Chapter 181: Brig Destroyer
At the request and investment of the president of the Brady Ship Designers Association, the Brady shipyard carried out the rapid construction of the brig destroyer built by Daliang, and finally drove the battleship out of the dock within the time requested by President Adolf.
A modified ship of a brig was launched, which did not attract the attention of other moored warships. The brig is so balanced that it can't be changed again. Only the little pirates who just entered the industry and didn't even have a three-masted battleship would take the trouble to retrofit the existing two-masted battleship.
However, when the pirates at the docks found out that the three presidents of the Brady Ship Designers Guild had appeared at the docks at the same time and boarded the brig together, they were not calm.
The three presidents of the Brady Ship Designers Guild are pirate treasures. Advanced Ship Designers can design and modify the Three-Mated Battleship, and pirates who want to add a Three-masted Battleship can also grab ships at sea in addition to purchasing drawings from the Brady Ship Designers Guild. However, in order to transform the basic model of the three-masted battleship into a three-masted modified ship suitable for pirate raiding, it is necessary to ask the three leaders to do it.
As a result, the three senior ship designers have the respect of all pirates, and the words of the three guildmen are sometimes more effective than the orders issued by the Brady Council.
Now the three presidents have boarded a brig that has just been launched at the same time.
All the pirates couldn't help but wonder, what is the origin of this ship?
After many inquiries, the news of a mid-level ship designer being promoted to the evaluation came out, and this two-masted modified ship was used for the rating.
As for who is this mid-level ship designer? And what are the strengths of this brig? Not much information has come out yet.
But to be able to alarm the three presidents to participate in the evaluation together, this brig must have very outstanding characteristics.
For a time, most of the pirates in Brady City gathered on the docks, and the sky was full of pirates who knew how to fly and rode flying mounts.
Everyone watched the two-masted conversion ship that was about to start testing.
Ryo accompanied the three guildmen aboard the newly built brig, and because he was so young, he was taken as an apprentice by the pirates to the guilds.
Brig Battleship (Faster Faster, Stronger Defense, Tentative Type: Brig Destroyer)
Gross load capacity: 140 (original 150)
Weapons: 20
Steering force: 95
Propulsion: 81 (former 75)
Standard sailor: 50
Necessary sailors: 10
Maximum sailor: 70
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After Da Liang got the data of the new ship, and then checked it with his own design, he said to the three presidents: "This brig destroyer has modified the structure and shape of the bow to effectively improve the speed by reducing the water resistance.
I thought that the two-masted destroyer, which had received the increased speed, would have an advantage in seizing the position in naval battles and could be responsible for more combat missions, so I strengthened the hull's defensive capability when it was difficult to effectively increase the firepower, and thickened the hull side board by 13%.
In the case of a naval battle with a brig-class battleship, my brig destroyer has absolute superiority; Against the three-masted battleship, the Brig Destroyer also uses increased speed and defense to increase its survivability.
The ship's storage was reduced from 150 to 140 in base due to the reduction in the renovation. ”
Listening to Da Liang's introduction, the three presidents still couldn't believe that the transformation of a ship with an 8% speed increase and a 13% defense increase was only achieved by reducing 10 warehouses. If all this is true, it is definitely a cross-generational design change for the brig.
The three presidents, who were in the mood to witness the historical moment, immediately began the evaluation process of the brig destroyer.
First, the materials and structure of the hull were checked to see if they matched the data on paper, especially the thickened planks and storage capacity were carefully measured and calculated.
There are also hidden dangers in the internal structure of the hull after the change.
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There are no problems, no problems with all measurements.
The three guild leaders couldn't believe that such a well-laid out battleship was the work of a mid-level designer, some of which they thought they couldn't do.
Genius, what a genius.
They hadn't seen such a gifted designer since the last genius ship designer left Brady.
Immediately after confirming that there were no problems with the hull, Chairman Adolf announced sea trials of the brig.
While the three captains inspected the brig, the pirates waited anxiously on the docks, and soon the sails were raised and the ship moved.
If a pirate were asked to look at the merits of a ship from its structure and design, they would probably not see anything, but if they were asked to look at a ship sailing, he could easily see the strengths and weaknesses of the ship.
As soon as the brig had been activated, the pirates immediately noticed the ship's acceleration advantage over ordinary brigs.
The test brig left the dock and accelerated towards the middle of the inner lake, getting faster and faster, and when it reached the base speed of a brig, its speed still increased.
At this time, the pirates finally knew why a brig would attract three guild leaders to test it together, it was really too fast!
Do all pirates know what speed means to them?
In the event of a naval battle, a little faster means that you can get a little bit of a head start and take advantage of it, and that means who will survive the battle.
And the increase in speed of this two-masted ship is definitely not a little, 5%?
No!
It's definitely above 5%!
This brig has aroused the interest of all pirates, and if a 5% increase in speed does not weaken the other performance of the hull much, you can consider introducing a batch of such speed-enhanced brigs to improve the patrol capabilities of your fleet.
The pirates carefully watched every detail of the sea trial.
The number of guns did not change, 12-pounder iron smoothbore guns, standard guns for brigs.
The appearance, the ship's superstructure, steering, etc., do not seem to have changed much.
The increase in the speed of the ship should be achieved by reducing the weight of the hull with less materials, and the reduction of the dead weight represents a decrease in the structure and defense of the hull.
What can a battleship with such a long speed do? It depends on how the owner uses it.
In short, there are three presidents who personally conduct the test...... Shelling, sharp turns, serpentine maneuvers, this ship has no problem driving and fighting after being transformed, and it is a very good modified ship.
Now wait for the test results of this brig modification ship to come out, and then according to the evaluation of the three presidents, it will be decided to order several such ships.
For the reinforcement of such an unreasonable battleship, the three guild leaders did not dare to be sloppy in the test, and the entire actual testing process lasted from morning to evening......
When the brig destroyer docked again, the three captains dragged their tired bodies down from the battleship.
Eager to know the results of the test, the pirates gathered around, demanding that the Brig's properties be announced now.
The ship designer who served the pirates did not have much of a shelf, and President Adolf, who was surrounded by him, said using amplification magic: "I am very honored to be able to test this brig destroyer myself, and by naming it, it can be seen that this brig is more combat-oriented, and through testing, we also believe that it can fulfill the duties assigned to it by the designer."
An 8% speed increase, which is close to the theoretical limit of a brig, and I have never seen a ship in my life that can increase speed to this extent. It's a miracle, and I don't even see how this acceleration is possible.
However, its designers were not satisfied with the increase in speed, and he gave the ship more performance by modifying the design.
13% Defense Boost!
You heard you right...... It was this two-masted destroyer that achieved an 8% speed boost and a 13% defense boost. Compared to these, the reduction of 10 warehouses is simply not worth mentioning.
I didn't believe there was such a brig before today, but it was literally parked next to me right now.
From this moment on, I can tell all of you that all the brigs in your hands can be eliminated!
All the brigs in this world can be eliminated! ”