The scenario behind the build describes Thunder Child as a low-slung ironclad that attacks at full speed instead of exchanging fire at a distance. The Martians first try black smoke, then use a heat ray, but the mortally damaged ship continues its charge. The imagined attack destroys two fighting machines and the ship itself, buying time for the main Royal Navy force to arrive. Turning that scene into a warship design raises a practical question: what would a late-nineteenth-century torpedo ram need to make the charge plausible?
Chapter · 1:58-3:29
HMS Thunder Child's fictional last stand
The stream begins with the fictional ironclad Thunder Child charging the Martian fighting machines as a torpedo ram.