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By 1882, "La Royale" is finally getting back on its feet, and with the complete destruction of the Quing fleet at the Battle of Fou-Tchéou as retribution for the perceive inaction of the dynasty over Taiping encroachment in Tonkin, and the (limited) success of the anti-slave trade campaign conducted with the Admiralty over northern Neo-Thetys, European powers have not failed to notice. With the opening of fully industrialized shipyards in the 3rd's French colonies, the tonnage limits of the Accord du Ponant can no longer be as easily enforced by the Admiralty, and sightings of experimental ships sporting Agarthan Engineering modifications are more and more common.