recommended pairings:
- this tom scott video about the royal navy's "damage repair instructional unit", the ship every new recruit has to learn how to do damage control in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXC6U0NfJg8
- this archived US Navy training slide deck mostly about "material conditions of readiness", the letter painted on every door onboard a ship to tell you whether it should be left open in high seas or when you're getting shot at: https://ia803205.us.archive.org/16/items/mipc-dcfp_navy_mil/dcfp.navy.mil_3VRA6AFBX5PF75NOHUCFUEV5JDO3D55G.pdf
- edit: also, the concept of the ram air turbine, the little windmill that pops out of the side of an airplane in extremely dire emergencies to provide it with a tiny amount of hydraulic pressure and electrical power generated by the energy of the wind moving past the plane
