Departments · Each Is a Ship

The Fleet

Six departments. Six ships. Every department moors at its own berth and sails its own curriculum.

The Harbor ☠ The Fleet
H.M.S. Educate & Plunder
Navigation & Wayfinding
Keel-laid1654
Crew210
Sails (courses)9
Top speed14 kn
CaptainProf. M. Vance
"The campus itself. The Great Hall is her wheelhouse. Her bell is the college’s heartbeat."
💣 32-Pounder Ammunition · Explosive
The Broadside
Artillery & Cannon Science
Keel-laid1671
Crew140
Sails (courses)7
Top speed12 kn
CaptainProf. I. Blackbeard
"Has never missed a deadline or a target. Her deck is always slightly sootier than the others. With pride."
🪦
Buried Alive
Treasure Recovery & Cartography
Keel-laid1688
Crew185
Sails (courses)11
Top speed10 kn
CaptainDr. C. Quill
"Her hold smells of wet sand and good maps. Half her charts are real. The other half are promises."
The Tightrope
Ropes & Rigging Engineering
Keel-laid1702
Crew120
Sails (courses)8
Top speed15 kn
CaptainCapt. (ret.) R. Flint
"Fastest ship in The Fleet. Mostly because of the students. The knots are load-bearing; so are the friendships."
Feather’s Folly
Parrot Husbandry & Marine Biology
Keel-laid1848
Crew95
Sails (courses)6
Top speed9 kn
CaptainProf. Feather III
"Crewed by 95 humans and 95 very small lecturers. The small ones set the syllabus. The big ones comply."
The Anvil’s Wake
Naval Architecture & Blacksmithing
Keel-laid1790
Crew110
Sails (courses)7
Top speed11 kn
CaptainMrs. M. Oat (Adj.)
"The sound of her workshop can be heard two bays away. Her capstone boats have survived three storms and one very rude whale."
The lower deck of a wooden pirate ship
Berth 2: The Broadside. Yes, that’s the goat. He’s enrolled.

How The Fleet Works

Departments here are ships, because at sea a department is just a ship with a reading list.

The Fleetmaster is our dean. A semester is a voyage: it starts when the tide says so and ends when the Treasure Count does. Changing ships (departments) is called "hitching over", and it is allowed once per year, provided the other captain accepts your nerve test.

Classrooms are decks. Decks are classrooms. The weather is a co-teacher and has never once been cancelled.

— Fleetmaster A. "Grimtide" Crane, Dean

Pick Your Ship, Matey

All ships accept new crew. Some also accept grog, in emergencies.

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