for a party-combined-with-a-movie-night (PCWAMN for short), which are easy to make and have the ingredients on storage. Maybe the more mature shipgirls and shipboys have an idea?
The Salestown Expedition in the Shenanigans-Thread (as well as other fairy-expeditions on the same thread) might stumble across a few things one could use as supplements or for experiments as well - and let's be honest here, Bauxite-Crackers are a riot at every staff-meeting, especially when human personell tries to eat it. ; )
And, what you forgot, was alcohol for after the destroyers went to bed.

The twins screaming in the distance at the amount of food that is needed

If we do have a party it won't be on that scale, we are not blowing our entire food stores on a single event. More about that ICly, but Cori only gave her assent to find the materials and report back to her.

[The Selkie]

Dia should open a massage studio or something.
"Have your stress removed by the gentle hands of a 40 000 tonne battleship."

That sounds like a business model! ; )

The twins screaming in the distance at the amount of food that is needed

If we do have a party it won't be on that scale, we are not blowing our entire food stores on a single event. More about that ICly, but Cori only gave her assent to find the materials and report back to her.

Of course, it's not going to be blowing us out of water due to supply shortage (hopefully), not for a simple party, but the main event will neither be food nor drink, but movies - thus creating less need for snacks.
But if we ever run into that problem, we are sitting on a tropical island, surrounded by an ocean teeming with life. Fishing is always a relaxing excercise and sailors fishing from the decks of their ships to supplement their rations has a long tradition, including in RL.

[Yekrenia]

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: Armada Republicana Yqraniana (ARY) - Lanza Blanca ("White Lance")
Type:
- Pre Dreadnought Battleship (Until 1923)
- Super Dreadnought / Standard Battleship (Current)
Class: Lanza Blanca Class Battleship (Lead Ship)
Role:
- Capital Ship (until the end of WWII)
- Fleet Battleship (until 1919)
- Escort Battleship
- Heavy Fire Support
Nation of Origin: People's Republic of Yekrenia (Yekrenese Spanish, "Republica Popular Yqraniana")
Year Commissioned: 1902
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Una Hermosa Caballera
Gender: Female
Character: Lanza Blanca is a woman who normally keeps her emotions in check, rarely demonstrating her feelings even when given the chance. Oddly enough, Lanza Blanca is very sarcastic and talks back to people when she needs to - something that made more modern battleships think twice in bad-mouthing and criticizing her antiquated design. While Lanza Blanca is not a masochist, she has a extraordinary pain threshold, since she not only survived multiple torpedo hits in both World Wars, but also hits from German vessels and aircraft alike - earning her the nickname among her crews, Madrina de Hierro ("Iron Godmother"). Contrary to the myth of Lanza Blanca's invincibility, Lanza Blanca actually had been trained and raised to tolerate pain and abuse, which even including getting shot at by her own friendly ships as target practice without flinching and then sail about the seas (fully repaired of course) as if nothing happened. Unfortunately, Lanza Blanca shows clear disdain of her training and cruel treatment back then, even going so far as to testing other ship girl's/boy's pain threshold (at their consent of course); however, Lanza Blanca is a reasonable fighter among her peers, showing honor and respect to an extent where she helps her peers back up after testing their pain threshold.
Special Abilities: Fiel Caballera ("Faithful Knight") - Lanza Blanca can utilize the armor and prestige of her knightly heritage to strike hopelessness and terror in the abyssals, essentially making herself appear and fight like a juggernaut to the enemy.

Technical Description of the Vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 52,561 Tons
Length (overall): 216m (708ft)
Width: 28.67m (94ft)
Draught: 9.7m (32ft)
Propulsion: 20 Boilers (Coal-Fired), 4 Uniflow Engines, 4 Shafts
Speed: 24 Knots
Complement: 1,184 to 2,204
Armament:
- 2 x Twin-Barreled 16.7in Naval Guns (En Echelon Midsection; 1x Port, 1x Starboard)
- 10 x Twin-Barreled 5in Gun Turrets (3x Front Port and 2x Front Starboard; 3x Rear Starboard and 2x Rear Port)
- 25 x QF 2-Pounder Naval Guns (British-Made; added in 1932)
- 28 x Machine Guns (Originally built with 20 Machine Guns)
Armour:
- 200mm Armored Deck (Integrated with Side Armor)
- 350mm Side Armor (Inclined 14 Degrees)
- 380mm (Main Turrets; All Round; Circular-Shaped Turrets)
Aircraft Carried: 4 x Arado Ar 196 (German-Imported; Pre-1940)
Aviation Facilities: 2 x Catapults (Added in 1932)
Notes: Armor thickness was kept a state secret until 2003. Interestingly, Lanza Blanca was once a close friend to the Bismarck Class Battleship; however, after the sinking of the HMS Hood, Lanza Blanca (as well as Yekrenia all together) took vengeance and showed bitter resentment to all German ships until the beginning of the Cold War. She came equipped with gyros upon emerging from her modernization; however, the gyros proved useless in improving accuracy, rather they only increased her stability.

OOC-section:
RP-Sample: Last IC Post
Have you read and understood the rules?: Ahead Flank!

[The Selkie]

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: Armada Republicana Yqraniana (ARY) - Lanza Blanca ("White Lance")
Type:
- Pre Dreadnought Battleship (Until 1923)
- Super Dreadnought / Standard Battleship (Current)
Class: Lanza Blanca Class Battleship (Lead Ship)
Role:
- Capital Ship (until the end of WWII)
- Fleet Battleship (until 1919)
- Escort Battleship
- Heavy Fire Support
Nation of Origin: People's Republic of Yekrenia (Yekrenese Spanish, "Republica Popular Yqraniana")
Year Commissioned: 1902
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Una Hermosa Caballera
Gender: Female
Character: Lanza Blanca is a woman who normally keeps her emotions in check, rarely demonstrating her feelings even when given the chance. Oddly enough, Lanza Blanca is very sarcastic and talks back to people when she needs to - something that made more modern battleships think twice in bad-mouthing and criticizing her antiquated design. While Lanza Blanca is not a masochist, she has a extraordinary pain threshold, since she not only survived multiple torpedo hits in both World Wars, but also hits from German vessels and aircraft alike - earning her the nickname among her crews, Madrina de Hierro ("Iron Godmother"). Contrary to the myth of Lanza Blanca's invincibility, Lanza Blanca actually had been trained and raised to tolerate pain and abuse, which even including getting shot at by her own friendly ships as target practice without flinching and then sail about the seas (fully repaired of course) as if nothing happened. Unfortunately, Lanza Blanca shows clear disdain of her training and cruel treatment back then, even going so far as to testing other ship girl's/boy's pain threshold (at their consent of course); however, Lanza Blanca is a reasonable fighter among her peers, showing honor and respect to an extent where she helps her peers back up after testing their pain threshold.
Special Abilities: Fiel Caballera ("Faithful Knight") - Lanza Blanca can utilize the armor and prestige of her knightly heritage to strike hopelessness and terror in the abyssals, essentially making herself appear and fight like a juggernaut to the enemy.

Technical Description of the Vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 52,561 Tons
Length (overall): 216m (708ft)
Width: 28.67m (94ft)
Draught: 9.7m (32ft)
Propulsion: 20 Boilers (Coal-Fired), 4 Uniflow Engines, 4 Shafts
Speed: 24 Knots
Complement: 1,184 to 2,204
Armament:
- 2 x Twin-Barreled 16.7in Naval Guns (En Echelon; 1x Front Port, 1x Rear Starboard)
- 10 x Twin-Barreled 5in Gun Turrets (3x Front Port and 2x Front Starboard; 3x Rear Starboard and 2x Rear Port)
- 25 x QF 2-Pounder Naval Guns (British-Made; added in 1932)
- 28 x Machine Guns (Originally built with 20 Machine Guns)
Armour:
- 600mm Armored Deck
- 400mm Side Armor (Inclined 14 Degrees)
- 420mm (Main Turrets; All Round)
Aircraft Carried: 4 x Arado Ar 196 (German-Imported; Pre-1940)
Aviation Facilities: 2 x Catapults (Added in 1932)
Notes: Armor thickness was kept a state secret until 2003. Interestingly, Lanza Blanca was once a close friend to the Bismarck Class Battleship; however, after the sinking of the HMS Hood, Lanza Blanca (as well as Yekrenia all together) took vengeance and showed bitter resentment to all German ships until the beginning of the Cold War. .

OOC-section:
RP-Sample: Last IC Post
Have you read and understood the rules?: Ahead Flank!

Accepted - glad to have you onboard!
If I may ask, though, why was her armour thickness a state secret until 2003?

[Yekrenia]

Personell file - Operational Sector Wide Sea - South West

Name: Armada Republicana Yqraniana (ARY) - Lanza Blanca ("White Lance")
Type:
- Pre Dreadnought Battleship (Until 1923)
- Super Dreadnought / Standard Battleship (Current)
Class: Lanza Blanca Class Battleship (Lead Ship)
Role:
- Capital Ship (until the end of WWII)
- Fleet Battleship (until 1919)
- Escort Battleship
- Heavy Fire Support
Nation of Origin: People's Republic of Yekrenia (Yekrenese Spanish, "Republica Popular Yqraniana")
Year Commissioned: 1902
Image or description of the ship girl/boy: Una Hermosa Caballera
Gender: Female
Character: Lanza Blanca is a woman who normally keeps her emotions in check, rarely demonstrating her feelings even when given the chance. Oddly enough, Lanza Blanca is very sarcastic and talks back to people when she needs to - something that made more modern battleships think twice in bad-mouthing and criticizing her antiquated design. While Lanza Blanca is not a masochist, she has a extraordinary pain threshold, since she not only survived multiple torpedo hits in both World Wars, but also hits from German vessels and aircraft alike - earning her the nickname among her crews, Madrina de Hierro ("Iron Godmother"). Contrary to the myth of Lanza Blanca's invincibility, Lanza Blanca actually had been trained and raised to tolerate pain and abuse, which even including getting shot at by her own friendly ships as target practice without flinching and then sail about the seas (fully repaired of course) as if nothing happened. Unfortunately, Lanza Blanca shows clear disdain of her training and cruel treatment back then, even going so far as to testing other ship girl's/boy's pain threshold (at their consent of course); however, Lanza Blanca is a reasonable fighter among her peers, showing honor and respect to an extent where she helps her peers back up after testing their pain threshold.
Special Abilities: Fiel Caballera ("Faithful Knight") - Lanza Blanca can utilize the armor and prestige of her knightly heritage to strike hopelessness and terror in the abyssals, essentially making herself appear and fight like a juggernaut to the enemy.

Technical Description of the Vessel:

Technical Data
Displacement: 52,561 Tons
Length (overall): 216m (708ft)
Width: 28.67m (94ft)
Draught: 9.7m (32ft)
Propulsion: 20 Boilers (Coal-Fired), 4 Uniflow Engines, 4 Shafts
Speed: 24 Knots
Complement: 1,184 to 2,204
Armament:
- 2 x Twin-Barreled 16.7in Naval Guns (En Echelon; 1x Front Port, 1x Rear Starboard)
- 10 x Twin-Barreled 5in Gun Turrets (3x Front Port and 2x Front Starboard; 3x Rear Starboard and 2x Rear Port)
- 25 x QF 2-Pounder Naval Guns (British-Made; added in 1932)
- 28 x Machine Guns (Originally built with 20 Machine Guns)
Armour:
- 600mm Armored Deck
- 400mm Side Armor (Inclined 14 Degrees)
- 420mm (Main Turrets; All Round)
Aircraft Carried: 4 x Arado Ar 196 (German-Imported; Pre-1940)
Aviation Facilities: 2 x Catapults (Added in 1932)
Notes: Armor thickness was kept a state secret until 2003. Interestingly, Lanza Blanca was once a close friend to the Bismarck Class Battleship; however, after the sinking of the HMS Hood, Lanza Blanca (as well as Yekrenia all together) took vengeance and showed bitter resentment to all German ships until the beginning of the Cold War. .

OOC-section:
RP-Sample: Last IC Post
Have you read and understood the rules?: Ahead Flank!

Accepted - glad to have you onboard!
If I may ask, though, why was her armour thickness a state secret until 2003?

At the time of her construction, she was originally design to directly brawl with the Argentinian, Chilean, and Brazilian navies, and eventually the Spanish and US navies...all at once. Having the thickest armor ever built on a warship before the Yamato Class Battleship, Lanza Blanca was meant to be a floating juggernaut, a superweapon of the early 20th century. Subsequently, Lanza Blanca's designers and the military kept her armor thickness a state secret, hoping to prevent any of the other naval powers from building a rival/counter to Lanza Blanca; however, it was only by coincidence that the Inperial Japanese built the Yamato Class Battleship retaining similar armor thickness to Lanza Blanca...basically no knowledge of Lanza Blanca's armour thickness, except for the fact that she 'appeared' outdated and elderly (a belief that spelled doom for every naval power that tried to sink Lanza Blanca).

[The Selkie]

Accepted - glad to have you onboard!
If I may ask, though, why was her armour thickness a state secret until 2003?

At the time of her construction, she was originally design to directly brawl with the Argentinian, Chilean, and Brazilian navies, and eventually the Spanish and US navies...all at once. Having the thickest armor ever built on a warship before the Yamato Class Battleship, Lanza Blanca was meant to be a floating juggernaut, a superweapon of the early 20th century. Subsequently, Lanza Blanca's designers and the military kept her armor thickness a state secret, hoping to prevent any of the other naval powers from building a rival/counter to Lanza Blanca; however, it was only by coincidence that the Inperial Japanese built the Yamato Class Battleship retaining similar armor thickness to Lanza Blanca...basically no knowledge of Lanza Blanca's armour thickness, except for the fact that she 'appeared' outdated and elderly (a belief that spelled doom for every naval power that tried to sink Lanza Blanca).

I see - so, being a pre-dreadnought with a super-battleship's armour, it served her well. The boilers and engines must be mighty devices to still propel her to 24 knots, which certainly explain her 'fuel tanks'... speaking of which, in howfar is she affected by the usual disadvantages of uniflow steam engines?

[Yekrenia]

At the time of her construction, she was originally design to directly brawl with the Argentinian, Chilean, and Brazilian navies, and eventually the Spanish and US navies...all at once. Having the thickest armor ever built on a warship before the Yamato Class Battleship, Lanza Blanca was meant to be a floating juggernaut, a superweapon of the early 20th century. Subsequently, Lanza Blanca's designers and the military kept her armor thickness a state secret, hoping to prevent any of the other naval powers from building a rival/counter to Lanza Blanca; however, it was only by coincidence that the Inperial Japanese built the Yamato Class Battleship retaining similar armor thickness to Lanza Blanca...basically no knowledge of Lanza Blanca's armour thickness, except for the fact that she 'appeared' outdated and elderly (a belief that spelled doom for every naval power that tried to sink Lanza Blanca).

I see - so, being a pre-dreadnought with a super-battleship's armour, it served her well. The boilers and engines must be mighty devices to still propel her to 24 knots, which certainly explain her 'fuel tanks'... speaking of which, in howfar is she affected by the usual disadvantages of uniflow steam engines?

Her uniflow steam engines allowed her to free up space for more coal bunkers and ammunition; however, unlike her previous propulsion system (which were triple expansion steam engines prior to her modernization), Lanza Blanca's designers sacrificed horsepower for simpler maintenance and greater reliability, so she was reduced from 29 knots to her current 24 knots after her modernization. Plus, unlike most other naval superpowers, Yekrenia had no native oil deposits, so Lanza Blanca (including the other large Yekrenese warships) remained stuck with coal and water to generate steam, and her uniflow steam engines left her at an economical speed of 8 knots (24 knots is her maximum top speed). Consequently, when Lanza Blanca became involved in chasing down the Bismarck, Lanza Blanca was only outpacing HMS Rodney by 0.5 knots (Bismarck being 31 knots and Prinz Eugen being 33.5 knots), and later arriving to sink the Bismarck...ten minutes after the first salvo was fired upon the wounded Bismarck.

In simpler words, Lanza Blanca sacrificed strength for reliability and stamina - something that allowed fast battleships and battlecruisers to spin half-circles around her. In the form of a shipgirl, comparing Lanza Blanca to Musashi would be like putting the T-900 (Female Terminator) against the T-X (Female Anti-Terminator) side by side (T-900 = Lanza Blanca; T-X = Musashi).

P.S. I see what you did there when you're talking about 'fuel tanks'. Isn't that kind of...naughty? I'm sorry, I'm morbidly curious.

[North Arkana]

There's so many things which seem off with those numbers in the technical specifications that I don't even know where to start. Give me a couple hours to actually line up the numbers.