Help with my story? Easy 10 pts!?

Well, your steampunk cruise-line submarine would be different than an actual sub from the 1920's. It would have large windows, since no one is going to have fun where the only sight of the great underwater outdoors is through the only periscope on the ship. No fun, no bookings for the cruise. It would have to be large enough to accommodate paying passengers in comfort. The journey would be expensive if the sub was not large, because it would have to be exclusive (10 passengers paying $5000.00 each rather than 100 passengers paying $500.00) for the cruise line to pay expenses and make profit.

The Titanic's sister ship, Olympic, was steam propelled. It took her roughly 5-6 days to make the crossing from Southampton to New York City. I'll assume it would take your ship just as long. What will your passengers do and where will they eat and sleep during the time? What will be burned to create the steam?

The submarine is a good idea. Perfecting it for war was cutting edge during the turn of the 20th century. Conan Doyle wrote a pamphlet called "Danger!" where he saw the Germans invading Britain via submarines. I think you'll need to be quite creative about adapting it for civilian use. I'd lean toward the airship because I'd find it less claustrophobic, and because I saw the Hindenburg movie. That was some snazzy airship.

You said a lot of steampunk stories talk about airships, right? So, even though your story's already unique, that would make it similar to a lot of other steampunk books out there. So it could be pretty cool if you went even more unique and set it in a submarine. You'd be more original, and there's also plenty of possibilities for submarine murder drama.

Submarines can be hundreds of meters below the surface of the ocean, under immense water pressure. That can be pretty scary, especially if someone is flung out into the freezing depths, or someone breaks a window resulting in a pressure catastrophe, someone is killed with the bends, engine room shenanigans, etc.

Also there would be more opportunity for creepy vibes if it's in the strange depths of the ocean. A fun fact: Sound travels much further in the depths of the ocean, so when you're really deep underwater, if sounds are recorded you can hear super distant whale calls/moans, ocean noises from a long way away, etc. and that can have a really ominous effect.

In short, A lot can be done with a submarine as well as an airship. But idk, that's just how I see it. It would be a really cool story either way.

Hope I helped :)

I think I would prefer an airship, just because that has more of a steampunk feel! You could definitely mention something in the story about other cruise ships that are underwater though, because that's a really cool idea!

I would prefer to read something by an author who knew what they wanted. Don't poll strangers. Write what YOU want to write.