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Road to RutasEurope to India
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH(IISER), PUNE
1. StructurePREPARED FOR A LONG-RANGE JOURNEY: THE DOUBLE HULLED
REDPOOL AND THE SWIFT SHIPS, MAMAERS. THESE ARE THE TWO MAIN SHIPS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSPORT
OF THE JANEONS. THESE SHIPS ARE,IN COMMON, BUILT FOR SPEED AS WELL AS ROBUSTNESS AND, YET, LUXURY IS NOT COMPROMISED FOR.
THE REDPOOL WITH ITS 4 MULTI-PLAN SAILS AND A COMPARTMENTALIZED DOUBLE HULL ; USES REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ITS PASSENGERS ON THE LONG JOURNEY
THE MAMAERS, THOUGH VERY SIMILIAR TO THE REDPOOL, BUT MUCH SMALLER IN SIZE; ARE BUILT FOR SPEEDY TRAVEL.
ITS SWIFT ESCAPE ABILITY MAKES IT IDEAL FOR ITS ROLE IN THE ENTIRE MISSION.
Mamaers weight= 66x10^8 GsKg
(Spain)
2. Operations and InfrastructureThe basic outlay of the route is for ten Mamaers to travel from the seas outside Catania, Italy to the harbour of Alexandria, Egypt which constitutes the first phase of the route. The second phase is a short distance covered on land from Alexandria to the docks of Suez, Egypt where the Redpool would be built and ready to sail. The final phase of the travel takes the voyagers from Suez to Salsette Islands near India.
Various operation regarding the ships are discussed in detail ahead.
2.1 The Route
A
PHASE IPHASE IIPHASE III
the starting point in Italy is Catania where the JN’s will be brought under the pretence of teaching at the university about a week before they leave. they will be taken in small individual boats to mamaers in the seas. Once the mamaers leave, we release a ship on the false trail of that of Vasco da Gama ‘s original route.
From Catania, mamaers go to Alexandria in Egypt. Then they walk to Cairo where the Redpool is being built. So from Cairo to Salsette islands
2.1.1 Phase 1The JN’s will be shifted to Italy under the pretense of teaching at the university of Catania, so they can carry all their luggage
The luggage will be placed in hinged rooms of Mamaers as per each taste
The route of transportation of Mamaers is from Italy to Africa, a little down the Nile.
This journey will beundertaken by 10 Mamaers.
Distance covered will be 1530 km and will take 30 days to complete journey.
2.1.2 Phase 2When the passengers get down in the port, the hinged rooms are removed from the Mamaersand folded into boxes.
The route of transportation of the travelling party on land
Which will cover ≈ 160 km
This journey will be undertaken by 200 full-time residents and the crew accompanying them.
Time taken to cover this route is 7 days.
2.1. 3 Phase III
The route of transportation of Redpool from Africa to Salsette Islands.
This journey will be undertaken by 1 Redpool.
•Volume of 1 barrel is 196000 GSm3.•Made of wood , crafted to be leak proof like wine barrels.•Used to store fresh water (drinking , cooking etc. ) , sea water(for cleaning), oil(for trebuchets).•Empty barrels are carried into which sea water is treated during the journey and stored.•Under extreme situations the empty barrels are used as fire wood.
100
Gsm
25 Gsm
2.2.1 Storage containers(Barrels)
2.2.2 Food storage
• The fruits are preserved by Nuts are candied using sugar syrups Fruits are dried or preserved in honey Fruit syrup in mixed with caramel to make jam
• Meat preservation includes Smoking for pork Pickling for poultry, lamb, veal and rabbit.Typical pickling agents included
brine (high in salt) and vinegar. Pepper was also used as a preservative occasionally.
Drying for fish. Cooked food is preserved using gelatin.
• Vegetables are taken in crates with Epsom salt (dried Epsom salt) in sachets to keep the crate dry from moisture.
• Mouse traps and rat poisons used excessively in storage area.• Storage area to be treated with pine oil, neemessence, acid treatment
(vinegar) and alkali treatment (lime) to prevent microbial attack.
2.2.3 Transport
Redpool: Ship will be wind driven. There will be simple lifts(2 in no.) operated
manually using pulleys to carry the stored items to each
section of the ship.Mamaers: Required parts of Mamaers along with its
contents will be transported through Isthmus of Suez by labor from Mamluks in camel carts.
All the transport will be guarded by soldiers. All travelers will be transported in guarded caravan. The JN’s will be disguised as merchants.
All required labor work will be provided by Mamluks.
Caravan
Lift
2.2.4 Communication systems
External: There will be watchtowers on the deck at a
distance of 1500Gsm between each tower. Each tower will have a bell and a lantern. The bell on one tower will be linked to the one on the other by steel wires. At night, communication can be done using the lanterns. In case of a foggy weather when the visibilty is very low, the towers will communicate using the bells.
Internal: A huge bell will be present on the deck for
giving common signal in case of emergency. The workers will carry important messages
across the floors of the ship.
2.2.5 Weather contingencies:Rain: The deck is slanted so that the rainwater drains into
the sea. If needed, this water can also be collected in barrels hanging out along the sides of the ship.
Lightening: The iron masts supporting the sails will provide protection against lightning.
Storm: The sails shall be removed.
2.2.6 Civil Infrastructure• Wooden pipes coated with bitumen on the inside will be used
to drain the waste from toilets and kitchen directly into the sea.
• Due to the fragility of wooden structures, iron and steel pipes are not used for drainage.
• For providing water and raw material to the kitchen, barrels will be transported from the storage area using the pulley lifts.
2.2.7aWater managementSpecifics Mamaer RedpoolNo of travellers 50 300Water consumption per person per day in Gsm^3 10000 10000Length of journey 1 month 2 monthsTotal quantity of water in Gsm^3 15x106 18x107
No of barrels required* 100 1000Total weight of barrels in Gskg 196x105 196x106
Drinking Water: A fixed amount of drinking water will be provided per person, to their respective rooms, everyday by servants. A barrel with tap will be provided.Water for Personal Hygiene: Will be available in the common bathroom upstairs. Water for cooking: Will be provided to cook directly
2.2.7b Waste ManagementWooden pipelines coated with bitumen on the inside will be used to drain the waste from the bathroom directly into the sea.A dustbin will be provided to each room and all the garbage will be collected daily by the cleaners and dumped into the sea.
The individual rooms which are designed for each family in Mamaerswill be made such that it is possible to dismantle the individual room designs (as per the requirements of each family) and this exact design will be replicated onto the respective rooms in Redpool. This saves resources and also saves time.
The soldiers, who will not have guard duty over the land route, will be responsible for the transport of the goods and dismantled rooms from Mamaers. Further, slaves from Egypt (the Mamluks) will be employed for this purpose.
2.3 Speedy interior finishing
2.4. 1 Transportation of High- priority cargoThe high priority cargo will be put into cushioned crates made up of wood filled with fine sand and hay. They will be carried into the ship carefully by the slaves and once inside the boxes will be properly fastened in the storage area.Crates will be provided to each family.Crates will be manufactured according to the needs of individuals.
2.4.2 Techniques for ship construction(For further details refer section 1.3)Steam heating of wood for carvel : This technique is used to bend wood using a specialized equipment built for same.(Refer section 1.101 and 1.102)Molding of iron/steel: This is used for constructing the basic hull of the ship. This is used for both sail pole construction (Refer section 1.104) as well as secondary hull steel backbone unit construction. (Refer section 1.102)
3. Human factors
The safety of the JN’s is our primary concern, so keeping this in mind, we will have a week training in swimming and first aid.
The luxury comes second to us but is no less important, so we plan to keep the environment of their choice. The room’s interior design will be theirs which will be carried for the whole journey.
3.1.1 Community layoutThe JN’s are mainly localized in two floors, the one below the deck(the first image, with index) and the other two floors below the deck(image and index given). The former is the recreational floor and the latter the residential floor.
3.1.2 Consumables and supplies
The food will be stocked and will mainly consist of dried meat. The list is given here.
The food will be transported through the lifts(manual)
Details of Quantities(in 10^5 GSkg)Meat Qty Spices Qty Vegetables Qty Oil QtyPork 1.6 Pepper 0.07 Cabbage 0.54 Olive 0.25Lamb 1.5 Cardamom 0.02 Carrot 1.35 Poppy 0.125
Poultry nd Game 1.5 Turmeric 0.02 Beetroot 0.9 Walnut 0.125Hare nd Rabbit 1 Mustard 0.02 Garlic 0.9 Almond 0.5
Veal 4 Ginger 0.05 Cucumber 1.8 Total 1Fish 3 Saffron 0.003 Onions 1.8Total 12.6 Coriander 0.05 Potatoes 3.6
Cumin 0.03 Total 10.89Cloves 0.01Total 0.273
Possible design of the furniture of the ship.
Mamaers Food Requirement
Items
Consumption per person per day (in
100 GSkg)
Quantity for 2 months(in 10^5
GSkg)Fruits preserved
in honey 0.3 0.27Meat 0.7 0.63
Spices 0.01 0.01365Vegetables 0.61 0.549
Rice 0.3 0.27Flour 0.7 0.63Oil 0.055 0.0495
Wine 1 0.9Beer 1 0.3Rum 1 0.45
Cheese 0.1 0.09Total 4.15215
Redpool Food Requirement
Items
Consumption per person per day(in
100 GSkg)
Quantity for 2 months(in 10^5
GSkg)
Fruits preserved in honey 0.3 5.4
Meat 0.7 12.6Spices 0.01 0.273
Vegetables 0.61 10.98Rice 0.3 5.4Flour 0.7 12.6Oil 0.055 0.99
Wine 1 18Beer 1 6Rum 1 9
Cheese 0.1 1.8Total 83.043
3.1.2 Consumables(cont.)
Items Qty Weight
Table for 6 50 0.75x10^5GSkg
chairs 400 .32x10^5GSkg
Arm-chairs 100 .32x10^5GSkg
Small round tables 50 .25x10^5GSkg
Table clothes 500 .15x10^5GSkg
Flower vases 100 .005x10^5GSkg
Potraits 100 .2x10^5GSkg
Mats 75 .075x10^5GSkg
Carpets .5x10^5GSkg
Candle Stands(big) 500 4x10^5GSkgCandle Holders(Table top and wall
attachments) 500 10^5GSkg
Curtains 0.1x10^5GSkg
Wood(for fuel) 10^6GSkg
Ropes .5x10^5GSkg
Clothes for sail .2x10^5GSkg
Mops 150 .15x10^5GSkg
Buckets 100 .1x10^5GSkg
Hand Carts 30 .3x10^5GSkg
Clothes for cleaning .1x10^5GSkg
Cleaning Soaps .1x10^5GSkg
Item Weight
Timber for ship repairing .75x10^5GSkg
Iron nails .05x10^5GSkg
Tools .1x10^5GSkg
Iron bars .1x10^5GSkg
• 250 each of silver cups,forks,spoons,plates, glasses, knives, soup bowls. 50 tea pots•High capacity utensils 25 in number, 5x10^4 Gsm^3•125 each of wooden cups, plates, spoons, mugs and soup bowls.
Furniture Crockery
3.1.3 Open space and psychological factorsThe open space includes the decks which can be used to enjoy splendid view of the ocean. Else there is a multipurpose hall, dining area, reading hall(library) and indoor games hall.
To enchant those present by the mystic culture of India, we teach everyone yoga, which will also help ward off depression and sea sickness. The classes would be held in the multipurpose hall.
3.2 Floor plan and layoutThe room design of Mamaers and Redpool remains the same. The design is as follows.
Although the room interiors can be customized to the travelers taste.
3.3.1 CrewSoldiers24 archers to keep watch at outposts(8) keeping watch on shift basis.
10 to operate trebuchet.40 to operate cannons.
At time of attack the workers will be called for defending the ship.
Unless there is an attack the soldiers, other than archers, will be helping with the housekeeping, serving food, cleaning, rigging sails etc.
Posts Redpool Mamaerseach)Deputy Captain 1 1
Navigators 2 2Sail arrangers 3 3
Carpenters 4 1Cooks 10 2
Doctor and Nurse 1 each 1 eachOfficers (for
managing workers and stores)
2 (one each) 2(one each)
Soldiers 74 4
Tools required through the journey.
3.3.2 Contingency and safetyWe carry life jackets which coconut coir from Egypt . We have small rescue boats which otherwise will be used for fishing.
Dangers and problems Suggestable solution
Human attack(pirates et al) Ammunition
Animal attack Ammunition, arrows and sharp metal rods.
lightenting Iron rod of the sails
salsette rock bed Double hull with metal skeleton
Suffocation ventilation systemInjuries Doctors and medicinesscurvy Cirtus fruit jellies
Sea sickness Open space and mandatory yoga
Pests and Rats Making the medium either acidic or basic.
Mutiny Law body of the heirarchy
Sinks small rescue ships and life jackets
Length : 840 GsmBreadth: 360 Gsm
3.4 RecreationThe multipurpose hall can be used for ball room dances
and display of exhibitions.For children, the esteemed JN’s can take one day of
classes of a topic of their interest.The ladies can help about in cooking, or can have
knitting clubs. They can teach each other something of their expertise.
There is a reading room providing those present a calm environment for thinking and reading.
The indoor games room harbor games like chess and cards.
everyone would be taught star gazing and identification of sea creatures.
4. Transportation plansThe safety of the voyagers is assured to a great extent by many a misdirection, starting with the ‘convention’ of the Janeons in Catania, Italy in the University at Catania.While the military attempts to trace the movements of the members of the Janeons, the society members along with their families will be transported in rented boats to their respective Mamaers. As they depart from Catania , the false news of the Janeonsescaping to India by the route taken by Vasco da Gama in 1498 is spread . This ensures them a headstart, which is essential to the success of this plan.
A small fleet of fast ships will be deployed soon after (or at the same time) the Mamaers have departed. This gives the travelling part a tactical
advantage since time is the only key factor as speed of the Mamaers will be unmatched owing to its small size and powerful sails.
Having a member of Janeons inside the Church (Leo X) gives us the advantage of leaking a false trail leading the majority of the military forces towards
the route taken by Vasco de Gama in 1498.
The safety assured by this route is far greater than that assured by other routes for this route is common to Arab traders and mingling with that crowd and getting cover under the disguise gives them greater safety in terms of a military face-off.
4.1 Safe transportMap of the false trail route
Along the length of the ship(10500 GSm) the cannons will be placed on both sides clustered around the centre, rear and front.20 cannons each(total 40 cannons)are placed on either sides of the ship on the level immediately below the deck.The cannon would be put in a sand box for cushioning the recoil.5 trebuchets are placed 2100gsm apart on the deck, which would hurl oil barrels with lighted trigger
4.2 Defense and measures
Sea creatures: Harpoons dotted with poison of the common adder and scorpions from Spain and Portugal manned by archers, one in the front and rear of the ship and 3 along each side of the ship accounts for safety from sea creatures.
4.3 Measure against sea creatures and pirates
Pirates: Safety from piracy is assured by the size of the ship, the physical strength of the structure.Further safety in the form of cannons and archers lined along the length of the ship ensures the safety of Redpool from pirates.
The carpenters present can repair any external damage to the ship.
The ship has a double hull with an iron-steel backbone.
If situation goes out of control, we anchor our ship and use the small boats(fishing boats, to reach to Salsette Islands.
4.4 Structural measures
The double wooden hull
The iron steel backbone
5. Cost and ScheduleThe scheduling of the entire travel plan is done in dates.
Sufficient time has been accounted for in case of delays with construction and final installations in Redpool.
Costs of construction of Mamaers and Redpool, resources and aid in the form of military support and workers have been accounted for and calculated in Gold Bars.
Remark: 1 Gold Bar = 1030 INR(as per details given in RFT)
5.1 Schedule
TASK DATE OF INITIATION DATE OF COMPLETION
Construction of MAMAERS 22nd October, 1508 31st December, 1511
Construction of REDPOOL 22nd October, 1508 1st November, 1514
PHASE I of journey 1st December, 1514 1st January, 1515
PHASE II of journey 2nd January, 1515 15th January, 1515
PHASE III of journey 1st March, 1515 1st May, 1515
The time taken by this route schedules the arrival of the JN’s to Salsette island is five months. Where as the time taken by the Vasco Da Gama is eleven months. Which gives us a time advantage over the military.
5.1. Cost
Cost of wood required for ten Mamaers and one Redpool:
112,086,400,000 GS Kg of wood costing ≈ 1020,000,000 gold bars1,650,200,000 GS Kg of iron and steel costing ≈ 160,000 gold barsCost of consumables: 7000 gold bars
Items Quantity for 2 months
Costs (in INR)
Fruits preserved in honey 5.4 270000
Meat 12.6 5530000
Spices 0.273 145100
Vegetables 10.98 217500
Rice 5.4 189000
Oils 12.6 1025000
Wine 0.99 1800000
Beer 18 600000
Rum 9 4500000
Cheese 1.8 1260000
Flour 12.6 378000
Total cost of foods for Redpool = Rs. 1,59,14,600Total cost of foods for Mamaers = Rs. 79,57,300Total cost of water for Redpool and Mamaers = Rs. 27,00,000 Total food and water costs for entire journey = Rs. 2,65,71,900Cost of consumables: 7000 gold bars
Converting to gold bars at 1 gold bar = Rs. 1030
Cost of food and water in gold bars = 25797(+) gold barsThis can be approximated to 25800 gold bars.Tribute given to the Mamluks in exchange for workers to build REDPOOL = 10 gold bars per workerNo. of estimated workers = 3,700Total cost of workers = 37,000 gold barsTotal cost of maintaining a 100 member crew for a period of seven months = 50,000 gold bars
Total cost in Gold Bars = 1020279800 gold bars.
5.2 Cost (continued)
The sturdy design of the ship, the double hull reinforced with iron, gives enormous strength to the ship preventing minor accidents turning fatal.The route plotted and the decoys planned give the voyagers a tactical advantage since the time taken by this route against the route taken by Vasco da Gama is one-half.The overall infrastructure of the ships, both Mamaers and Redpool is sound and complete in terms of preparation and execution. The management of the ship is well looked into with special focus being given to make the travel as peaceful and non-stressful, to keep them in the best of mental health.The transportation of all the cargo is taken care of by the slaves hired form Egypt with several guards overlooking the process.Overall, this entire plan is the safest for the JNs as the time duration is small, the chances of being attacked upon by the military is less and further the safety of the disguise as traders during the land journey ensures their covers.
6. Executive summary
The team:
Alisha PathakAravind H.V.Pallavi patilSandesh Bhat J.R.Shreya RaySourajit BasuSreejith VarmaVarun karamshettyVikas negi
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