Middle Kingdom digesting new ships

Borys · April 10, 2007, 10:49:08 AM

Quote from: Phoenix on April 10, 2007, 10:40:01 AM
The only Captain who managed to perform adequately -and that means he didn't either beach or wreck his vessel!- is Captain Song. He did however manage to get lost. Now, I tell you, how does one get lost with 12.000 tons of metal ?

My monitor is greatful. I had to clean it after spluttering coffee over it :)

The thought, the image of a battleship getting "lost" was too much ...

Borys

Phoenix · April 12, 2007, 10:03:55 AM

Oooh, wait until the new batch of officers comes. ;D I do hope the offer of your envoy to have some of them trained at his expenses was carried out ? I mean, I never got around to write about it and I was planning to.

Borys · April 12, 2007, 10:10:44 AM

Tha killer mustache in Peking offered to cover the expense of training a dozen kadets, i.e. 17-18 year old boys from scratch. And offered Habsburg Naval officers for on the spot training. 60 within a month's notice, 200 within 3 months. For three years, thus allowing for some language training. At no cost to MK Gov't.
Austria's benefit - the officers get sea time which they would not get in the temporarily downsized Habsburg fleet.
MK benefit - a battleship needs some 50-60 officers. A cruiser 20-25. With half a dozen Austrian officers, cases of battleships "getting lost" and other "navigational hazards" should drop sharply.
Borys

Phoenix · April 23, 2007, 11:24:09 AM

After that "First Outing" several Admirals have been seen talking most eagerly with the Killer Moustache. And young men were put on the Orient Express so fast it left skid marks on the rails.