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| == The Characters == | | == The Characters == |
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| == The Lion Herself == | | == The Lion Herself == |
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− | Ship Name: Gilded Lion
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− | Type: Merchantman
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− | Gross Tonnage: 75 tons
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− | Liftwood: £20,000 ((refitted)) Tesla Lift System: £30,000
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− | Control Room 1 ton
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− | Armstrong Ether Propeller Eff: 20 P: 5 –
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− | Whitney-Lloyd Solar boiler £2,500 P: 5 10 tons (625 hp)
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− | Required crew / space required:
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− | Pilot: 1 / 1 ton
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− | Trimsman: 1 / 1 ton
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− | Engineer: 2 / 2 tons
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− | Steward: 1 / 1 ton
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− | Passengers: 5 / 5 tons
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− | Emergency Power L160 PowVal: 4 End: 4 days 16 tons (Batteries) (500hp)
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− | McPheney Air Screw L1600 PowVal: 4 8 tons (Electrically Powered)
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− | Conservatory L200 2 tons
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− | Brig L20 1 ton (4 prisoners)
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− | Cargo: 27 tons
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− | Ether Speed: 1 (1,300,000 miles/day)
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− | Aerial Speed: 15 (95 knots)
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− | '''Construction'''
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− | The Lion is nearly forty yards long with a beam of about twelve yards and has one and one-half decks, the lower portion of the hull being comprised of hold and the mechanical workings for the vessel, along with the routing conduits for the electric cabling that provides light and heat against the cold of the ether and the large canisters of compressed air, used both for maneuvering in the ethereal void by means of a cunning series of vents and valves, manipulated from the control room of the ship as well as, in an emergency, being a source of life-giving oxygen.
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− | Being initially of liftwood construction, the Lion is boatlike in appearance; a broad beam gives her a stability not found in those flyers given lift by suspending a 'gondola' beneath a large reinforced bag of hydrogen. Her soft underbelly, nestled betwixt six 'landing struts' (four on the primary hull, two on the extended 'fish tail' that houses both the Armstrong Ether Propeller and the McPheney Air Screw) are the hundreds of finely placed, thinly cut liftwood slats that provide lift at altitudes beneath 24,000 feet. These were replaced in 1887 by the electrically operated Tesla Lift System, which has roughly the same characteristics in regards to lift, but have an upper altitude of 30,000 feet, and are composed of a half-dozen thin steel plates.
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− | The most dominant feature of the Lion is the dorsally mounted Whitney-Lloyd Solar Boiler mechanism. Positioned exactly amidships upon a mechanical pivot, it consists of a water-filled boiler system and a large reflecting dish mirror and focusing device mounted at opposing ends of a large girder which itself is attached to the hull at the midpoint (both of the girder and of the hull) by a sturdy mechanical pivot. By means of this pivot, the entire mechanism can thusly be turned and angled while in flight to point the mirrors reflecting/focusing system towards the sun. The mirror itself reflects and concentrates the solar rays upon the boiler system, bringing the water to a boil, which then recirculates the resultant steam to the engine room, where it is used to generate electricity to run the ether propeller, charge the batteries, illuminate the vessel; the water itself circulates throughout the ship through the enclosed system and is forced through a steam-heating system to help heat the interior of the vessel, finally recirculating through the exterior intercoolers before returning in liquid form back to the solar boiler to begin the process again.
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− | ==The Adventure Proper==
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