Bilming Navy

Six petrol-powered warships moored in a row off the Bilming promontory, each larger than the last — the city's overt naval power. Wax notes from the dock how massive the hulls are, and how their combined firepower is irrelevant compared to the single weapon Telsin has built. The fleet's real purpose, he later realises, was less the ships themselves than the open ocean they granted access to: a private firing range. MB2:TLM:Ch 52