The Goliath Incident - Part 1

**The Goliath Incident - Part 1** is the fourteenth episode of the original Airship Pirates series.

## Plot

Two years after the Silver Empire attack of Emerald Bay, the Royal Navy has been able to rebuild and have introduced their first turreted ship, the HMA Goliath. on one of the balconies on the gunnery bridge, Robert Bellamy and Eleanor Heloisie are talking to each other. When asked about what he thinks about the Goliath, Bellamy responds that the Royal Navy seems to have their priorities tangled. When asked to elaborate, Bellamy tells that it is typical Kingdom thinking as their big, expensive ships get swarmed by cheap, disposable fighters was the cause of them losing the war and that the Royal Navy built a bigger and more expensive ship. Bellamy points out that he would not have bothered to come if he knew that they used the time he bought them to build this ship. Heloisie understands Bellamy's concern, but points out that the Goliath is an important symbol for the people of the Kingdom, and that the Goliath is not the only ship that they are building. As they are talking, orders are being given to clear the deck as the Goliath's crew are testing the weapons as they turn the main batteries and port secondaries to the port side and open fire on an island next to Emerald Bay. Captain Evans then goes out on the same balcony Heloisie and Bellamy are on, asking Bellamy what he thinks about the Royal Navy's new ship. Bellamy tells Captain Evans that if they will fight many mountains this war, it would be the perfect ship, but that he is otherwise not so sure. Evans, however, tells Bellamy that the Goliath is one of the best ships in the air, before Bellamy points out that they could have built 10 destroyers for the materials used to build the Goliath. Heloisie, on the other hand points out that the Goliath is here and that she needs protection and that her air trials are next week, before asking Bellamy for providing the Goliath with an escort. Bellamy agrees for the reason that it will give him a chance to attack Silver Empire vessels that may attack the Goliath, before Bellamy tells that he need to leave due to having arrangements to make and a long flight back to South Haven

7 days later, the Goliath is en-route to where her air trials are to be conducted. Two Minnows approach the Goliath, telling that they are sent to provide her with an escort, but Captain Evans calls the two ships a joke rather than an escort due to the Minnows being second-rate, to which one of the Minnow captains tell Evans to take the issue up with Bellamy, while Evans tells that they will be fine as the Goliath has more than 100 guns. Later that day, Evans order the crew to take the Goliath's engine to full speed, but shortly after, lookouts report a large squadron of Silver Empire fighters that are closing fast. Seeing a chance to show what the Goliath is capable of doing, Captain Evans orders the anti-aircraft guns to open fire on the incoming fighters, but as they fire the front AA guns, an explosion occurs as the anti-aircraft guns have been sabotaged. Captain Evans then orders the use of the main batteries and the secondaries to fire on the fighters.