National Railroad's RMS Reliant Ocean Liner
NOTES:
-She takes a few minutes to start up once you light the boilers, please be patient.
SHIP STATS
Length: 56m
Top Speed: 10.2 Knots
Crew: 16(2 officers)
Passengers: 48(12 in 1st Class)
Functional Lifeboats, Steam Engine, Cargo Hatches, Wireless telegraph system & Autopilot(Thanks to Tajin: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1584578096)]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1584578096)[/url]
TANK TOPS(Forward to Aft):
-Forward Crew Access Ladder
-Forward Cargo Hold
-Aft Cargo Hold
-Mail Room and Crew Quarters
-Fireman's Passage
-Boiler Room 2
-Boiler Room 1
-Engine Room
-Generator Room
B DECK(Forward to Aft):
-Forward Crew Access Ladder
-Forward Steerage Compartment
-Aft Steerage Compartment
-1st Class Cabins
-1st Class Staircase
-1st Class Dining Saloon
-Galley
-Steerage Class Dining Saloon
-Crew Quarters
-Steering Gear
A DECK(Forward to Aft):
-Forecastle
-Captain's Quarters
-Chief Mate's Quarters
-Wireless room
-1st Class Staircase
-1st Class Lounge
-1st Class Cabins
-Steerage Cabins
-Steerage Stairwell
BOAT DECK(Forward to Aft)
-Bridge
-Lifeboats
STARTING THE VESSEL
Upon boarding the ship on A deck(Promenade Deck), make your way to the door labeled "Funnel Uptake Access Crew Only" and head down the ladder inside. This will take you to Boiler room 2(the forward boiler room). Press the button labeled "Light Boiler" on all 4 boilers then head aft to the engine room and turn the key switch labeled "Engine Pumps".
With all of these steps followed, you can make your way back to the bridge. Please note that the vessel will take a minute for the boilers to come to pressure before the ship is ready to move. You will be able to tell the ship is ready to move because white steam has stopped venting from the sides of the funnel(This is a built in buffer in case the devs once again change the way boilers work).
SINKING THE SHIP
To relive the sinking of the Reliant, you must first unlock the sinking by turning the key located on the back wall of Generator room aft of the Engine Room. Once that key has been turned make your way up to the bridge where you will find a now unlocked button labeled "Start Sinking". This will start a 22 second timer, at the end of which a charge will be detonated in the bottom of the ship, simulating the damage from a naval mine.
I Advise leaving the 2 doors from the promenade into the 1st Class Staircase open for the sinking as this will accelerate the final plunge.
SHIP HISTORY
This is my first publically released fictional ship of my own design.
Built in 1902 for the British National Railroad by Harland and Wolff, the RMS Reliant was designed for the Liverpool to Montreal route in the summer and fall and the Liverpool to New York Route in the spring and summer. While smaller than many of the more famous ships on these routes, she was still the pride of the British National Railroad's Steamship fleet and served as the line's flagship until 1910 when the Valiant entered service.
With the outbreak of World War 1 she was briefly conscripted into war service however spent most of 1914 and 1915 laid up in Liverpool before being pressed into convoy service on the North Atlantic, a role she filled rather uneventfully for the remainder of the war.
By 1919 she returned to commercial operations on the Atlantic, however they wouldn't last long.
On September 3rd, one day out from Liverpool bound for New York, Reliant struck a mine off the south coast of Ireland after straying into a slightly more southerly route. The damage from the mine was extensive and in spite of the crew's best efforts Reliant sank in just under half an hour, slipping beneath the waves before rescue could arrive.
