USS Mayflower

The "USS Mayflower" is a nuclear submarine that plays an important role in the plot of Sam's Story DLC for Metro Exodus.
==Overview==
The Mayflower is a submarine originally belonging to the Russian Navy, with Eduard Baranov serving as its captain. When the Great War of 2013 began, the crew docked the vessel in Vladivostok and established a settlement around it, using its nuclear reactors as a power source. However, the community was constantly threatened by bandits, until Tom, a former American arms dealer, proposed an alliance, which the Captain reluctantly accepted. Tom's men (led by Klim) managed to drive out the bandits, however, a major dispute broke out between him and the Captain over the future usage of the submarine - Tom wanted to restore its power plant and (mis)use its immense fear factor to subdue more surviving colonies, which the Captain strongly disagreed with. As a result, the Captain was forced to flee and is constantly being pursued by Tom's men, because he is the only one who knows critical information needed to restore the submarine into a working condition. Now named USS Mayflower, the submarine is under the command of Tom when Sam arrives to Vladivostok.
The fate of the submarine depends on which ending was achieved at the end of the story. It is either restored into working condition and used by Tom and Sam to sail to the United States, or blown up by Sam to prevent Tom's plan of misusing it to force more survivors to join him.
==Trivia==
*The submarine's design seems to be based on the Class 941 Akula "Shark" (known in the West as the Typhoon class), a real-life class of Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarines.
*The full designation given to the sub by Tom is "USS 2036 Mayflower", and the original Russian designation can be seen on a model of the sub in his office. 2036 most likely refers to the year the events of Sam's Story take place.
**It was named after the first ship to transport pilgrims to North America, which is poetic since the sub transports Sam, an American, back to his home country (provided he doesn't choose to blow it up).
==Gallery==
ME SS Screenshot 4.jpg|USS Mayflower harboured in the dock in Vladivostok
Mayflower 4.png|Clear shot of the frontal section of USS Mayflower
USS Mayflower 2.png|Tom's mercenary brings Sam to the sub for medical treatment and sails him to the US
USS Mayflower 1.png|USS Mayflower leaving Vladivostok
Mayflower 5.png|USS Mayflower arriving to San Francisco
Mayflower 3.png|USS Mayflower exploding in the "bad" ending of the DLC
Mayflower 6.png|The destruction of the USS Mayflower, according to the Captain's plan
20200705185855 1.jpg|USS Mayflower blown up by Sam
20200705185848 1.jpg|The explosion cripples USS Mayflower
20200705182422 1.jpg|USS Mayflower arrives in San Francisco
20200705182418 1.jpg|USS Mayflower arrives in San Francisco(1)
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20200705182226 1.jpg|USS Mayflower leaving port of Vladivostok
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20200628063553 1.jpg|Model of USS Mayflower
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