New Confederate Destroyer - 1st/1908

[Tanthalas]

oh im with you on speed man.  Speed kills, which is why im working on a 31 knot 750 toner.....

[Carthaginian]

oh im with you on speed man.  Speed kills, which is why im working on a 31 knot 750 toner.....

Well, see the beginning of this thread... though you might wanna give her a higher freeboard to keep her from being wet. ;)

[Korpen]

oh im with you on speed man.  Speed kills, which is why im working on a 31 knot 750 toner.....

The question being; Who does the speed kill, the torpedoboot or its target? ;)

The tricky bit with TB designs is deciding what you want the ship to do.
If you want a ship to specialize on torpedo attacks, and only do that mission then it is not that hard to build 31+ kts ship.

[Tanthalas]

So true lol... I just sell out for speed, actualy going to be a build theory for me speed above all else.  Well once i get better turbines anyway.

[Desertfox]

You sound Swiss. ;) Then again the Swiss are the N-Verse Italians! ;D You want turbines...?

[Tanthalas]

You sound Swiss. ;) Then again the Swiss are the N-Verse Italians! ;D You want turbines...?

LOL i have them i just cant use them till 1908 ><.  So im stuck with questionable designs for now ><.

[Korpen]

Hm, so now we got two speed freaks here...  ;)

I really have to convince more people of the superiority of more and bigger guns. 8)

[Ithekro]

Rohan is the more and bigger guns type, as are the French and probably the Russians.  Rohan has started going for speed after having been forced into close quarters combat with the Anahuac Fleet during the war.  The 13 - 15 knot warships just can't decide the battle ranges if one wants to fight at range with big guns if your opponent can close at 18+ knots.

[P3D]

Orange requirements are dictated by the most probable enemy. That is, the DKB. As the DKB Admiralstab currently consists of speed freaks (23-25kts BBs, 28kts CLs, 25-27kts CAs), Kaapstad have to design ships with similar focus.

[Desertfox]

Well if you joined the war right now you wouldn't have to worry about the DKB later on. ;)

[Carthaginian]

Although most nations do not wish to see the war escalate further into a true global conflict... especially with it's dubious origins.

*a litle signs says*

NO SOLICITATION

POST NO BILLS

;)

[P3D]

Well if you joined the war right now you wouldn't have to worry about the DKB later on. ;)

The Republic of Orange increased its territory by 300%, and just finished a war 2 years previously. There was no preparations made at all for an offensive war in 1908.
And NS-Orange relations also cooled down a bit.

[Desertfox]

Who says you have to be friends with NS to join? ;) What your not Evil enough to want to increase your territory by another 300%? ;D No one made any preparations for an offensive war and yet here we are.

Although most nations do not wish to see the war escalate further into a true global conflict... especially with it's dubious origins.

Hey we are due for WWI aren't we? Now that war had dubious origins.

[Carthaginian]

Although most nations do not wish to see the war escalate further into a true global conflict... especially with it's dubious origins.

Hey we are due for WWI aren't we? Now that war had dubious origins.

LOL... they were NOT dubious.
The reasons for WWI were PERFECTLY clear:
1.) A little boy wanted big boats. His Uncle told the little boy not to build more big boats than he had. The little boy tried to anyway, and the Uncle got mad. When the little boy picked on one of the already angry Uncle's weak friends, the Uncle seized the excuse and sank the little boy's big boats.
2.) An egomaniac wanted to control Europe from single room in Berlin. He made bookoodles of back room deals in order to ensnare every possible leader he could. When his mastery of subtle manipulation was removed from the picture, those secret alliances fell apart and former allies went at each other's throats.
3.)Two old friends had always wanted the same job as president of their company. One was an excellent organizationalist but a bit uptight, the other was a strong performer even if he was a bit snobby. Eventually, they decided that they had to find out who was better qualified for the top slot, and it came to blows.


I know it's a bit simplistic... but I think it about sums things up. ;)

[Borys]

Ahoj!
There are 1000+ post threads on the "whodunnit" of WWI on several boards I know ...

And laying the blame on Germany is total excrementum bovinum. For various reasons everybody wanted a war.

Borys