MERLIN -  WIZARD WEAPONS MANAGEMENT

The Merlin AI system is a bit of artificially intelligent technological wizardry, based on Radar, Lidar and optical equipment, to include facial recognition and recording of events for eventual judicial, or other law enforcement uses.

Early detection is paramount to preventing pirates from boarding and taking control of you vessel. Radar, is the first port of call in identifying boats that are heading toward you.

LARGE MILITARY USP LASER - The Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser (USPL) platform will be different from the current laser systems, as it will emit short pulses that rely on low energy. In contrast, current lasers typically emit continuous high energy beams.

The new system is being designed to reach a terawatt for a short 200 femtoseconds — or one quadrillionth of a second. In that time, the UPSL would be able to vaporize a drone. On top of that, the hope is that it'll also be able to disrupt electronic systems in its vicinity, turning it also into a functional Electro-Magnetic-Pulse (EMP).

PREVENTING PIRATE ATTACKS

As part of a comprehensive system to ward off pirate attacks, the Elizabeth Swann is to be armed with three weapons, controlled by an AI controlled, detection tracking, ranging and firing system:

▲ Merlin - Wizard AI alarm, detection, recording and tracking - management system

▲ Excalibur - Ultra Short Pulsed Laser (USPL) 500-1000 kilowatts

▲ Pendragon - Integrated onboard Taser shock immobilization system

▲ Lancelot - Green laser temporary blindness, optical deterrent

▲ Galahad - Vessel immobilizer and distress beacon

WHAT DO WE HAVE IN STORE FOR PIRATES?

Merlin is wizard AI alarm, the eyes of system, able to detect incoming threats, analyze patterns of approach, target, provide audible communications as warnings, and finally fire 'Lancelot' or 'Excalibur.' Depending on the situation.

Should pirates still manage to scramble onboard, then 'Pendragon' will electroshock the unwelcome guests, with increasing intensity, to overcome physical force, finally rendering the boarders unconscious. When they will be zip tied. Ready to be officially arrested and detained. They could of course be thrown overboard, back into the sea. But care should be taken, not to extinguish life from hypothermia or drowning, from prolonged immersion and exhaustion. The crew of the Elizabeth Swann are after all life protectors, and human rights observers. Every life is precious, and there is the capacity for good in everyone.

Meanwhile, SOS messages will be sent, requesting assistance from coastguards and naval authorities.

ZEWT ALORS - The hydrogen and solar assisted 'Elizabeth Swann' is to feature solar collectors and fuel tanks for ammonia and methanol.

PIRATE FREE SHIP - In the quest for safe transits and reduced insurance cover, we are building in an array of self defence weapons and alarms, that we hope will make the crew of this advanced hydrogen powered trimaran, feel happy to navigate waters that other sailors fear to travel.

The Golden Age of Piracy revolved around sailing ships, muskets, pistols, cutlasses and canons. 

Famous pirates like Henry Morgan and Blackbeard were also privateers working for English kings and queens. They routinely captured whole ships as prizes, boarding them wholesale, and stealing all their cargoes. Other nations had their own arrangements, seeking to profit from trade at sea. But, that was yesteryear.

Today, desperate Africans and Asians, take to the sea in small boats, with the intention of boarding a larger vessel, capturing the ship or yacht, and kidnapping the crew for ransom. They can earn big money from capturing oil tankers, so temptation is high. Imagine if they captured a warship. Indeed, that is the plot of one of the John Storm adventures. But, we don't want Hollywood to pirate that notion. Our lips are sealed for now.

Piracy is not bound to any particular region, social and political factors do though make piracy flourish in certain parts of the world. Poor coastal areas with few economic opportunities, low literacy rates, weak governments, and law enforcement, as well as easy access to weapons and proximity to busy shipping lanes give rise to more pirate activity than other areas. A prime example of such an area is Somalia, which was considered a piracy hotspot between the 1990s and 2010s. It was only after a concerted international effort led by the UN to combat Somali piracy that the number of piracy attacks off of the Somali coast dropped dramatically in the late 2010s.

The latest pirate hot spots are in the Gulf of Guinea and the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. In the last five years, between 36 and 48 attacks were carried out annually against ships in Nigerian waters, and between 26 and 49 piracy attacks were committed in Indonesian waters in the same period. Although piracy may be carried out by cutthroats  to secure a livelihood, more often than not it is a way for militant groups and criminal gangs to raise money for their activities. Hence, if you capture those pirates, you reduce militancy.

What then to do? Load a ship with firearms, machine guns, shotguns, side arms. Not for us.

With a healthy electrical supply, and modern technology, it is possible to booby trap a vessel for the unwary. And, before that, disarm pirates, or even sink their boat, if they persist on a course that can only mean they intend boarding.

Generally, pirates would not be familiar with lasers or tasers, typically being less well informed - being in the realm of science fiction - and uncommon on shipping, if not unique. Let alone ships that are booby trapped, with the capability of tracking and sinking small ships, and blinding, or rendering human invaders unconscious.

Either way, pirates faced with these obstacles, are likely to desist. Or face total ruin and capture. If all shipping was equipped with such deterrents, the oceans would be pirate free.

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  MERLIN IS THE WIZARD AI MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - WHERE WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS IS A REGULAR OCCURENCE - IT MAKES SENSE TO BE PREPARED, TO STOP PIRATES GETTING CLOSE TO THE SHIP, AND IF THAT FAILS, TO IMOBILIZE THEM BY STUNNING

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