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Braden O'Connor was celebrating with his fellow Irishmen on the streets for the 2nd consecutive day. He had heard rumors of an armada of warships (all the ships were made of metal, didn't use sails, and were bloody huge) entering the Port of London. Braden wondered why the ships were sailing into the Port of London. Was it possibly a coup de at to remove the king and form a new government?

He had been working in the shipyards in Dublin when the giant ship sailed into the harbor. It was 3 days after the sighting of the iron armada entering the Port of London. The ship's captain pulled out some sort of machine which magnified his voice so everyone within a league could hear him. He proclaimed that the United States of America (the 13 colonies that were rebelling against Britain) has freed Ireland from British rule. Ireland was free and would be supported by the United States under a new treaty signed between Great Britain and the United …show more content…

After celebrating till noon, he reported back to the shipyards for work. Apparently, the Americans were going to assist Ireland on developing advanced ships and weapons to arm their own military. Braden was called to the shipyard to help plan and build the first iron ship of Ireland. When he arrived at the shipyard, he saw the familiar American ship, the [I]USS Bunker Hill[/I] floating some distance away. The ship was huge and it seemed like the ship was watching every thing that happened around the harbor. Braden quickly joined a cluster of Irish shipbuilders that was listening to the American engineers/shipbuilders speak to their Irish counterparts.

"We will be teaching you how to build iron ships and even help you build some till you all can build it yourself. For now, we will show you the blueprints for the iron ships and some additional technology that you need in order to make the iron ships move and such." one of the engineer explained to the Irish

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