Georgia and Enterprise approach ther grandmother. She looks slightly different from what Georgia remembers. It might be the robotic crew or maybe the fact that there is a massive rocket attached to the hull of the ship.
"Enterprise are you seeing this too?" Georgia asks
"Halt scavangers!" Is said by a floating ball.
The metallic creation has 3 telescopic eyes and 3 arms hanging off the bottom of it. The Spudnik look alike was floating with some sort of rocket engine attached to the bottom of it.
"Scanning Scanning! Identified! USS Georgia and USS Enterprise… Ironsides wishes to conferwith you!" It says its robotic voice crackling a little like it is an old fashioned radio.
"I am confused.." Enterprise says
Georgia motions for Enterprise and to play along as the follow the floating robot.
After a walk through a robot crewed hull the reach the top deck.
"Ah! My great grandkids came to visit!" Is shouted from ahead of them by the helm.
"Hello Grandma Constitution." Georgia says with a smile as she's pulled into a hug by the old heavy frigate.
"So why have you decided to visit little old me? Because I can tell you I am going to get to the sea and pay back those commie bastards if it's the last thing I do!" Constitution says
"Okay? Um grandma you are already in the ocean." Enterprise says confused
"No no! You see I got these amazing rocket engines from a friend named tinker Tom! And I shall take to the sky and become an airship!" Constitution says
"Rocket engines?" Georgia asks
"Yes! It's called an XMB booster engine!" Constitution clarifies
"Isn't that a prototype nuclear rocket engine?" Georgia asks
Constitution makes a so-so sign with her hand.
Georgia knows she can't let her grandma fire those things off. The rockets would ruin Boston.
With a quick look, Enterprise knows that she needs to distract Constitution while Georgia does some work.
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"So Grandma why don't you tell me about the war of 1812?" Enterprise asks
"Oh? Do you want to hear stories of my glory days? I mean you are almost as important as me Enterprise. In fact I remember the first Enterprise she launched in 1799. You carried her name on well." Constitution says smiling
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Georgia is taking her time sabotaging the flight systems the first thing to go was the radar array no guidance no flight.
Afterwards she snuck below deck and blew about half a dozen fuses that powered the engines. Knowing that that would help until the next day when the curator arrived.
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Georgia eventually gets back to the top deck to see Constitution and Enterprise sitting down and talking.
"Let me tell you granddaughter I was surprised as anyone when the Guerriere's cannonballs bounce off. I was so tempted to sail to great Britain and raid the British countryside just like Ranger did during the revolutionary war! It was one hell of a day a day some of the steel balls just hit my side and rolled off. That's how I got the nickname of Ironsides." Constitution says
"What kind of wood was it again?" Georgia asks
"I am made of Live Oak from the state of Georgia. The best wood there is for shipbuilding!" Constitution says
"Right I remember Ryan talking about that in a video. New Jersey has a good Curator. We should take time to go visit them. New York isn't too far." Georgia says
Enterprise nods.
"I am so happy, that you all came to visit me! I usually just have Cassin here to keep me company. Could you tell the others to visit?" Constitution asks
"I'll bring them by when I can. Need to bring them back first." Georgia says with a smile
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When the morning sun rose the USS Constitution was restored to normal and a Mysterious Tinker Tom was arrested by the PRT.
The great grandmother somehow even managed to give Georgia and Enterprise Oil flavored cookies.