Chapter 1,175 New Gauss Bertone
All crew members are busy preparing for the sea trial of the Gauss Bertone. Even if they complete the complete preparation process once, they will seize the moment before takeoff and complete it a second or third time. Make sure there are no inadvertent errors after takeoff.
This is not to say that they have no confidence in the new airship. The unfamiliarity with many of the equipment was expected, which made them prepare for takeoff as if they were facing a formidable enemy, because the takeoff of the old Gauss Bertone was also so unsafe.
A certain time traveler was not the original crew of the airship, and he did not even have much in-depth knowledge of the old Gauss Bertone. Because this already involves the confidential issue of the airship, no one has ever asked.
Because of this, Lin Ke didn't know the bitterness of the original crew members. It’s just that driving the most powerful war weapon of the Leon District Chapter and being able to board the ship to become one of them is an honor and a responsibility, so the magicians on the airship never complained.
But no matter what, the old Gauss Bertone is an airship that has been built for at least 200 years... How many people would dare to use this 200-year-old antique if it were left on Earth?
Under such circumstances, repairs to the old Gauss Bertone are of course inevitable. There have even been major and minor modifications, and the original appearance of this airship has long since disappeared. In terms of operation, there are many quirks or malfunctions, which are all classified as the unique "personality" of the airship and treated with caution.
Therefore, this time it is almost equivalent to a new rebuild. For the crew, as long as it still bears the same name of "Gauss Bertone", they think it is the same ship, and naturally they will pay attention to it in every possible way as usual.
On the other hand, if something goes wrong in the sky, everyone is a magician, and you may not die if you fall from a high altitude. But if the malfunctioning airship falls down, it will definitely not end well. Everyone hopes that they can maintain the honor of being an "airship crew"; but if the airship falls on their hands, it will become an indelible shame. So naturally we should try our best to avoid it.
For Halumi and Kaya, although it was not the first time to board an airship, the Gosbottom still brought them a different feeling. First of all, the first feeling is that it is big.
The Sid was previously modified by a goblin airship, a name that did not want to be mentioned, because the prototype was an airbag type airship. To maintain sufficient buoyancy, the airbag must be large enough and the cabin suspended below must be small enough. Therefore, after the modification, although the airbag design was abandoned, the Sid was still a small model among many airships.
The original layout of the modified interior of the Sid is similar to the passenger plane Lin flew on before traveling through. There are basically no compartments, which are connected from the wheelhouse at the bow to the stern. There was only a small single room that was barely separated, which was used as a semi-covered compartment to store luggage. But in actual use, when everyone has convenient needs during the flight, they are all solved in that small compartment.
It is unknown whether the goblins changed the layout of the cabin after that. Anyway, the self-destruction mechanism of the airship will only be triggered when those groups of particularly important devices are damaged or dismantled by outsiders without authorization. For the rest, Lin still let the goblins and his daughter do the modifications.
One of the reasons why the Sid was so small and crude was, of course, because when the Snow Mountain Kenan was being refitted, there were not many materials on hand to use. At that time, I just wanted to escape from such a dangerous situation safely as soon as possible. How could I have the leisure to go to the snowy mountains in winter to collect more materials to transform the airship.
As a large airship with a crew of more than 100 people and a maximum capacity of 150 people, the Gosbottom's interior layout is certainly not as petty as the Sid's. First, the internal layout is divided into inner and outer cabins, with upper and lower floors.
The outer cabin is mainly composed of walkways and attack gun emplacements, which are arranged close to the outer wall of the hull. This is also a buffer area for battle damage, so that attacks from outside the boat will not directly hit the internal cabin.
The inner cabin concentrates and classifies all functions to some extent and separates them into various cabins. Taking into account that the old Gauss Bertone will be anchored on the water, and the new Gauss Bertone may climb to a considerable height for combat, the separated cabins also consider a certain degree of water tightness and air tightness for pressurization.
In the internal compartment, the first section is the bridge, which concentrates all the functions of controlling the airship and has certain self-defense capabilities. This is to prevent outsiders from attacking the airship and immediately controlling the airship or destroying the flight of the airship. This design has been recognized by all the crew members of the Gauss Bertone. After all, this is a combat ship, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with protecting yourself.
The second one is the engine room. In addition to the engine, the energy pool used by the airship, and the most important floating assembly, are all separated in an independent cabin. This separation is mainly to provide protection. Secondly, it is due to the problem of engine exhaust gas. Although there is an exhaust device, some people with very sensitive noses will always smell a strange smell, so they simply separated it into single rooms.
Next is the restaurant that also functions as a conference room. However, to accommodate all the crew members to dine at the same time, the space requirement is too large, so basically the cabin capacity is only provided for the crew members to take turns to dine.
The rest is storage and cabins for living. Although someone came up with the design of a three-tiered hammock for sailors packed like sardines, it was no surprise that this design was rejected by everyone.
Those who can board the airship are basically formal magicians or warriors of the same status. If placed on Earth, these people could be regarded as military officers. If an officer is asked to live in an environment like that of a low-level sailor, I'm afraid the army will change on the spot.
Therefore, there are basically two types of cabins for living. One is for two people per room for the great magician. The upper level is a bed and the lower level has a table. Ordinarily, there is a room for four people, and the table that can be used by the great magician is turned into another bed for the magicians serving on the boat. Everyone has a vertical cabinet to store personal items.
Storage is divided into ordinary items, including food, and special items that require permission to use. In addition to thickening the partition walls, the latter's cabin also had a lock on the door and enchanted it so that no one could easily break it open.
As for the washroom space, it is divided into men and women. As a toilet that someone made his fortune in the holy city of Estali, it was of course brought to the airship and was well received. Juan will fill the toilet with the extra space on the airship, and then bring it back to Leon District for sale. Of course, there are also related crafts that you can take away along the way, including production and assembly. The royalties paid to the technical guild for this are quite large.
Even though the people on board the Gosbottom thought they were a combat airship. But in the past few years when Juan was the captain, the Gosbottom was the highest-level delivery boy in the Forum Mall and made a lot of extra money. Not only do the crew members get a share of the profits, but a large share also subsidizes the daily maintenance costs of the airship, which greatly reduces the burden on the Leon District Chapter.
Therefore, it is only normal to bring some souvenirs from the Holy City of Estali back to sell...
It's just a trial voyage, there's no need to stuff everything on board. The guests who were invited to the airship to participate in the trial voyage also entered the bridge at this time. With the brand new layout and many novel equipment, even the two young women who had been on the Sid opened their eyes and looked at everything curiously.