The Spy Yacht is a sail-and-motor yacht for uchronic intelligence operations, run under Meteora of the Ministry of Uchronic Affairs, which carried the Time Bandits from Nice to the coast near Bucharest.
| Type | Vessel (spy yacht) |
| Operator | Ministry of Uchronic Affairs (Meteora) |
| Arc | Uchronic Paris |
| Spanish entry | Embarcación Táctico |
Description
Medium-sized, with room for a crew of five to fifteen plus passengers; high-performance masts, steam boilers for emergencies, and magical reinforcement against abyssal storms and sea attacks. Its motley crew, mostly unidentified, may be Ministry spies or mercenaries; some are trained in magic or combat.
Voyage
From the port of Nice across the Spanish and Italian Mediterranean, the Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic to Romanian waters, with a secret landing near Bucharest — several days on secondary routes avoiding ports watched by German and Serbian authorities. It bridged the escape by land (Orient Express and Switzerland) and the arrival in Bucharest, letting the group regroup and receive the Ministry’s support: false papers, 1,000 francs a head, and intelligence on the Circle of Serbia.
The naga
A large aquatic naga with hypnotic powers attacked at sea. Corvino was briefly charmed; Swan and Claude fought hand to hand; Philippe and Aby attacked with magic ammunition. A decisive shot killed it; its head was kept in brine as a trophy.
Later
It anchored near Bucharest as an extraction route, was later mentioned as an escape option, and vanished from the narrative as the group turned to land and the Serpent Island. A later attack by the Black Octopus destroyed Meteora’s yacht.