No matter what form a naval base takes, however, the tensions with the local communities are
often strained. Many children are told things like, “If you don't go to sleep the people from the naval
base are going to come,” and “If you're not good, they'll take you away to the naval base,” and picture
them as monsters and goblins. You may wish to be cautious.
Equipment
The naval base is also in charge of handling the shipgirls' equipment.
The shipgirls' equipment is specially designed to be worn as part of their outfits and cannot
simply be removed and used by other people. They are able to control their equipment, such as guns
and planes, directly, but it is still filled with many mysteries.
The one thing you can't ignore when discussing equipment is the faeries. Even less is known
about these tiny allies than is known about the shipgirls themselves.
The faeries ride into battle on their equipment along with the shipgirls, fighting alongside
them. That being said, there are also many times where they simply lay around, asleep, doing nothing.
Even though little is known about them, they come part and parcel with the shipgirls, and are
indispensable.
Docks and Factories
Among the facilities that make up a naval base, the most vital are docks and factories.
Docks are where wounded shipgirls can perform maintenance, and their inner workings are
top secret.
The shipgirls have many words they use for entering the docks: “taking a bath,” “washing my
hands,” “being hospitalized,” “eating dinner,” “snack time,” “taking a nap,” etc. This seems to imply
that, inside the docks, there are several different facilities. It's possible that they could be like one
giant super spa.
Factories are facilities where equipment and shipgirls and constructed and scrapped, staffed
with a large number of faeries who are always rushing about.
Regardless of what you order them to build, there is no way of knowing what the end result
will be. Many people find this frustrating. However, nothing can be done to change the faeries ways.
ADMIRALS
Admirals are the leaders in charge of naval bases.
While many Admirals are currently serving officers, or retired officers who have been called
back into service, there are also many cases where civilians possessing the proper qualifications to
serve as Admirals are chosen as well.
It is said that most Admirals possess some sort of special skill. They come in all shapes and
sizes; military veterans, managers, cutting-edge researchers, engineers, doctors, lawyers, high-ranking
bureaucrats, teachers, ninjas, shrine maidens, illustrators, comic artists, novelists, idol producers, and
many more.
In order to oppose the secretive Abyssal fleet, all sorts of unique perspectives are necessary. It
is also said that it takes a certain type of person to manage the shipgirls and their unique qualities.
One more extreme theory suggests that because the fatigue rate among Admirals is so high, it has
become necessary to recruit Admirals from anywhere possible.
Admirals vary not just in their experiences, but in age and sex as well. There are old admirals,
middle-aged admirals, young admirals, and even some so young that they are younger than the