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So, this is somewhat related to cv-8 being dragged to Rabaul for inspection. aka IJN capturing Hornet at Santa Cruz... Props to whoever initially did the Hornet snips that inspired this.. I can't be bothered to sift thru near 400 pages...
So, yeah. Taiho was only 7 or so months from completion; freezing her wasn't too big of deal [at least, to me] in order to repair Hornet. I do note that fact that it likely wouldve taken longer due to the need to relabel things to Japanese.
The choice to keep the cv-8 on the deck is to troll Americans.
I watched a few videos before doing this... Drachinifel only seems to briefly go into Santa Cruz in the two Hornets video, and the Taiho video. He mentions in the latter video about how cool sounding most of the Japanese carrier/ship names are; Taiho meant Great Phoenix. And they had the Unryuu class as well, where the ryuu portion means Dragon. Which again, is cool.
Its difficult for me to decide which spelling of names I want to use, Hoshou or Housho... Yeah.
There's also possible freezing of the Unryuu class, or freezing of Shinano's conversion. Yes Japan's economy was in poor shape, but they had options if they had captured Hornet to use allocated resources from other ships to repair her.
Thoughts?
What if it was the opposite, what if Hornet snapped when her own Navy failed to scuttle her and failed at such a simple task?
The blonde spirit leaned upon her listing deck, watching her escorts retreating after trying, and failing, to scuttle her hull. "What the, finish the job you started, Cowards!" She glowered at the receding ships until they disappeared into the growing depths of the night. She noted some people coming aboard, but she felt exhausted....
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".....I see, well, let's take it then. Rig some tow lines...."
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The chief dockyard manager looked at the Admiral as his report was read. "So, you recommend repairing this carrier instead of, say, finishing the Taiho?" The Admiral asked.
"Hai, this ship has one of the strongest keels I've ever seen, compared....."
"....I see. Make the preparations then..."
"Yes sir."
"....And you will be going with as well."
"....Hai."
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"So, Taiho was frozen for this?" A junior Admiral remarked, looking up at the captured American carrier. A few dents from torpedoes, some obviously patched areas, but for the most part, the hull looked pretty good.
"Indeed so. Using Taiho's allotments should get this carrier, the Kouryuu, operational in two months."
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"Sir?"
"Keep the deck labeled as it is. CV-8."
"...Hai."
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Almond colored eyes opened to regard her surroundings with a bit of confusion. She looked up at her mainmast, squinting at the flag of the U-wait-Rising Sun?! Her head rose, compelling the blonde tresses to rise with the movement as she surveyed her new home port.
"Welcome home Kouryuu." The voice had the tall blonde spin around to behold a smaller carrier nearby, her memories slowly matching recognition profiles.
"Housho? What's going on?" She was Hornet wasn't she? Her deck had CV-8 painted on it still, but..... her structure.... had a yellow dragon on it. The spirit squinted at the new sigil as the Japanese carrier explained.
"You are Kouryuu, or Yellow Dragon now. Better than an insect no?"
Kouryuu slowly traced her new sigil, somehow, the artists had managed to incorporate the hornet into the dragon itself, which was impressive actually. The blonde smiled and nodded slightly. "Yes," She replied faintly, "a Dragon is better than an insect." The restored carrier looked around, "So why would you save me instead of sink me?"
Housho shrugged as best she could, "From what I've heard, the people at Rabaul decided to survey your hull before deciding either way. Your new chief engineer was the one who recommended you be saved after hearing thoughts from some of the people who boarded you initially....."
"I see... Well, this'll be interesting nonetheless." Kouryuu remembered how her former escorts had tried to scuttle her and failed, she looked up at the older carrier. "So when can I expect to sortie?"
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The blonde spirit leaned upon her listing deck, watching her escorts retreating after trying, and failing, to scuttle her hull. "What the, finish the job you started, Cowards!" She glowered at the receding ships until they disappeared into the growing depths of the night. She noted some people coming aboard, but she felt exhausted....
---------------------
".....I see, well, let's take it then. Rig some tow lines...."
=====================================
The chief dockyard manager looked at the Admiral as his report was read. "So, you recommend repairing this carrier instead of, say, finishing the Taiho?" The Admiral asked.
"Hai, this ship has one of the strongest keels I've ever seen, compared....."
"....I see. Make the preparations then..."
"Yes sir."
"....And you will be going with as well."
"....Hai."
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"So, Taiho was frozen for this?" A junior Admiral remarked, looking up at the captured American carrier. A few dents from torpedoes, some obviously patched areas, but for the most part, the hull looked pretty good.
"Indeed so. Using Taiho's allotments should get this carrier, the Kouryuu, operational in two months."
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"Sir?"
"Keep the deck labeled as it is. CV-8."
"...Hai."
=========================================
Almond colored eyes opened to regard her surroundings with a bit of confusion. She looked up at her mainmast, squinting at the flag of the U-wait-Rising Sun?! Her head rose, compelling the blonde tresses to rise with the movement as she surveyed her new home port.
"Welcome home Kouryuu." The voice had the tall blonde spin around to behold a smaller carrier nearby, her memories slowly matching recognition profiles.
"Housho? What's going on?" She was Hornet wasn't she? Her deck had CV-8 painted on it still, but..... her structure.... had a yellow dragon on it. The spirit squinted at the new sigil as the Japanese carrier explained.
"You are Kouryuu, or Yellow Dragon now. Better than an insect no?"
Kouryuu slowly traced her new sigil, somehow, the artists had managed to incorporate the hornet into the dragon itself, which was impressive actually. The blonde smiled and nodded slightly. "Yes," She replied faintly, "a Dragon is better than an insect." The restored carrier looked around, "So why would you save me instead of sink me?"
Housho shrugged as best she could, "From what I've heard, the people at Rabaul decided to survey your hull before deciding either way. Your new chief engineer was the one who recommended you be saved after hearing thoughts from some of the people who boarded you initially....."
"I see... Well, this'll be interesting nonetheless." Kouryuu remembered how her former escorts had tried to scuttle her and failed, she looked up at the older carrier. "So when can I expect to sortie?"
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So, yeah. Taiho was only 7 or so months from completion; freezing her wasn't too big of deal [at least, to me] in order to repair Hornet. I do note that fact that it likely wouldve taken longer due to the need to relabel things to Japanese.
The choice to keep the cv-8 on the deck is to troll Americans.
I watched a few videos before doing this... Drachinifel only seems to briefly go into Santa Cruz in the two Hornets video, and the Taiho video. He mentions in the latter video about how cool sounding most of the Japanese carrier/ship names are; Taiho meant Great Phoenix. And they had the Unryuu class as well, where the ryuu portion means Dragon. Which again, is cool.
Its difficult for me to decide which spelling of names I want to use, Hoshou or Housho... Yeah.
There's also possible freezing of the Unryuu class, or freezing of Shinano's conversion. Yes Japan's economy was in poor shape, but they had options if they had captured Hornet to use allocated resources from other ships to repair her.
Thoughts?