#caitvi coast guard

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Blisters and Barnacles: the Caitvi Coast Guard AU

First chapter is up! Welcome aboard!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63846490/chapters/163962250

Also including this total thirst trap amazing art by @qvert - because she went ahead and DREW VI IN A DRYSUIT??? Heart attack fodder fr. I can't stop staring, so you all get to as well.

(Vi doesn't actually get to wear the suit until next chapter, but that's neither here nor there)

[garchankdefender]

This took me tf out 😂

Also relevant:

thanks guys

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Blisters and Barnacles: the Caitvi Coast Guard AU

New chapter! It's our first Search And Rescue call: Caitlyn, Vi, and Loris respond to a herring boat with rope fouled in her props, drifting towards dangerous shoal waters...

And to celebrate our first SAR call (and Vi finally getting to wear that drysuit), I am once again including this fantastic art by @qvert (who by the way absolutely nailed what these suits look like).

She's ready to jump in the boat for a rescue!

[garchankdefender]

Blisters and Barnacles: the Caitvi Coast Guard AU

I have the prologue up for Blisters and Barnacles! Chapter 1 will be out on Monday.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63846490/chapters/163727887

Summary: Caitlyn is the Commanding Officer aboard a small Piltover Coast Guard SAR boat. They work along the southern Valoran coast, responding to ship’s in distress and providing aid - the first responders of the sea.

Vi arrives as her new deckhand.

[garchankdefender]

Okay so this CaitVi Coast Guard AU fic might actually happen, and I cannot deny that part of that is because:

I think Caitlyn would look cool as fuck driving a SAR cutter:

2. Imagine Vi in a marine rescue jumpsuit. Is this not something we all need?

[garchankdefender]

AHHHHH 🥰🥰 Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you're enjoying it! ❤️

And YESSS I really wanted to make this accessible and enjoyable to people who don't have any boating background/knowledge, so I am THRILLED to hear that it's hitting the mark!

Vi in a glorified wetsuit? (aka SAR gear)

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Blisters and Barnacles: the Caitvi Coast Guard AU

New chapter is up! The PCGS Hell Bay departs Piltover. Vi meets the crew.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63846490/chapters/165067435

Summary: Caitlyn is the Commanding Officer aboard a small Piltover Coast Guard SAR boat. They work along the southern Valoran coast, responding to ship’s in distress and providing aid - the first responders of the sea.

Vi arrives as her new deckhand.

[garchankdefender]

Blisters and Barnacles: the Caitvi Coast Guard AU

New chapter is up! This is a short one. The next main chapter update will be early next week!

[garchankdefender]

I just started reading Blisters and Barnacles and holy macaroni I'm obsessed. The scenes feel so fucking crisp and immersive, I love it! Also *swoon* captain Caitlyn!

Ahhh thank you so much!! "crisp and immersive" is actually so nice omg <3

and Captain Kiramman...... ikr 😂

[garchankdefender]

Writing is well underway for the Caitvi Coast Guard AU! Not sure when the first chapter will be up, but in the meantime, enjoy this quiet breakfast moment with the crew.

Excerpt:

The wharfage forms took longer than she’d expected, and by the time she was done, the rest of the crew - Loris, Harknor, and Maddie - were up and starting breakfast down below. She could smell cooking eggs and meat wafting up the stairway. Caitlyn would be down to join them, in a moment, but first there was one more thing she wanted to check.

She clicked through to the email where PCG Ops had sent the information on her new deckhand. There wasn’t much there - just a name and a couple bare-bones lines about prior experience - but she committed to memory what little they’d sent; she knew what the first question was going to be when she went down to breakfast that morning.

Sure enough, as soon as she rounded the corner into the mess, Maddie twisted in her seat  and asked, “So, what do you know about the new deckie?” 

“Not much,” replied Caitlyn, opening the fridge to add blueberries to her cereal. “Violet Lanes.”

“Never heard of her,” Loris said from the far side of the mess. It was Harknor’s turn cooking, which meant scrambled eggs and sausages, and Loris had helped himself to a massive plate of both. “She new to the coast guard?” It wasn’t a large fleet, and often they would recognize the names of incoming crew. 

“They didn’t say. She has a fishing background, they mentioned that.”

Loris raised his eyebrows, interest piqued; he had a fishing background himself. “What sort?” he asked, eggs forgotten for a moment. Caitlyn made her way to her usual chair in the corner beside him. “Redfish? Trenchers? Capelin?”

Cait shook her head. “Violet Lanes, twenty-three years old, 7+ years experience on deck fishing. She has an up-to-date medical and she’s arriving at ten. That’s all I know.”

“Twenty-three,” Harknor called from the galley, voice thick with a dismay that even Caitlyn could tell was in good humor. “Loris, we’ll be outnumbered!”

“Overrun by the Pipsqueak Patrol,” Loris called back. “At least with Kepple, us old-timers stood a chance!” To Caitlyn, he said cheerfully, “So this is how it’ll be? You’re going to start replacing us with younger, fresher faces?”

Maddie laughed, and Caitlyn took the opportunity to start eating her breakfast.

“She’s young,” she said between spoonfuls, “But she has plenty of experience working, from the sound of things.”

Loris was an old hand on deck, with many years of experience behind him. He shrugged, massive shoulders rolling with the motion. “As long as she knows bow from stern and port from starboard. You putting her on days?”

“For now.” Caitlyn had already thought through the schedule. “She’ll go on days with me so I can see how she is on deck - you and Steb can take nights. At least for the transit to Holdrum.”

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Blisters and Barnacles: some bonus logbook entries (cut material)

Today, you get some bonus material from Blisters and Barnacles: some of Caitlyn's entries in the ship's log that I decided to cut because I thought they were too boring for the fic. But not too boring for tumblr!

// PCGS HELL BAY // SHIP’S DECK LOG //  1136 - Steering and propulsion checks completed, no issues 1145 - V/L cleared for departure from Pier 9 1146 - Main engines on bridge control; transferred conning to flybridge; pre-departure checklist completed 1200 - Slipping lines fore and aft 1204 - Maneuvering away from wharf and proceeding outbound @ various co’s and spds 1215 - Hexsat pos’n: 45 33.6’N 064 13.1’W; altered course to 095 at 8kts 1221 - V/L cleared to proceed outbound via traffic lane “B” 1227 - Abeam Bridge of Progress; increasing speed to 10kts 1230 - Switching to outer VHF sector ch14; anchor watch stood down. 1233 - Hexsat pos’n 45 34.0’N 064 06.3’W; altered course to 104, proceeding outbound for sea.

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And here's the REAL jargon-y version! :D

1136 - Stg & propulsion checked OK 1145 - V/L cleared for departure from Pier 9 1146 - M/E's on B/C; xfer con to flybridge; pre-dep C/L complete 1200 - Slipping lines F&A 1204 - Man. away from wharf TMO's and proc. outbound @ var co’s and spds 1215 - HPS 45 33.6’N 064 13.1’W; A/C 095 @ 8kts 1221 - V/L cleared to proc. outbound via TFX lane “B” 1227 - Abeam Bridge of Progress; spd to 10kts 1230 - Switching to VHF ch14; anchor watch stood down. 1233 - HPS 45 34.0’N 064 06.3’W; A/C 104, proc. outbound for sea.

(and I mean I personally find this stuff fascinating and not boring at all, but somehow I feel like reading through dry-ass logbook entries is a big ask for basically any other reader)

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Blisters and Barnacles (the caitvi coast guard au) - a quick excerpt, just cus

Here's a lil snippet of the upcoming chapter! It's taking me some extra time, but it should be up within the week. I gotta say, I've been having a LOT of fun writing this one :D A little more action-packed than the last couple chapters!

...

Excerpt: Caitlyn bent over the chart plotter, water dripping off her nose onto the screen. It wasn’t telling her anything she didn’t already know, but what it told her was bad.

The whole RHIB jerked violently backwards. Caitlyn lost her balance and toppled onto her face, helmet smacking against the console.

She heard Vi shout something from the stern, and scrambled to push herself upright. Twisting, she glimpsed the Nettie’s bow veering uncontrollably off to port, pulling the RHIB with them. 

They needed to get the hell out of there.

Caitlyn applied power to the throttles, a couple thousand RPM, and the engines roared-

But then she heard Vi shouting, “Neutral! Cait, neutral!”

The decision to trust her was almost automatic. Caitlyn shifted out of gear. 

When she looked back again, she saw what Vi had seen: the towline had slipped out of Loris’s grasp, and was now trailing dangerously close to the rescue boat’s props. If they got tangled and their engines stalled out now, there would be nothing to stop either vessel from grounding. 

Loris and Vi were both scrambling to pull in the slack; Caitlyn watched helplessly from the helm. 

The only thing she could do when she saw the Knotty Nettie heel violently over to port was to scream, “Watch out!”

The towline, slack moments ago, was pulling tight with deadly speed - and Caitlyn saw with a jolt of horror that one of Loris’s legs was caught in a bight of line on the deck. 

Vi lunged.

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My fanfic planning is starting to feel suspiciously like something from a seamanship manual...

[garchankdefender]

There's a Coast Guard Caitvi AU that keeps rattling around in my head, and the more I think about it the more I might just have to write it...

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Mayday, mayday, mayday; this is Last Drop, Last Drop, Last Drop.

Position is fifty degrees, thirty-three--

[static]

-- fifty-one point six minutes West. There's been an explosion aboard, and we’re taking on water - we-!--

[static]

In the rescue center, it had gone dead silent, as every officer in the room zeroed in on the distress call, straining to make out the reedy transmission. 

When the radio buzzed back in, the deep voice was frantic.

-- five people aboard. I say again, we have five people - Vi! 

It cut out for a moment, and looks were traded across the room. 

This is Last Drop, we’re out on the Bilgewater Slope, we’re on fire! We have five people aboard. Four minors. We need immediate--”

The transmission ended.

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Just read the first chapter and highly recommend! I'm new to AU fics but this one has me very engaged already

Blisters and Barnacles: the Caitvi Coast Guard AU

First chapter is up! Welcome aboard!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63846490/chapters/163962250

Also including this total thirst trap amazing art by @qvert - because she went ahead and DREW VI IN A DRYSUIT??? Heart attack fodder fr. I can't stop staring, so you all get to as well.

(Vi doesn't actually get to wear the suit until next chapter, but that's neither here nor there)

[garchankdefender]

SCREAMING ACTUAL SCREAMS.

THIS is the Caitvi Coast Guard AU vision 😍

Vi in a glorified wetsuit? (aka SAR gear)