Mauna Kea

The **Mauna Kea** is the first official ship of the Ohana Pirates designed and built by shipwright and captain Bismarck.

It is a large, battleship-type ship designed and built by Bismarck, utilizing his custom 'Lei-Mode' technology and knowledge as one of the remaining Mauna Engineers.

Build from Adam Wood resourced from a contact at Coincatch Island, it is one of the most technologically advanced ships of its time, possessing firepower that rivals a fleet of Naval Battleships. It's Sea Prism belt armor and paddle wheels allow for extreme maneuverability in a variety of sea conditions, as well as ability to travel through the doldrums found in the calm belt. While assisted by a variety of large sails, the Mauna Kea is fully capable of traveling on paddle-wheels alone, due to the ships geothermal power source, the 'Lava-Lamp'.

## Ship Design and Appearance

The **Mauna Kea** is a large ship. Measured approximately at 143' tall and 156' wide. It has an oblong design, notable different than various other pirate ships, its balance and speed assisted by the dual paddle wheel methods of locomotion and array of sails. It boasts three main weapons, the center turret, capable of firing immense shells at long distance, and its twin auxiliary turrets scavenged from marine battleships. The shape of its profile and face allow it to maintain a small angle when its profile is toward an enemy ship, and if one is unfortunate enough to face the front of the Mauna Kea in battle, are met with a barrage of cannon-fire from its front.

Each turret on the ship is able to be moved in a 360-degree circle, allowing it to fire at ships trailing in its wake without needing to turn and engage.

### Ship Features Overview

Soldier Dock

* A system of rooms connected to a rotating disc within the ship. Each room is specialized for the crew.

Paddle Wheels

* The main method of locomotion, the paddle wheels are large sea-prism fins that are attached in a tread-like belt that pulls the ship through the water. Due to the nature of the treads, it is speculated the ship could theoretically operate on land, though this remains unproven currently.

Lava Lamp

* The power source of the ship, the Mauna Kea utilizes lava taken from the volcano on the island of Mauna in order to create geothermal energy and highly pressurized steam.

Fire suppression system

* Throughout the ship, pipes run seawater to a multitude of sprinkler systems in order to put out fires below and above deck. Working in conjunction with the watertight doors below the main deck, the ship is able to put out fires with ease.
* The main masts of the ship are hollow, allowing for the passage of air and water through with the flip of a switch. If the main deck is on fire, the masts can pull water up from the sea, creating an artificial rain storm and dowsing any flames. This also serves as a strong resource when battling devil-fruit users with a home-field advantage.
* If parts of the ship's interior are submerged below the waterline, the masts can pull air down into the bowels and begin to fill and drain sealed water-tight rooms, allowing the ship to be re-floated and make repairs. Theoretically, this could also be a way in order to hide the ship by dropping it below the surface, but a total submergence test has yet to be conducted in battle or otherwise.

Hydrophone Gears

* A series of listening devices throughout the ship that listen for specific frequencies generated by Bismarck's Control Dusters. These frequencies and listening devices work at far off ranges and allow for remote operation of a variety of ship functions.
* Upon hearing a specific frequency, the ship imitates the respective function, such as remote pickup or ordinance deployment.

Lei Mode

* The ultimate ability of the ship, this allows for the decks to be folded or separated in order to access hard to reach areas and make repairs.
* Tied in with the ship's ultimate ability and Soldier Dock 6

## Main Deck

**Main Cabin**

The main cabin houses a rotunda of rooms for quick and easy access by the crew. Other than the rooms below deck, the main cabin serves as the central hub for the crew. The cabin sits around the main mast, and around a small grass field that sits atop the center turret. As the turret turns. the cabin moves with it.

Atop the cabin is the ship's wheel.

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***Main Cabin Rooms***
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### Tiki-Bar

Sat atop the main mast, the Mauna Kea's **Tiki Bar** serves as a crows nest and liquor bar for the crew. In it's center, it boasts a circular counter with several bar stools. Exiting the 360-degree glass window, the crew can exit and walk out onto the balcony.

Continuing up the ladder takes one to the spotters area, or the crows nest, where a fixed spyglass allows for precise range estimates using the height of the mast and angle of the telescope for quick calculations on approaching vessels.

Shown in the overview image of the ship, rope bridges with wooden planks span to each side mast, allowing for maneuverability while climbing the ship's rigging.

### Main Armament

The main weapons the **Mauna Kea** possess are its main turret, and two auxiliary side turrets. The Main turret is capable of 360-degree rotation while the ship is in motion, allowing for the option of firing at pursuing vessels without losing momentum. While the center turret assembly turns, the stairs and cabin move with it, though the main masts and side masts all remain stationary by counter-rotating.

The side turrets are similar to those found on the front and sides of Marine Battleships. These weapons can also rotate 360 degrees, and are able to move independently. Within their interior, the side turrets serve as access below deck via a spiral staircase. Utilizing the same technology as the masts on the center turret, while these side guns are rotating, the masts within them remain stationary.

## Deck Two

The **Mauna Kea'**s Soldier Dock System, boasts six rooms that can be accessed from either side of the ship. In order to gain access, the soldier dock must be rotated via a switch that moves the inner circle until the necessary number can be seen flush with the hallway leading to the soldier dock.

The Solider Dock can be accessed via a hatch in the main deck, which assisted by a crane that extends from the main mast, allows the crew to move heavy items below deck into the relevant areas.

Due to its unknown nature to a majority of the crew other than Bismarck himself, Soldier Dock 6 has gained an almost mystical status, its contents unknown to all but its creator. Within, the ship's ultimate weapon that has yet to see combat. This ultimate weapon was briefly sighted in a news report of a ship passing by the Mists of Mauna, but soon disappeared.

## History

### Naming History

During the design process of the ship, a variety of names were proposed before the name of *Mauna Kea* was decided upon.

These names include:

1. **Zenith:** Bismarck's first name suggestion, meaning "the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body," or "culminating point." Referring to the ship being the peak of engineering.
2. **Taskmaster:** Bismarck's second naming suggestion, referring to the ship's multiple capabilities.
3. **Banana Split:** Reuben's suggestion for the ship's name. Bismarck refused instantly.

### Design History

Before the final design of the Mauna Kea was created, the initial design process birthed a series of iterations that led to the ship as the Ohana Pirates know it.

Initially, the ship of the Ohana Pirates was going to be a modified Marine Battleship. This idea was proposed during the brief period the crew flew under the name of the Chili's Pirates.

## Trivia

The design and shape of the Mauna Kea is inspired from a real life naval vessel, the *Novgorod.*