Jack of Harts

Bludworth Marine was a leading maintainer, recycler, and refurbisher of old wet navy warships in the later half of the Twenty-First Century. But as the nations of Earth went to space, they sought to expand into that new and growing market. They focused their Brownsville facility in that direction, and Bludworth Space Marine soon unveiled the first of their new products to civilian and military buyers. Unlike other craft that required elaborate towers and launch facilities in carefully pre-selected regions, their entrant into the market could set sail from any port in the world. Then it could launch itself into space without leaving any part of itself behind, as God and Heinlein intended spacecraft to be. It could land in any body of water, allowing it free access to the largest runway on Earth. The three-quarters of it that is water. The Republic of Texas Navy was quick to purchase the innovative design, and many other navies followed their example.