This month, the Evil Engineer offers practical tips to a villain in search of a bigger boat – a much bigger boat.
Dear Evil Engineer,Despite having been in the villainy industry for less than 10 years, I have already been forced to move my business between countries eight times. Wherever I go, I’m made to feel unwelcome as a villain. So many communities preach tolerance, then clutch their pearls when I have a rival CEO and his family fed to my pet orca. I’m sick of being forced to accept the constraints placed upon me by society – so I’m going to found my own country.
Having considered all the possibilities, I am most intrigued by the idea of forming a self-governing nation on a ship, ever roaming the lawless seas. Could you advise me how large a ship I could build?
Yours,An Oppressed Villain
Dear villain,I am sorry that you have been made to feel this way. I can only reassure you that you are not alone in your feelings of unbelonging. Have you tried connecting with others in the villainy...