mv dreaming star (floating university refit)
This version is the university version.
to drive it go to the bridge.
please do not claim as your own
the history of the ship:
Launched in 1943 from a hidden coastal shipyard during the height of World War II, the Dreaming Star was originally designed as a fast troop transport and hospital vessel, under the code name Project Aurora. Her clean hull lines and reinforced superstructure were ahead of their time — an engineering marvel meant to carry hope and recovery into the heart of darkness.
after the war she was in passenger service in the union star line livery but by 1960 she was put up for sale.
Decades after war, the Dreaming Star was rediscovered in drydock, weathered but still strong. A coalition of educators, explorers, and philanthropists purchased and restored her, renaming her Dreaming Star in honor of young minds chasing knowledge across the sea.
By 1973, she set sail as a floating university, with lecture halls in former cargo bays, labs in old infirmaries, and a glass dome observatory on her upper deck. Hundreds of students from around the world boarded her every year for immersive education in oceanography, engineering, world history, and more.
In the early 2000s, the Dreaming Star began suffering structural fatigue. Her hull — never meant to last over 60 years — was showing signs of age. Plans to dock her permanently as a museum were drafted, but before they could be realized, she embarked on one last tour of the North Waters.
Tragedy struck in 2004, during a sudden polar storm off the arctic fringe. Buffeted by rogue waves and caught in a violent roll, the Dreaming Star capsized after a ballast failure caused a permanent tilt to port. While most students and staff were rescued by nearby vessels, the ship herself could not be saved.
