LancHere she is, SMS Baden, the last class of battleships built by the Kaiserliche Marine.
Since she was part of the ships that mutinied at Kiel, I tried to put the emphasis on that event. Her outfit is relatively simple and consists of a shirt and pair of pants with a uniform vest she's wearing over her shoulders along with the ceremonial sword. A stark contrast with Kaiser, FdG and Hindenburg's or Helgoland and Nassau's outfits which are more sophisticated and decorated. Unlike most of the other ladies who are from aristocratic origins - like the Royal Navy where the battleships are the nobility - Baden is from common background. This forced her to fight tooth and nails to earn the respect of some of the most conservative ones, notably Kaiser, who saw from a bad eye the arrival of a commoner in their ranks.
She's also wearing a red ribbon wrapped around her left wrist, as the mutineers hoisted red flags and formed councils on their ships.
Baden's rigging shares a few similarities with Bismarck's (guns dispositions, backpack with the superstructures, articulated rigging) but also with Kaiser's (mechanical arms) some of her guns are also destroyed, as the mutineers broke cannons and engines on their ships to avoid going at sea. The guns are functional, their destroyed appearance is for aesthetic purposes.
In terms of personality, Baden, with a few other girls like Prinzregent Luitpold and Helgoland, doesn't get along with the rest of the fleet, notably Kaiser. Even though the two of them don't like each other and regularly butt heads, they are both willing to cooperate at sea. One good example : during a battle, Baden was partially blinded by a direct hit. Kaiser put herself between her and the enemy fire and acted as a spotter for the wounded battleship. Since then, they have developed certain respect for each other.
Baden is also very bitter toward the British who beached her during the scuttling of the fleet at Scapa Flow and used her later as a target ship for their new shells.
Aside of these trials, Baden remains a good companion. She's a regular partner for Hindenburg's war games and entertains a correspondence with Helgoland who was transferred to the Eagle Union as part of the Shipgirl Exchange Program.
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