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Our tech has advanced for enough to design a practical Freighter:
At 40,000 tons, it JUST squeezes into the commercial slipway that we have been building at Stettin on the Baltic. Ignore the "3 month deployment time"... crew endurance makes no difference with civilian vessels unless they carry sensors.
The first Maultier will be laid down as soon as the required components have been pre-fabbed in our factories.
At 40,000 tons, it JUST squeezes into the commercial slipway that we have been building at Stettin on the Baltic. Ignore the "3 month deployment time"... crew endurance makes no difference with civilian vessels unless they carry sensors.
The first Maultier will be laid down as soon as the required components have been pre-fabbed in our factories.
The first Maultier Freighter has been laid down at Stettin using pre-fabbed components, and should complete in only six months (in Spring 1930).
We have received a second weapon scientist! 
He's the same as the first one.
EDIT: ... and ten days later, a THIRD weapon scientist!
... also identical to the other two.
Paging Werner von Braun! We need your skills...
He's the same as the first one.
EDIT: ... and ten days later, a THIRD weapon scientist!
... also identical to the other two.
Paging Werner von Braun! We need your skills...
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I have begun research on Jump Point Theory (the first tech in a chain of techs that will eventually let us out of the Sol system).
So some of our scouts may be receiving posthumous "eaten by aliens" medals within a few years.
Korvettankapitan Dragon of Atlantis has been promoted to Fregattankapitan and placed in charge of our first Maultier class Freighter. He is now engaged in delivering life-support infrastructure to Mars, in preparation for the establishment of Earth's first interplanetary colony.
We're getting there... research is still painfully slow, with only 14 labs in total. If we had played as a Meritocracy, we would have STARTED with 27. Of course, Imperial Monarchy fits the theme better.
Our first Blume class colony ship has been laid down.
In other news, one of our two Navy yards has reached 12,000 tons capacity... almost enough to design a Light Carrier (if we knew any carrier techs, or any fighter techs, or any missile techs...)
In other news, one of our two Navy yards has reached 12,000 tons capacity... almost enough to design a Light Carrier (if we knew any carrier techs, or any fighter techs, or any missile techs...)
By the way, I noticed how in the old runs, people really liked seeing their characters' traits. Are those still in the game, and if so what are my character's traits?
Oberst KaiserBeer has been placed in command of the 67th Mobile Infantry Battalion, Imperial Space Marines.
Political Reliability +20%, Ground Combat +20%, Xenology +15%, distant manner
Political Reliability +20%, Ground Combat +20%, Xenology +15%, distant manner
Journal entry 1, date xx:xx:19xx
I have received word that I have been promoted and am to be placed in charge of the first Mule ship. It is to bring supplies to aid in the colonization of Mars. People have pretty much been excited and in good spirit over this for some time. Bah, why celebrate so soon, I say we should save it for after, if at all.
Bernd "Dragon of Atlantis" Vorholz
I have received word that I have been promoted and am to be placed in charge of the first Mule ship. It is to bring supplies to aid in the colonization of Mars. People have pretty much been excited and in good spirit over this for some time. Bah, why celebrate so soon, I say we should save it for after, if at all.
Bernd "Dragon of Atlantis" Vorholz
As our technology improves, we become capable of both revolutionary and incremental advances in applied engineering.
As an example of an incremental advance, our Survey Craft designs continue to improve. The Kaefer was a big step forward over the earlier Schmetterling... faster, longer range, greater flight endurance... but it has flaws of its own. It carries enough maintenance stores to repair a broken engine, but not enough to repair the Geo-survey sensor, if it should malfunction; and the sensor is mission-critical for a Survey Craft. After Fregettankapitan Stuckenschmidt was forced to return to Earth for repairs to a broken sensor, a new Scout Craft was designed to correct this flaw.
The Muecke is nearly twice as fast as the Keafer, with similar range and endurance, but it carries enough maintenance spares to keep all of its equipment... sensor included... in working order.
As an example of a revolutionary advance, Professor Einstein is currently exploring new possibilities implied by the GR (General Relativity) equations that he pioneered in 1916 and 1919. If he can solve this thorny problem, the Human Race may be able to circumvent the light-speed limit and reach the distant stars!
As an example of an incremental advance, our Survey Craft designs continue to improve. The Kaefer was a big step forward over the earlier Schmetterling... faster, longer range, greater flight endurance... but it has flaws of its own. It carries enough maintenance stores to repair a broken engine, but not enough to repair the Geo-survey sensor, if it should malfunction; and the sensor is mission-critical for a Survey Craft. After Fregettankapitan Stuckenschmidt was forced to return to Earth for repairs to a broken sensor, a new Scout Craft was designed to correct this flaw.
The Muecke is nearly twice as fast as the Keafer, with similar range and endurance, but it carries enough maintenance spares to keep all of its equipment... sensor included... in working order.
As an example of a revolutionary advance, Professor Einstein is currently exploring new possibilities implied by the GR (General Relativity) equations that he pioneered in 1916 and 1919. If he can solve this thorny problem, the Human Race may be able to circumvent the light-speed limit and reach the distant stars!