>>41171145>It would be far better to construct some sort of an ice-breaking or ice-melting device or glyph at the bow of the ship, rather than try to lift the whole boat.That was the initial thought, Clock. Problem is, I'm fairly certain the amount of heat needed to melt through those ice sheets in such a cold environment would drain the chuubanite faster than utilizing ice breaking methods would, also that's what chuubanite hull means, the hull is being tilted upwards to allow ice to flow into it underneath, then lowering down to climb the ice, it's not doing a hover on the ship if that was what you thought. If you utilized the shape of a hull that was made to naturally traverse artic environments and hazardous ice structures and mixed chuubanite lifting with the benefits of the ship's construction, there's a likely chance that you'd be able to get through a fair bit of ice without needing to use your lift, only actually needing to use it when it became clear that the pack ice was too thick or tall in height for the ship to be able to squeeze out of. If you're conservative and make sure you only use your chuubanite when you need to, you could very well be able to make it back without running out entirely in an area where the curved hull of a boat like the Koch would need to utilize the lift.
>>41171145Clock I don't look at something after it's done, I barely know what to search in the archives to look it up
