Tugboat

About
The Wercell Tugboat (aka. Wercell Vilkikas) was a popular type of tugboat between fishermen used within the State of New Shingleton and the Scattered Islands in the St. Ark Federation, it was produced in 1958 and ceased production in 2003, in the game of New Shingleton it can be often sighted in the Scattered Islands.

By the 1980s, the Wercell Shipping Company had produced over 10,000 of these Wercell Tugboats used for both industrial and fishing sectors for the city of Jefferson and many countries including the People's Republic of Crimsonia and the Republic of Bistonia.

Unlike many other tugboats, the Wercell Tugboat was much more reliable and much more cheaper than different types of tugboats within the city of Jefferson, and widely used within the river streams of Jefferson and New Shingleton.

Production
In mid 1958, the Wercell Tugboat was designed and began production in 1958 at a cost of 2,000 Federation dollars, which was much more cheaper and reliable at the time in the 50s, the Wercell Shipping Company promised reliability, less oil use and low cost, all of these promises were proven true, which contributed to the rise of the Wercell Shipping Company.

Throughout the years, the Wercell Tugboats were upgraded with better versions all through the end of the 1990s in the St. Ark Federation, and was widely imported throughout countries such as the People's Republic of Crimsonia, the Republic of Bistonia and the United States of Megaton and Columbia.

Early use
The Wercell Tugboats before the decline of New Shingleton was used by fishermen and the county of Jefferson to transport debris, and widely used to transport lumber and necessities. The Wercell Tugboat was common throughout the river streams of New Shingleton and Jefferson.

The Wercell Tugboats were also used to transport supplies and utilities to the Scattered Islands including Pescavillagio, until they ceased their operations after the construction of an airfield by the Crimsonian government in 1959, the ports continued to function after the construction due to these airfields being inside the Republic of Bistonia, but these ports were too costly and some transports ended in disaster.

Because of the Wercell Tugboat's capability and the efficiency, it was bought and ordered by both Crimsonian and Bistonian coast guards, eventually refitting them with advanced technology and machinery for their operations, which made these Wercell Tugboats more useful in coast guard operations, however the creation of much more cheaper tugboats throughout the years convinced the coast guards to cease operations on their Wercell Tugboats.

St. Ark Federation
The Wercell Tugboat in the St. Ark Federation comprised of several random colours and roamed around the rivers and coastal regions of New Shingleton, but the decline of the fishery business in the St. Ark Federation and the coup d'etat in 1979 further accelerated the decline of the Wercell Tugboat's use in the city of Jefferson, the bankruptcy of the Wercell Shippinh Company also stopped maintenance on Wercell Tugboats and neglected them.

The Wercell Tugboat after the events of New Shingleton and in the 90s began declining and disappearing from the river streams and coastal areas of New Shingleton, after different tugboats began becoming more reliable, tougher and much more capable of handling operations, some of these tugboats through the 2000s end up getting sold for scrap while some tugboats remained operative and abandoned.

Crimsonia
The Wercell Tugboat were also used internationally as in Crimsonia the Wercell Tugboat was widely popular along with New Shingleton because of it's capabilities, the Wercell Tugboat aided in the expansion of fishery along the Telvinra Sea, and it was also used by the Crimsonian military and refitted with weapons and technology and painted grey.

The Wercell Tugboats were used by the Crimsonian military to wander around the coasts of the St. Ark Federation and the Republic of Bistonia somewhere within the 1970s, and were commonly found in military bases by the Crimsonian military.

Bistonia
The Wercell Tugboat was used by Bistonia as part of organizing a rescue force in Bistonqwerty International Airport, it was sometimes painted blue or red, and had a special flag for the rescue force within the international airport, some of these tugboats have outdated systems that eventually led to the tugboat sinking or exploding, leaving the Wercell Tugboat used for emergency.

The Wercell Tugboat within the rescue force in the Bistonqwerty International Airport were decommissioned and replaced with new tugboats, however some of the Wercell Tugboats managed to escape their fate and some were still used within the rescue force.

The Wercell Tugboat was also used by civillians in Bistonia, however sales were not going well within the mainland and were only widely used within Bistonian Shingleton, and eventually due to the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, these Wercell Tugboat came into the hands of Bistonian Shingleton seperatists and unionists, some of these tugboats sunk by the end of the war and only a few ships survived.

Steven Ogg International Airport
Before and during the coup d'etat of the St. Ark Federation, the Steven Ogg International Airport bought 12 dilapidated Wercell tugboats and refitted them into part of their rescue force fleet, and restoring them, the purpose for these customized Wercell tugboats within the SOIA Rescue Force was to patrol the seas surrounding the airport until it reached the border into the Republic of Bistonia.

Some of these Wercell Tugboats used by the Rescue Force were taken over and confiscated by the military government in order to use the Wercell Tugboats to send peacekeeper forces to the unstable Pescavillagio, who have been willing to share resources within the disputed territory, eventually the Wercell Tugboats were given back and restored to functioning order.

In the New Shingleton Incident, the Wercell Tugboats were confiscated again by the St. Ark Police Force in order to reach to Petrusca Village to interrogate the spies, eventually during the aftermath of the incident the Wercell Tugboats they were restored to order but because of the demolition in 1993 it was decomissioned and the Wercell Tugboats in the Rescue Force ceased operations in 1994.

End of production
Sales for the Wercell Tugboats declined due to newer ships promising more reliability and more cost efficient compared to the outdated tugboat, the Wercell Shipping Company recently recovered from bankruptcy and continued to design and produce more ships, the Wercell company tried desperate attempts to revamp the systems of the Wercell Tugboat but failed to gain income from the Wercell Tugboats.

In 2003, the Wercell Shipping Company stopped all production of the Wercell Tugboats, ending 40 years of production of the tugboat, they continued to repair and maintain the Wercell Tugboats for another 3 years until they stopped maintaining of the nearly 40 year old metal ship, the last Wercell Tugboat was displayed inside a museum.

Fate
The fate of the Wercell Tugboats were that they were scrapped for parts or they continued to be abandoned in dry docks across the lakes of New Shingleton, some of these ships continue to operate within the rivers and the coastal areas of the state and some were preserved as museums or turned into houses, poor fishermen also had to rely on the old Wercell Tugboat.