Re: Earth Bond Chapter 21 Discussion (spoilers!)
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:10 am
Well, speaking as an engineer who has worked on ocean going vessels, it would be much easier for a water dragon to stop a vessel than to move one at high speed. All they'd have to do is approach a ship under full power and create one of those air bubbles they use to help Kell dive deep, but form it around the propeller of the ship. If the ship was running at full speed that lack of water would cause any form of engine power to over-rev because of the sudden loss of torque load, which would more than likely damage the engine - as well as bearings, drive shaft, etc. However if the bubble was collapsed just before the destruction point of the over-reving engine, the resulting shock of the re-applied torque would cause almost instant destruction to any drive train - either destroying the engine, the drive shaft or the propeller itself. Even if it just popped a shear-pin, changing one of those on a large ships drive train is a right rank biatch, because with the amount of torque on them. They create havoc when they shear and since they are often placed in one of the deepest, dankest, most inaccessible places on the vessel a snapped shear pin is not a welcome problem for the crew.
Not only that, but any captain of a sea going vessel would want the WHOLE drive train checked out after an episode of that sort, just to be sure that nothing else was damaged. All of that takes time and it's usually not done at sea.
Not only that, but any captain of a sea going vessel would want the WHOLE drive train checked out after an episode of that sort, just to be sure that nothing else was damaged. All of that takes time and it's usually not done at sea.