While the individual ships (Mental Models) have personalities and free will, the Admiralty Code serves as their "god," their prime directive, and their strategic commander all rolled into one.
"When two codes meet—one biological, one digital—which one will rewrite the other?" arpeggio of blue steel admiralty code
The interaction between the Admiralty Code and the Mental Models (the humanoid avatars of the ships) is one of the most interesting themes in the series. The Germans had been cracking the British naval
It was a chilly winter evening in 1942, and the British Royal Navy was at war. The Germans had been cracking the British naval codes, giving them a significant advantage in the Battle of the Atlantic. The Admiralty, determined to regain the upper hand, called upon a team of brilliant cryptanalysts to develop a new, unbreakable code. determined to regain the upper hand