A Dragonfly-class spelljammer was a 26 ton ship that could be operated by a minimum of 3 crew, with a maximum of 10. It was rated, in the Jane's Book, as Manueverability C and capable of carrying 13 tons of cargo.
Unmodified, it was 193 feet long (236 feet if you counted the legs it normally came with) and 30 feet across (122 feet if you counted the wings.) From the bottom to top, it was 75 feet high though considerably larger once you added wings and legs.
This particular Dragonfly had been sold to an adventuring company named the Fist Of Paladine five decades ago who had met a bad end when one of them did something particularly ill-advised during an adventure on an abandoned dwarven fortress.
It had been eventually salvaged by a smaller group of adventurers, who sold it on the Rock Of Bral. The vessel was then purchased by tinker gnomes who went on to remove the legs, put wheels in their place, altered the wings into spring-loaded sails with explosive bolts that could release them in an emergency, and replaced the rear ballista with a cannon that lasted all of one battle before it exploded.
The neogi captured the ship, thought it was mostly useless because it HAD been modified by tinker gnomes, and decided to just leave it out where they could use it as bait.
When Naruto and his group had teleported onto it, they had no idea about any of this and it was only by accident that someone found out what a spelljamming helm was and how it worked during the fight and escape when the ship had left its position.
Which had also been when the first time Naruto had teleported an entire ship. Adventures ensued as Naruto had tried repeatedly to teleport home only to find the path blocked.
The ship had been further repaired and modified by several misplaced ninja and some former-slaves rescued from Neogi holding pens. Now the Little Wing was the sole occupant of a warehouse that barely contained it.
It was from one of those former-slaves that Sakura Haruno learned a new skill and took her first steps on an entirely new path.
Ibiki considered the file he'd put together. Finally stabbing one scarred finger down on a particular section. "Before you ask, we had three people of T&I trying to use that book of hers. None of us could manage it, which is pretty much what Haruno said would occur. Such items are personally attuned, like some of the high-end ninja tools. She has to be the one writing up the things in there, and then she needs to be able to re-read the sections."
"So without the book, she cannot access these special abilities?" asked the Hokage.
"Yes, though she can make copies," said Ibiki. "She's making one for us to hold onto. Another she'll probably hide in a 'safe spot' she'll work out later."
The Hokage nodded. Most jonin had similar stashs outside the village. If ever there was a successful invasion, forced change of power, a mission where they were outside the village and wounded, or something similar - they could hit such a stash and replenish supplies.
"All of them indicate that they have some 'ranking' within these new skillsets," continued Ibiki. "With Haruno, this 'Archivist' ranking apparently reflects her ability to access and replenish these various 'divine' jutsu. Most of them are healing jutsu, with a few information-gathering jutsu as well."
"Oh?" asked the Hokage, knowing that this would also be something Ibiki would be interested in.
Ibiki inclined his head. "Yes. Whatever team she ends up with, it might be interesting to have her work with my department in the future. One of them resembles a Yamanaka clan technique, but is sufficiently different that it might serve as corroboration when used alongside such a technique."
Naruto sat back in his cell in the Torture and Interrogation area and wondered what was going to happen to them now. They'd spent so long, done so much, and been so focussed on first surviving and then returning that nobody had really considered what would happen when they DID return.
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