Long Tom

A costly white elephant of a large rail gun built at the same time as the Britannia, when it was the USS Colorado. Can theoretically fire a bus into orbit, but in practice the shell would rip up the barrel's rails and would never clear the ship's deck. Robert Fisher wrote a college thesis called "Aiming for the Moon but Hitting Lido Deck" about how to modify Long Tom to make it operational.
Long Tom was placed into long-term storage in distilled water capped with oil to prevent rust damage. To access Long Tom, the water filling its chamber would have to be flooded into another compartment to equalise the pressure and allow the bulkhead to open. Long Tom's chamber is located directly beneath the golf course.
Once Robert is able to get Long Tom operational, the Britannia is put on Safeguard. Under Captain Lock's supervision and despite better judgement, Robert is able to fire a test shell and successfully sink a battleship.
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