As folks may have noticed, Maddox is playing the Inca.
Maddox was interested in a position to interact and storytell from.
Running a major NPC was not his desire.
The Inca meet to both goals.
I offered to help with the Inca Startup, and Maddox will continue the position from there.
For the Navy, I plan to have Design threads in the New Ships for everyone.
There will be the following groups :
Pre 1897 Compounds, <1896 : 45,833 tons
Pre 1904 Turbine, 1897-1903 : 36,575 tons
Pre 1908 Oil fired, 1904-1907 : 30,553 tons
1908-1912 : 27,500 tons
Maddox specified the pre 1897 shall have a number of 3000 tons sailing brigs. I offered the Parthian sailing frigate as an example, and that suits the purpose.
~6000t Coast Defense ships, 3000t small cruisers, and destroyer/torpedo boats round out the fleet.
minimums
16knots, 12kt cruise, 3200nm+ range, no pure oil-fire, 1.2+ seakeeping.
I think OTL French Weapons from http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_Main.php (http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_Main.php) will be the basis of the guns.
Any questions/Comments/Concerns?
To create the Inca I used a reduced form of the Player start, and then did the modification points :
3 Provinces
IC : 32
BP : 10
38 Land points
14 Deployment points
23 Fortification points
4x 50m drydocks
4x 100m drydocks
2x 125m drydocks
2x 175m drydocks
Any questions/Comments/Concerns?