General Social/Chatter Thread

[The Rock Doctor]

I can never seem to find that chart of what Coast Defence BP gets you when I'm actually interested in that.

Is it in the Rules forum?  If not, can it be moved there?

It's stickied in Meeting Room as "Working Draft : Land and Air combat"
The chart is about halfway down.

They didn't get much comment when posted.
The entire process is one that I had on back burners when the Caicos war required..something.
and I keep fiddling with a little.

Then for this, I pulled other things off those back burners and shot them to Snip,
but only partially enacted. 

We as a group have always focused on the Sea Techs, and the entire land/air
bit was/is poorly defined. Major Land wars were not in Snip's vision,
he expected the Homelands to avoid a WWI style battle. Which is
also why conquered homeland provinces are basically worthless for decades.

I screwed it up a bit by adding the playable NPCs, but at the time we supposedly
had a full Old World and new players, and I wanted to ensure we could add more.
Heck we *almost* had a Chinese and a Ethiopian player, though I wanted Laksmanavati for that.
Instead we've churned players in Norse and Iberia.

This entire war will probably serve as the impetus for a post discussion if things are working reasonably.

Thanks for that.

[TacCovert4]

From walking through real-life facilities....they have loading facilities.

[Kaiser Kirk]

From walking through real-life facilities....they have loading facilities.

I've seen the turntables, so I knew that part,
and kinda assumed that a fixed emplacement would also provide for
something other than manual reloading...but wasn't sure.

[TacCovert4]

From walking through real-life facilities....they have loading facilities.

I've seen the turntables, so I knew that part,
and kinda assumed that a fixed emplacement would also provide for
something other than manual reloading...but wasn't sure.

I've walked inside Fort Caswell's WW1 defenses.  There's a command post for each pit, which contains 4 mortars.  There's also rail track for hand-carts, a sort of gantry thing, and other bits.  Basically each mortar pit has its own magazine and railway for moving shells and powder, as well as the points to use a light crane of sorts to load.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Interesting.
Good to know.

I've seen the casements for the 16" guns above the Golden Gate.
I *may* have been to the mortar sites, but don't recall them,
but have seen pictures. One reason for my splitting them in
2 x 4 gun batteries.

I figure intermittent 240mm would make establishing a beachhead
on Martinique unpleasant. So I sited them accordingly.

[Desertfox]

Let me know if ya'll want pictures of the coastal defenses around the Bay Area, I've been to quite a few of them, have some pictures and can always take more.

[The Rock Doctor]

Ah, the joys of costing out a ship with a low mass, high volume payload.

Let me know if ya'll want pictures of the coastal defenses around the Bay Area, I've been to quite a few of them, have some pictures and can always take more.

I'd be curious to see a few when you have the chance.

[The Rock Doctor]

Had fun designing that ship and look forward to sharing it with y'all in the far future year of *checks notes* 1924.

[The Rock Doctor]

Apparently I've laid down some ships with a two-gun 130mm mount and hoist that I haven't yet researched.

Guess I'd better research that right quick and refit the affected ships.

[Jefgte]

Apparently I've laid down some ships with a two-gun 130mm mount and hoist that I haven't yet researched.

::)  :-[  :o  ;)  :D  ;D

[The Rock Doctor]

Maybe I've invented the idea of "Fitted for but not with".

[Kaiser Kirk]

My problem tends to be getting the wrong barrel length or ammo wt.
Or wanting to lay the ship down before the mounting is ready.

Right now I've been designing some 1924-26 ships with a 0.1 knot extra speed
to represent auxiliary diesels....but I can't do diesel propulsion
until after I've researched that.

I wish that engine tech tree was maximum power plant size by type.
oh well.

[The Rock Doctor]

I have that problem with the new 15mm machine gun which has a barrel length of 90 calibers.  Or maybe 70.  And then I just forget to change it from 45.

[The Rock Doctor]

Noting for self that my list of BAD SHIPS with the non-existent 2-gun 130/45 M&H are:

-1 Labedz class CV
-1 Vanem class oiler
-1 Straznik class armored cruiser
-2 Encke class battleships

All of which are under construction.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Noting for self that my list of BAD SHIPS with the non-existent 2-gun 130/45 M&H are:

-1 Labedz class CV
-1 Vanem class oiler
-1 Straznik class armored cruiser
-2 Encke class battleships

All of which are under construction.

If they are completed after the gun research is done he matter could easily be resolved
Ships can undergo a Basic Refit when the hull is 75% completed for no additional cost or modification to construction time.