Tom's warship design was officially put into construction after Tsugikuni Yoriichi confirmed it.
Though calling it a confirmation of the blueprints was a stretch. Yoriichi had merely adjusted the living facilities aboard the warship. Under Tom's original plan, the vessel was to be a pure warship. Aside from the necessary bridge and sleeping quarters, there would only have been an armory and supply storage, with nothing else.
The design philosophy was simple: treat the warship purely as a weapon.
But Tsugikuni Yoriichi had different ideas. Once they entered the New World, if things became busy, they would likely spend more time aboard the warship than on land.
If the Marines stayed aboard for extended periods without any entertainment facilities, their mental health might suffer.
Therefore, Yoriichi reduced the number of sleeping quarters, cutting the full-capacity accommodations from two hundred people down by fifty. The freed-up space was used to build a dedicated gym, dojo, and library.
Issho had also strongly suggested setting up a casino aboard the warship, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi immediately rejected such an outrageous proposal.
Once the warship blueprints were finalized, all seven shipyards in Water Seven received the plans distributed by Tom and began manufacturing the components.
It was worth mentioning that the warship was not being built in a single shipyard by one group of workers, as Tsugikuni Yoriichi had initially imagined.
Instead, it was a joint project involving all seven shipyards.
Dock 1, overseen by Tom, was responsible for the hull, propulsion system, and weapon systems, while the living quarters were assigned to the remaining shipyards.
After all, this was an order worth two hundred million Beli. A single shipyard simply could not handle such an enormous workload.
As construction on the warship rapidly progressed, Tsugikuni Yoriichi also kept an eye on news from Marine