Tyra was inside her room writing a few messages getting them ready to be sent out. She wasn't putting too much in the ones that she didn't know much about. There wasn't a need to put too much information just in case they fell into the wrong hands. Common knowledge only that wouldn't tip their hand to the walled cities. There was a pirate clan she had ran into a few years ago she did write a lengthy letter to since she was friends with a few of the officers. Hopefully they were still together and were willing to help her out.
"I wish there was a way to write all these letters much faster." She let out a heavy sigh rolling her shoulders and cracking her knuckles a bit. Since the meeting had ended, she had been researching and writing as much as possible. There were only a few letters left to write and then it would be time to send them out.
There was no guarantee that any of these letters would make a difference, but she had to at least try. Once she was done it would be time to finish her watch tower that would also become her home on the island. That was the real project she wanted to get started on.
She had done seven letters in total with two of them being the ones that she was counting on to work. The others were from research of the surrounding area doing her best to stay away from known routes that walled city patrols might sail. Tyra stacked the letters up on her desk leaning back in her chair a bit. It was now time to get them sent out and then it was off to building her watch tower.
Of course, V wouldn't be able to carry the letters since she was meant to be their personal message carrier. Thankfully the island now had plenty of other birds that could carry the messages to their destinations. She picked up the letters from her desk, shouldered her rifle, and made her way to the makeshift mail office.
"I want to send these out as quickly as possible. There is no time to waste. Do you have seven messenger birds available?" Tyra placed the letters on the table in front of the mail carrier member.
They picked the letters up looking at them one by one. "Sure, we can do this right away. Is there anything else you need Ms. Tyra?"
She wasn't used to hearing her name said like that. A soft chuckle escaped her lips as she put up a hand. "No need for the Ms. just Tyra is fine. That will be all thank you very much." She smiled waving at the mail carrier as she left the makeshift office.
Now it was time to get back to doing what she had wanted to do from the start. The base of the tower had already been completed thanks to some help from the workers on the island. The rest was up to her since this would not only be the main watch tower for the settlement, but also her home. There wasn't anyone she trusted to build it. She knew that Hugo was pretty skilled, but he needed to focus on the grand flagship. That was way more important than her watchtower home.
Tyra started by first drawing a few ideas on paper trying to get a good visual of what she wanted. There was a design shaped like a needed with a large area at the top that would serve as her main dwelling. However, after looking it over for a bit she realized with the tools and materials on hand it would most likely fall apart after a powerful storm. She placed that design to the side for now. Her second attempt was a square shape that had a dome at the top. This one was a bit more on point with the materials and tools they had on hand. However, it just didn't seem to fit her style completely.
She let out an exasperated sigh placing the second design off to the side. This time she closed her eyes and tried to envision the perfect watch tower home. It had to be something that reminded her of the old world but had the aesthetic to fit nicely in this newer world. She sat down on the base taking a quill in her hand beginning to trace a design out. She was going to do it without every opening her eyes. Even though her sight was by far her best ability she needed to allow her mind to craft the perfect place.
Her hand traced a cylinder from the base wide at the bottom and the top. The middle had a staircase that winded up towards the top of the tower. When she reached the top, a square floor was there extended out a bit to have six walls instead of just four. The roof was a dome with a crow's nest just like ship at the top with an area for her to snipe from. The square area would be her home with enough space for a small bathroom, a bed, and a work area. She continued to draw for a few more minutes with her eyes still tightly closed.
Once she had finished Tyra finally opened her eyes. The watch tower looked amazing, and it was the perfect place for her to live, work, and defend the entire island from attack. "Now that is a perfect watch tower home." She had a grin from ear to ear.
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Tyra walked over to the other two drawings balling them up and tossing them in a pile to be disposed of later. She grabbed one of the wooden posts jamming it into the ground and pinning the paper design to it. She took in a deep breath looked over the drawing and began to gather the necessary materials to start building her new watch tower home.
Hugo stood on the beach looking at all the ships now docked in the harbor. It didn't take them long to build it and the dry dock was made so well he could barely believe it. The shell of his ancestor's flag ship sat in the dry dock area. The bones of the ship were still good. Now all that needed to be done was making it seaworthy. Alexandria had a great many ships already including a ship that would put most any ship on the sea to shame. It was only a temporary flag ship since the one sitting in the dry dock was the one Alexandria really wanted. Hugo was hoping they could actually pull it off in time.
There was no doubt in his mind they could get it sailing again. The only question was could they get it done before the walled cities made another move on them. While the bones of the legendary flag ship were amazing there was still much to be done before it was seaworthy not to mention battle ready. Of course, if there was anyone that could do it Hugo and his team were one of the few around today that could. Hugo took in a deep breath and grabbed the blueprints in front of him.
The legendary flag ship at a minimum of ten decks which meant there were at least twenty cannons on one side alone. He knew the ship needed to be longer than most since making it too tall would just bring disaster. Of course, the ship couldn't be too long either or turning would be next to impossible. There weren't any pictures drawn of the ship in its prime nor was there any written accounts of the ship at least none they could get a hold of. The blueprints in his hand were also the only set which were found on the island were the ship had been discovered.
"We need to figure out exactly how long it was, or something is going to go terribly wrong. These blueprints don't give the total length from bow to stern. Has anyone found anything else inside the ship that is salvageable?" Hugo was standing closer to the ship now elevated above the dry dock area calling down to all his workers. Even though they were the ones that found it there had not been enough time to search every single place so hopefully someone would come across something that could be of help.
Hugo knew that they couldn't add too many decks to the ship since it would make the ship very slow. There was also the danger of it sinking before it was even able to do anything. They didn't have to use heavy cannons since that would be too much weight. However, if they used lighter cannons and had a great number of them it would do more damage at a quicker rate. He was going to try and make at least five decks. He also wanted to have guns on the back and front of the ship just in case they couldn't turn for whatever reason.
"Sir I think we found something that might help us." One of the crew said as they ran up to him holding a small, long metal case. It looked like a spear case, but when you knocked on it a howl sound rung out.
A smile crept across Hugo's face as he took the metal case from the crew member. He opened it very carefully grasping what appeared to be a rolled-up piece of paper. His smile widened as he pulled it out walking over to the workbench not far from where they were standing. Hugo laid it out on the table as his eyes widen. It was a finished blueprint of the ship giving the length and height of the ship.
"Very good work everyone. It looks like we found a full blueprint of the ship. It would seem the ship had six decks and was the longest ship of its time. I'm not exactly sure of the length at the moment, but just by looking at these blueprints it is longer than any ship we have and certainly longer than anything the walled city navy as at the moment." Hugo weight down the blueprints and they began discussing how to start rebuilding the ship with the current frame.
Of course, first they had trim off all the wood that was no longer good to use. After that they began bringing new lumber over and getting it cut to size. The outer frame needed to be completed first before anything else. Hugo also had his men extend the dry dock out into the shallows since the current dry dock was long enough to accommodate the length of the ship.
They extended the dry dock out first making a gate at the end so that when the ship was finished, they could easily get it on the water. Everyone was called over to help with the work. There wasn't a single worker on a break and everyone who was on standby was called in to assist.
Hugo stood at the desk going over the blueprints as many times as he could. There was no way he was going to make a mistake especially now since this find was one of the greatest in history. There was also the fact this ship wasn't just a piece of history it was also a piece of his family. Even though there was no one else alive in his family but him he was going to show them all the glory the next leader of all pirates was going to bring to this world.
Of course, that leader was Alexandria. Even though Hugo wanted to be the leader himself at first there was no denying he didn't hold a candle to Alexandria's power. He would rather serve under her as a commander than ever be across from her in any type of battle.
The sound of hammers, saws, the waves, and birds echoed around the dry dock. All the sounds filled him with so much joy. It wouldn't be long before the flag ship was finished. Of course, once it was done, they would have to name it. He couldn't think of anything at the moment however when the time came it would only be fitting that Alexandria give her flag ship a name. A devious smile crossed his face as he tried to think of what name she would give it.