General Social/Chatter Thread

[Kaiser Kirk]

Well the past several months have been very busy for me,
with a number of unexpected happenings that took up my time and energy.

So, lots of things I said I would take care of did not occur.
Sorry, I try to triage my time as best possible.

Now, I'm looking at a March with precious little on the horizon to devour my free time,
and thinking I can actually make progress on N7 stuff ....
we shall see.

[The Rock Doctor]

I swear to God I had a good sketch of a CVE somewhere and my laptop must've eaten it for some reason.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Since I lack effective ship drawing skills I am spared that problem !!

[The Rock Doctor]

Since I lack effective ship drawing skills I am spared that problem !!

It's all good.  I have created my 2H/1922 carrier.  I think it's a good 1918 tech carrier, in the sense that "good" = "Sounds good in theory but will require a refurbishment to actually make work properly".

[Desertfox]

Since I fully intend to steal design elements from Rocky, its a problem for me too!

[The Rock Doctor]

Since I fully intend to steal design elements from Rocky, its a problem for me too!

This is true and I know I must take my community responsibilities seriously.

Kind of a shame I can't just build an Argus with the 1918 tech, but y'all will probably enjoy how I throw away 11 BP on this one.

[Kaiser Kirk]

I've considered a 'scratch built' experimental carrier, and then refurbish to something 'usable'.  I even have some designs I've tinkered with.
But I'm hoping to lay down a series of cruisers or light armored cruisers, with a carrier or flight deck cruiser as the last of the division
and I won't have that spare capacity for a little bit.

So for now, I'm going with the rebuilt Torpedo Boat Carrier. Might do a 2nd conversion too. Then scrap both when I get real ships in service.

[Kaiser Kirk]

The disconnect is  why the note of 1916.5   and 'post 1920'. 
The IC/BP haven't been updated in quite some time, the provinces have.
Those two are no longer linked.

Maddox wanted a story setting, I was really hoping his family issues would
resolve and leave him in a better place, but it's been a bit.
I probably should have deleted the Inca from the list.

So I wind up treating them like the Berber.
I'm pretty certain they can choose to expand ~3/turn.

Their IC and maybe even BP will have increased,

BUT, even in 1916.5 they have 10 BP, a minor interest in a Navy and an avowed interest in
South American expansion.

So is it reasonable they are building 3 DP (and or LP) a turn?

Sure.

[The Rock Doctor]

I've considered a 'scratch built' experimental carrier, and then refurbish to something 'usable'.  I even have some designs I've tinkered with.
But I'm hoping to lay down a series of cruisers or light armored cruisers, with a carrier or flight deck cruiser as the last of the division
and I won't have that spare capacity for a little bit.

So for now, I'm going with the rebuilt Torpedo Boat Carrier. Might do a 2nd conversion too. Then scrap both when I get real ships in service.

I had a brain-fart last night and completely changed my approach.

I like what I've come up with.  It's unique, and not too expensive, and probably doesn't work in practice, but lets the Union learn the hard lessons about deck design and all that jazz.

[The Rock Doctor]

Was just over at Wesworld snooping about and there hasn't been a new post there in almost three months.

[Desertfox]

They did hit the 1950 limit on SS3 right? I tried to recruit some but no one bit.

[The Rock Doctor]

They did hit the 1950 limit on SS3 right? I tried to recruit some but no one bit.

It looks like it, yeah, and I guess they moved on to other things.

It had a good, long run, no question.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Yeah when that fellow was looking for alt-history research, I pointed him there and wandered over.
Looks like Hood's archived it. Curiously he stored my Belgian stuff, but not my Dutch.
Was curious who took over the Netherlands after I got pissed off at the Franco-German Union and others and left.

[Desertfox]

I would have stuck around but then they told the Aerospace Engineer to stop designing airplanes... really killed motivation. Then there was a push towards "realism" and the alt-history got pushed to the back burner.

[snip]

Ya, it became less fun when it was clear that there was never going to be any meaningful conflict of any kind. For better or worse, having the potential for unwanted conflict is a nice aspect of the game.