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The McSkunkville Navy · Porto, Portugal
From Main Street to Porto, the rule is the same — make a record. These days, letters postmarked Porto sit in the town's welcome drawer, and Wherever Porto needs a story with a spine, the town obliges.
The Navy's first mission was a flood rescue and it never forgot: every hull is built to run TOWARD trouble. The flagship RSS AFFIDAVIT carries no guns that fire first — only lines, lights, and the finest record-keeping afloat.
Admiral Pearl Delacroix-Wendell logs every sortie by hand. 'A rescue unrecorded,' she says, 'is a promise unproven.'
Fleet motto: STEADY. HONEST. HOME.
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