De Grasse

**Light Cruiser, *De Grasse*-class, C 610, MN De Grasse**

No. 37 De Grasse

## **Character**

### **Appearance**

Moderate height and bust. Short blonde hair with a black hairband and ribbon, and blue eyes. She wears a sleeveless white blouse with a black collar under a baggy white shirt that exposes her shoulders, and a black bow around her waist. She has a long black skirt and a black belt, white leggings, and tall black boots.

Her rigging consists of a split-hull like design, with her right side mounting two main and one dual purpose turret, and her left mounting her third main turret, a second dual purpose turret, and her torpedo launcher.

Upon remodel, her hair gets slightly longer, she gets taller, and her chest gets bigger. Her uniform becomes a fancy blue and white dress with gold trim, tall blue leggings, and black and white shoes. A large blue checkered cape with white highlights is worn around her waist. She also wears a gold cross and fleur de lis attached to a French colored ribbon on her chest.

Her remodeled rigging changes to a traditional split-hull. Each side mounts an AA mount and four main turrets. Also attached to each side is a shield-shaped armor plate which depicts her hull number. The split-hull attaches to her back, where her funnel is located. Her rigging is painted with a three-tone blue and white dazzle camo pattern.

When in CVL form, her uniform stays the same, but her turrets are demounted from the rigging. In their place are a flight deck on the left half of the rigging and a superstructure on the right half. Since the design is of German origin, she take after the German carriers in the fleet by using a bolt action rifle to launch her aircraft; in this case, it is a French MAS 36. Her air group is also made up of German aircraft; these being Bf-109T fighters and Ju-87C torpedo and dive bombers, with French markings.

For Halloween, she dresses up as a puppeteer with whom she bears a close resemblance, wearing said puppeteer's signature dress and ribbons. She controls three dolls which resemble Colbert, Kléber, and Marceau.

For summer, she wears a one piece swimsuit bearing her dazzle camo pattern. Attached to this are baggy white sleeves, and she wears a large sun hat.

### **Personality**

Girly, sweet, and touchy-feely. She loves her sister. A lot.

## **Skills**

**Dazzling**

A specific camo scheme increases evasion by 30%.

 **Mobility Master (Base, CLAA)**

Enhanced propulsion and rudder improves evasion by 30% (CLAA = 55%).

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## **Notes**

* Her Deux and Deux CVL forms are reversible.
	+ The first time remodeling to Deux CVL required materials, but switching forms after this is free.
* The skill "Mobility Master" is only available when in base and CLAA form; "???" is only available in CVL form.

## **Trivia**

* Named for François Joseph Paul de Grasse, a French admiral who fought during the American Revolutionary War.
	+ The second French Navy ship named *De Grasse*.
	+ Her current incarnation is a decommissioned Type 67 frigate.
* Her initial design (base) was designed to be an improved version of the *La Galissonnière*-class.
	+ *De Grasse* was laid down in this form in 1938, but construction was suspended due to the fall of France.
	+ During the German occupation, Germain engineers drew up plans to convert her hull into a light aircraft carrier (deux CVL); this plan was never realized.
* After the war's end, French designers heavily modified the now outdated original design into an AA cruiser (deux).
	+ *De Grasse* was completed to this design.
* Launched on 11 September 1946 and commissioned almost exactly one decade later on 10 September 1956.
* Became the flagship of the French Mediterranean squadron until she was selected to be a nuclear test ship.
* Participated in six tests between 1966 and 1972.
* Decommissioned in 1973 and scrapped the following year.
* When remodeled, she continues to wear her base uniform casually.

## **CG**

**Base**

**Deux**

**Deux CVL**

**The Seven-Colored Light Cruiser**

**Bedazzling Beach Queen**