History Characters / VictoryBellesFrance

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[[caption-width-right:350:Quick-Witted. Droll. Impulsive.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Mercurial. Passionate. Creative.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Happy. Athletic.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Boastful. Fun-Loving.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Mysterious. Mature.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Proud. Just.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Brilliant. Innovative. Reserved.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Fearless. Fervid. Revolutionary.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Reckless. Pious. Playful.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Bellicose. Shrewd.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Confident. Trustworthy.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Sociable. Sensible.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Grim. Stern. Resolute.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Family-Oriented. Reckless.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Self-Assured. Dauntless.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Eloquent. Exultant.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Jovial. Boisterous.]]

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Belle of the training light cruiser ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Jeanne_d%27Arc_(1930) Jeanne d'Arc]]''. Available for rescue in the 1939 October event.

Belle of the battleship ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Provence Provence]]''. Available for rescue in the 1939 November event.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Mercurial. Passionate. Creative.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Warm-hearted. Gourmand.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Hardy. Athletic.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Boastful. Fun-loving.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Mysterious. Voluptuous. Mature.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Proud. Just.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Brilliant. Innovative. Reserved.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Fearless. Fervid. Revolutionary.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Reckless. Pious. Playful.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Sociable. Sensible.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Grim. Stern. Resolute.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Family-oriented. Reckless.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Self-assured. Dauntless.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Young. Exultant.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Jovial. Boisterous.]]

[[folder: Dunkerque-class]]
!!Dunkerque

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[[caption-width-right:350:Hardy. Athletic.]]
-->''"What a daring rescue, Capitaine! I'm Dunkerque. Staying with you seems as if it would be quite the adventure... and I do love adventures."''

Belle of the battleship ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Dunkerque Dunkerque]]''. Available for rescue at the 1939 start of the game.

* LightningBruiser: Dunkerque's 330mm rifles are very powerful weapons and as a modern fast battleship, she can break 30 knots. Her armor may be thin for a battleship, but that qualifier belies that she's already in the upper tiers of protection. It's still much thicker than any heavy cruiser and even some of the older battleships.
* ThrillSeeker: Dunkerque has a habit of seeking out new and exciting experiences, such as water skiing, which she shares with Mahan in her interview, whether Mahan wants to or not.

!Aircraft Carriers (CV)

[[folder: Béarn-class]]
!!Béarn

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[[caption-width-right:350:Boastful. Fun-loving.]]
-->''"What a victory, Capitaine! I'm Béarn, and though I'm relatively sure I could have made it out of that scrape on my own, I think I'll stick with you, just to be safe."''

Belle of the aircraft carrier ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Béarn Béarn]]''. Available for rescue at the 1939 start of the game.

* LeeroyJenkins: Béarn is perhaps more enthusiastic than is wise to embrace the battleship part of her heritage and engage the Morgana with her guns as well as her planes, and as such she has a highly-aggressive tactic that has the fleet close with the enemy at flank speed.
* MilitaryMashupMachine: She bills herself as having both the best of her battleship heritage and her completed aircraft carrier build. However, with a worse deck, hangar, and elevator layout than purpose-built carriers, and nowhere near the armor or armament of her original battleship design, the actual truth is that she had the worst of both.

!Submarines (SS)

[[folder: Surcouf-class]]
!!Surcouf

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[[caption-width-right:350:Mysterious. Voluptuous. Mature.]]
-->''"Capitaine, dear Capitaine, what an exhilarating battle. My name is Surcouf. I hope you enjoy thrills, because with me by your side, you're bound to have them."''

Belle of the submarine ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_submarine_Surcouf Surcouf]]''. Available for rescue at the 1939 start of the game.

* CameraFiend: Her passion for photography drives much of her story and relationship with her captain. She admires Dorothe Lange's work. The first volume ends with her displaying a photo exhibit to her crew and her romance route has her help the captain make one themselves.
* CigarChomper: Lamotte-Picquet is never seen without a large stogie.
* LadyofWar: Lamotte-Picquet is a graceful, well-traveled lady capable of holding her own despite her slender figure. Her passion for literature is referenced in Edinburgh's story as well as her own.

* CigarChomper: La Motte-Picquet is never seen without a large stogie.

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* FragileSpeedster: Even as a relatively durable destroyer, she's still not very well protected, but more to the point, she's also the fastest warship in the world as of September 1939, holding a personal record of 45 knots.

* ImprobableHairstyle: Her hair seems to have two odd mini-pigtails or a short, very wide ponytail. It's actually styled after Marshal Philippe Petain's (The "Lion of Verdun") mustache.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Despite her military manner and normal disinterest in otherwise stereotypically feminine things and activities, she has a fondness for sewing and collecting frilly dresses. She feels some degree of distress over this as it runs against her image and she doesn't think it's appropriate for a soldier.

* PointlessBandAid:

* LightningBruiser: Algérie stands out as one of a small handful of relatively well-armored heavy cruisers (as opposed to the more common {{Glass Cannon}}s) by also having a reasonable degree of protection from their own guns. Algérie combines her well-armored hull with the same guns Suffren uses in better-armored mounts. That the historical ship was a lightning bruiser led her to be considered one of the best "treaty cruisers"[[note]]Heavy cruisers under the Washington Navel Treaty had guns over 6.1" and no more than 8" in caliber and a maximum displacement of 10,000 tons--the typical trade was no armor, but large guns/high speed[[/note]].

* LeeroyJenkins: Béarn is perhaps more enthusiastic than is wise to embrace the battleship part of her heritage and engage the Morgana with her guns as well as her planes, and as such she has a highly-aggressive tactic that has the fleet close with the enemy at flank speed, rather than try to keep her distance and rain death from afar using her planes and reserve her guns for any enemy that puts in the effort to close with her.
* MilitaryMashupMachine: She bills herself as having both the best of her battleship heritage and her completed aircraft carrier build. The actual truth is closer to that she had the worst of both and like many battleship/battlecruiser-to-carrier conversions, she was rather less capable than smaller, purpose-built carriers with worse deck, hangar, and elevator layouts than purpose-built carriers, and at the same time, having nowhere near the armor or armament of their original designs or the means to effectively employ such armament even if they did have it.

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-->''"The Morganas think they're the big cats of the seas, but they don't frighten yo, do they? I'm Léopard, and I would be pleased to hunt alongside you."''