...having to do with 'military' instead, given that's the common link between both army and navy. ;)

Thanks!

-July

Glad you enjoyed it! And yes, well, subtle is most definitely a word. Definitely. Yep. (As confirmed, it is indeed gender neutral. We have rates that are similar, such as yeoman and legalman, and I can't forget the other undesignated options in airman and fireman, of course.)

While naval novels are indeed a thing, I do not think I have it in me to be the next Tom Clancy, though I am really happy you enjoyed it that much to warrant a comparison.

-July

As for Pokemon, deck seamen especially seem to be obsessed with it, and on my ship we have Pokemon tournaments on the messdecks.

The real person the big guy in there's based on is actually the whole department's pokemon champion. A true master.

As for the Charles de Gaulle, it might be a bit difficult to take, considering they're currently sailing around.

And it turns out that the Royal Navy has 'Invincible-Class' ships. They are, also, light aircraft carriers.
If the light ones are invincible, I'd love to see the heavy ones.

Also, it's impressive how immediately likeable the rescue-boat people are.
Interesting, that, how differing speech-patterns and references to hobbies can give humanity to a character so quickly.

And that that part worked out for you; I did have concerns about the POV shift, but it was really the only way to continue the story and continue to show things.

(And ew, why would we steal your old smelly ships when we have plenty of our own smelly ships?)

-July, who has it on reliable word that the male deck and engineering berthing smells horrid