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Revision as of 08:16, 24 May 2007
The Albacore is a submarine built by Widget Hackwrench to take revenge upon the Rescue Rangers. Commanded by Jürgen, it is featured in Under the Bridge and Sovereign by John Nowak and mentioned in Icarus by the same author.
History
The Research Vessel Albacore was designed and built by Widget. She used it to sink the cruise ship Minuscule as part of an elaborate plan to take revenge upon the Rangers for the abuse she suffered in the past. The boat was later leased by a team of rodent archaeologists for studying the lost culture of the Rats of Atlantis.
Construction
The Albacore is built out of a hot water heater, with welded bow and stern. It is described as being roughly the size of a torpedo, with Sovereign specifying the overall length of 20ft and diameter of 3ft. This is remarkably large for a rodent-sized vessel, especially a submarine.
The powerplant consists of a Nimnul Generator, which is capable of producing large amounts of static electricity and allows Albacore to operate for months without the need to return to port. Thrust is provided by a single pump-jet engine, capable of propelling the vessel also in reverse. The Albacore is mentioned to be capable of top speed above 20kts.
Like a conventional submarine, the Albacore has two sets of ruders for depth control in addition to ballast tanks, which can be filled with compressed air (blown) for emergency surface maneuver.
The boat's armament consists of four sets of saw blades running along the bow up to the bridge, which can be used to rupture the enemy ship's hull by ramming, and at least four bow torpedo tubes. Among the various torpedoes carried on board is the unique ice-inducing warhead, devised and constructed by Widget, designed to create a relatively small iceberg upon detonation.
See Also
Pump-jet on Wikipedia
