Girls Academy of Fine Arts Steyr

The full traditional emblem of Steyr

Simplified logo used on vehicles

"*Apologies I can't host a dinner. The school is rich. The Sensha-Do club, not so much.*"
―Verena von Vetsera
"*Ahead! For the Baroness!*"
―Styrian battle cry**Girls Academy of Fine Arts Steyr** or **Steyr** is a rich school located in Miyazaki Prefecture. This School is known as the school that has the students from the most prefectures and regions and thus, the most diverse. This school mainly operates German, Czechoslovakian and Hungarian tanks, most of them are rare, prototype, or paper-only tanks such as Panther ausf. F and Turan III

## Overview

### Behavior and Policy

The school is known as a very rich, diverse and divided school. The school is consisted various study department: Art Studies Department (also known as the Art School), General Studies Department, Naval Studies Department, Sport Studies Department, and Engineering Department. Each department have their own students council, culture and curriculum. The students of these departments generally hate each other reluctant to work with each other.

Despite their inherent infighting tendency, the students are able to unite in force against hostile external forces, albeit reluctantly.

### The Departments

1. **Art Studies Department / The Art School** - The main and the oldest department in Steyr. This department is home to the richest, the most refined and the most eccentric of students. The department color is yellow.
2. **General Studies Department -** The department with most students. The student of this department is what one would perceive as "normal Japanese high school student." The department color is green.
3. **Engineering Studies Department -** The department is responsible for the engineering task aboard their school ship. The department color is red.
4. **Naval Studies Department -** The department is responsible for the naval task aboard their school ship. The department color is deep blue.
5. **Sport Studies Department -** The department with the least number of students. So small are their department, students of other department are often forget about them. The students are described as tough and passionate The department color is black.

### The School Ship

Their school Ship is named **Viribus Unitis.** It shaped like a titanic dreadnought instead of regular aircraft carrier of most of other schools. The ship's main deck is mostly flat and separated to many districts with each district has stark different flora and architecture than the others. The four districts are the Art Studies District, General Studies District, Naval Studies District and Sport Studies District. The main school buildings is located in the most developed district, the Art Studies District. The ship control tower and most of surface naval building is located in Naval Studies District. The largest of the districts is the General District, on which the greeneries, the ship's airport and shops are located. Each district is usually a home to students of the said department, excepting Engineering and Sport Department and. The engineering students is generally spread out across the ship's hull, while the sport student live in General District.

#### **Schloss Itter**

Schloss Itter or Castle Itter is the headquarter of the Sensha-Do team and also the residence of the commanders, Verena and Diana, and Mircalla, Verena's sister. The castle is an "extended replica" of real-life Castle Itter in Austria. Asaka described the complex as labyrinthian.

#### **Sankt Valentin Werkstatt**

Sankt Valentin Wekstatt or St. Valentin Workshop is the team tank restoration and conservation centre and Verena's office.

### Uniform

#### **Regular Uniform**

Steyr regular uniform consists of a white collared shirt with a bowtie colored in department color, light brown blazer and green plaid skirt. Students have a choice between long grey socks, or long white stockings also short skirt or long skirt.

#### **Uniform of the Sensha-Do**

The member of Sensha-Do team wear a light-grey collared double-breasted tunic with red linings, black high collars with red collar tabs, and the team emblem on its left chest, secured by a white belt and bronze buckle, and accompanied by a short pleated light-grey skirt with a red streak on its sides and a pair of long black socks and black boots. The Overall Commander's one only differ with the color of the fabric and material of the buckle, being white and golden.

The team also wear Red Paroli (Gorget patches). The Overall Commander's Paroli has three silver star on it. The Vice-commander's Paroli has two silver stars. The crewmate of the Overall Commander and Vice-commander has a silver star on their Paroli. The Paroli of the regular member has nothing on it.

### Sensha-Do Materiels

"*All of them are broken and/or prototype tanks, too dead, too unreliable and too rare to be sold or operated.*"
―Verena von Vetsera
Their team is known for operating rare, prototype, or paper-only tanks from Hungary, German and Czechoslovakia. To date, their Materiel consisted of a Panther ausf. F, an early-production Ferdinand/Elefant, a Tas, three Turán IIIs,Three early-prototype Hetzers, a Panzer 35(t) and a decorative but still usable Burstyn Motorgeschütz. There is also a tank dump inside the school ship, containing even more absurd tanks.

## Background

After the death of Crown Prince Rudolf von Habsburg at Mayerling, Emperor Franz Joseph banished a number of nobles to Japan on charges of conspiracy against the Imperial and Royal family. To redeem themselves in the Emperor’s eyes, the nobles built many schools in Japan for European children or local children who wanted to learn about their culture. These schools eventually merged into one big school, Steyr. Today’s school departments stem from these little schools. Many of the descendants of the banished nobles attends this school, even today.

Steyr was once known as the greatest rival and ally of Kuromorimine, even before the advent of Sensha-Do, However, after many of its rivals acquired many tanks from various European and American countries and worsening harmony between the  school departments, Steyr quickly became left behind in terms of materiel and competency. Now Steyr known as a weak school in the same class as Kebab or Viggen.

### 40th Winter Continuous Track Cup

During the second round of 40th Winter Continuous Track Cup "almost two decades ago", Steyr was annihilated by Kuromorimine. The match marked Steyr's last competitive match and its removal from the "great powers" of Sensha-Do.

### Friendly Match Against Maginot

"Over a year ago," Steyr lost a close match against Maginot.

### "Un-Friendly" Match Against Red's Pravda

After a certain incident in an Ottoman coffeehouse. Steyr-Kebab alliance are set to a match against a detachment of Pravda Sensha-Do Team led by Svetlana and Klara.

### Verena von Vetsera

Main article: Verena von Vetsera
Viktoria Verena Valerie Valentina Freiin von Vetsera or simply known as Baroness or V is the eccentric Overall Commander behind Steyr Sensha-Do Team. Her albino appearance, her perceived invincibility in a night match and her rarity to be seen under the sunlight has caused her to be known as the Vampire of Styria. She commands The team's Panther Ausf. F.

### Diana Dreskovich

Main article: Diana Dreskovich
Diana Dreskovich is the Overall Commander's second in command, maid and cousin. She is noted as very stoic and taciturn but can be very assertive if needed. She commands The team's 44M. Tas

### Asaka Haida

Main article: Asaka Haida
Asaka Haida is the Overall Commander's gunner and main advisor. Asaka was a student of Kuromorimine and the gunner of the PzKpw. III that plunged into the river during the finals of the 62nd National High School Sensha-dō Tournament. Her life was subsequently saved by Miho Nishizumi, at the expense of the match. The incident and series of bullying gave her a mild case of PTSD, with symptoms of recurring nightmare and trembling hands.

### Minor Characters

#### **Panther Crew**

* Clarice Dietrich - Verena's "engineer, mechanic, electrician, piano player and radio operator."
* Tamara Murakawa - Verena's Loader
* Nanami Suzuki - Verena's driver

#### **Other Team Member**

* Erzsébet "Erzsi" Haus - Diana's gunner

* Bernhardine Kast - Ferdinand Commander

#### **Non-Sensha-Do Team**

* Mircalla von Vetsera - Verena's little sister

## Vehicles Operated

### Tanks

* PzKpfw V Ausf. F "Panther"
* Early-production PzJg Tiger(P) Ferdinand/Elefant,
* 44M. Tas
* Turán III / 43M Turán
* Early prototype JgPz 38(t) "Hetzer"
* Pzkpfw 35(t)
* Burstyn Motorgeschütz (Decoration only)

### Non-Fighting Vehicles

* 1910/1911 Gräf & Stift Double Phaeton
* Steyr 1491 Percheron
* Steyr 1500A
* Steyr Raupenschlepper Ost

## Story

* https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13861360/1/Viribus-Unitis-Saga-of-Girls-Academy-of-Fine-Arts-Steyr

## Trivia

* The school is loosely based on Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, an art school based in Vienna, commonly known for rejecting young Adolf Hitler twice.
* The name Steyr is a homage to the city of Steyr, Austria, home and namesake to military companies Steyr-Mannlicher and Steyr-Daimler-Puch.
* The logo is based on the insignia of Wehrmacht's 3rd Panzer Regiment of 2nd Panzer Division. During WW2, The regiment was headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
* The infighting and diverse nature of the school is a reference to diversity of Austro-Hungarian Empire.
* The departments and their coats of arms are references to the major regions of Austro-Hungarian Empire.
	+ Art School - Empire of Austria / Holy Roman Empire.
	+ General Studies - Kingdom of Hungary.
	+ Naval Studies - Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
	+ Engineering Studies - Crown of Bohemia
* The school ship, Viribus Unitis is based on real-life SMS Viribus Unitis, a first world-war Austro-Hungarian Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleship.
	+ Viribus Unitis is also the personal motto of Kaiser Franz Joseph I, meaning *"With united force."*
* The HQ of the team is a replica of Castle Itter. Castle Itter is a 19th-century castle in Itter, a village in Tyrol, Austria. In 1943, during World War II, it was turned into a Nazi prison for French VIPs. The castle was the site of an extraordinary instance of the U.S. Army, German Wehrmacht, Austrian Resistance, and the prisoners themselves fighting side-by-side against the *Waffen-SS* in the Battle for Castle Itter in early May 1945 prior to the end of the war in Europe.
* Sankt Valentin Werkstatt is a homage to the city of St. Valentin, where Ferdinand tanks were refitted and more than half of Panzer IVs were produced during WW2.
* Their matches against Kuromorimine and Maginot are references to Austro-Prussian War and the Napoleonic War respectively.
* The Sensha-Do uniform is based on battle dress of the military officer of Austro-Hungarian Empire before and during the early phase of First World War.
	+ Verena's one is based on the gala uniform of Kaiser Franz Joseph.
* Steyr Art School predates Kuromorimine and Pravda as an institution.