Middle Kingdom Battleship

Desertfox · April 11, 2007, 12:08:55 PM

No! Stop giving her ideas! *grumble grumble* That towing equipment might come in handy...if she survives... ;)

maddox · April 11, 2007, 12:20:52 PM

Surprisingly low amount of torpedo tubes?

swamphen · April 11, 2007, 06:21:06 PM

If you desire more hamsters spinning their wheels, Krupps would be pleased to supply turbines of up to 12,000 shp. :)

Desertfox · April 11, 2007, 06:26:01 PM

Swampy you better keep those turbines to yourself, or a certain Captain Sparrow might pay the ship transporting them a visit...

maddox · April 12, 2007, 12:28:34 AM

Hmmm, if captain Jack Sparrow is such a menace...

Why not transport the plans for a factory trough the heavely protected Suez Canal to Trieste, from there on a railcar to Paris, to get the train via Bavaria to Moskou, straight on the Trans Siberian railroad to Ulan Bator, and from there to Beijing.

Desertfox · April 12, 2007, 08:12:13 AM

Ah but my dear friend there are plenty of muslim pirates in the Indian Ocean ;) and besides bad things can happen in the Tran Siberian Railway...

swamphen · April 12, 2007, 08:16:15 AM

Also it'd be a little costly to ship complete turbines on that route.

...plus, turbines or plans, France would be able to take a look at them that way. >:( ;D

maddox · April 12, 2007, 08:37:18 AM

France, in its Glorious backwardness concerning Turbines won't even touch those plans.

On Indian Ocean Pirates. Be aware, Be very aware. Napoleon the Great will pass by, with Admiral Geon in command.