Steam and Steel: AltHist. Victorian STGOD

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2006-10-12 08:31pm

Thirdfain wrote:*sigh* Beowulf, am I missing some aspect of naval technology, or are you just looking for a fight?

Long messages are hard to keep straight over signal lamps.

A-Wing_Slash · Post by **A-Wing_Slash** » 2006-10-12 08:32pm

How much independence did a warship captain have at this time? I've got a cruiser thats just coming into range of Thirdfain and Beowulf's ships, and if they start fighting I'd love to get in on it myself. However, I find it hard to believe that an isolated captain, with no orders concerning this, would commit an act of war against another power as oppossed to just sitting and watching.

Cincinnatus · Post by **Cincinnatus** » 2006-10-12 08:33pm

Captain Chewbacca, aren't you spending too many points in research and reinvestment?

Also, I PMed RedImperator a while ago asking about the game, but he never got back to me. Maybe someone could talk to him on AIM?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2006-10-12 08:34pm

A-Wing_Slash wrote:How much independence did a warship captain have at this time? I've got a cruiser thats just coming into range of Thirdfain and Beowulf's ships, and if they start fighting I'd love to get in on it myself. However, I find it hard to believe that an isolated captain, with no orders concerning this, would commit an act of war against another power as oppossed to just sitting and watching.

Depended on the navy, the captain, and his orders. By nature they had to have a lot of independent authority because they were even then rather isolated.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2006-10-12 08:50pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Thirdfain wrote:*sigh* Beowulf, am I missing some aspect of naval technology, or are you just looking for a fight?
Long messages are hard to keep straight over signal lamps.

Exactly. You want a complicated message, you do it by code (signal flags), or you wait until you're close enough to do a good job of communicating. Thirdfain's trying to talk at long range, without using one of the predefined messages.

Theseus's captain has quite a bit of authority, as a captain of a ship generally out of contact with his higher ups, and as commodore of the squadron. Radiotelegraphy is still in it's infancy, which is why Endymion is steaming away to get help, instead of staying with Theseus in case of a fight.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2006-10-12 09:23pm

Cincinnatus wrote:Captain Chewbacca, aren't you spending too many points in research and reinvestment?

Also, I PMed RedImperator a while ago asking about the game, but he never got back to me. Maybe someone could talk to him on AIM?

I may have miscalculated. Was there a limit on research and reinvestment? I'd be happy to re-allocate to ships.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2006-10-12 09:23pm

I'm going to be posting my OOB tonight. Sorry about the delay.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2006-10-12 09:29pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:
Cincinnatus wrote:Captain Chewbacca, aren't you spending too many points in research and reinvestment?

Also, I PMed RedImperator a while ago asking about the game, but he never got back to me. Maybe someone could talk to him on AIM?
I may have miscalculated. Was there a limit on research and reinvestment? I'd be happy to re-allocate to ships.

Research and investment are the same thing. Provided you have rares you can get a tech bonus from reinvestment. And you can only reinvest 25% of your total points a turn.

Also, you have several ships that are illegal designs. Which no doubt throws off your OOB point values severely.

Cincinnatus · Post by **Cincinnatus** » 2006-10-12 09:32pm

Stormbringer wrote:
CaptainChewbacca wrote:
Cincinnatus wrote:Captain Chewbacca, aren't you spending too many points in research and reinvestment?

Also, I PMed RedImperator a while ago asking about the game, but he never got back to me. Maybe someone could talk to him on AIM?
I may have miscalculated. Was there a limit on research and reinvestment? I'd be happy to re-allocate to ships.
Research and investment are the same thing. Provided you have rares you can get a tech bonus from reinvestment. And you can only reinvest 25% of your total points a turn.

Also, you have several ships that are illegal designs. Which no doubt throws off your OOB point values severely.

You can also spend up to 10% of your total points on pure research to increase the chance of getting a bonus.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2006-10-13 02:21am

Thirdfain. I do believe I claimed the small islands in the vicinity of New GUinea towards the begining of the thread.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2006-10-13 02:26am

Thirdfain wrote: I would like 2 extra mods in this game. I can't mod myself; we need multiple mods if this is going to work.

Would anyone be interested in the position?

Well, I wouldn't mind being a mod, if you so choose

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2006-10-13 10:37am

I'll do the mod thing if you need me to.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2006-10-13 11:34am

Pablo Sanchez wrote:I'll do the mod thing if you need me to.

Speaking of the mod thing can you add the thread to the STGOD info link?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2006-10-13 01:50pm

Straha wrote:Thirdfain. I do believe I claimed the small islands in the vicinity of New GUinea towards the begining of the thread.

Perhaps, is it in your nation map?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2006-10-13 01:56pm

Thirdfain wrote:Agent Fisher will be missed, but otherwise, everything is prepared. I think we've got the rules more or less worked out, and we've got a solid campaign map.

Notice

I will be starting the main game thread next Sunday. Anyone who has posted in the main OOB thread at that point may begin posting, so get moving on those orders of battle!

Anyone who needs help with their nation map, PM me or ask Crossroads Inc., for assistance.

Let's get this muthafuckin' game on the road, kids!

This is from September 24. Until such time as you have posted an OOB, Straha, your posts in the main game thread are void.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2006-10-13 03:17pm

Thirdfain wrote:
Thirdfain wrote:Agent Fisher will be missed, but otherwise, everything is prepared. I think we've got the rules more or less worked out, and we've got a solid campaign map.

Notice

I will be starting the main game thread next Sunday. Anyone who has posted in the main OOB thread at that point may begin posting, so get moving on those orders of battle!

Anyone who needs help with their nation map, PM me or ask Crossroads Inc., for assistance.

Let's get this muthafuckin' game on the road, kids!
This is from September 24. Until such time as you have posted an OOB, Straha, your posts in the main game thread are void.

I was actually in the middle of compiling and correcting when you posted that. Tis' up, sorry about the delay I've been busy with a ton of stuff lately.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2006-10-13 03:19pm

No worries, mate.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2006-10-13 03:29pm

Thirdfain wrote:No worries, mate.

BTW, did you get a new screenname? Because I haven't seen you online at all...

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2006-10-13 03:38pm

Straha wrote:
Thirdfain wrote:No worries, mate.
BTW, did you get a new screenname? Because I haven't seen you online at all...

Worse. I don't have a working internet connection on my laptop, I've run this whole game from a library computer which won't run AIM.

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2006-10-13 04:06pm

Thirdfain wrote:
Straha wrote:
Thirdfain wrote:No worries, mate.
BTW, did you get a new screenname? Because I haven't seen you online at all...
Worse. I don't have a working internet connection on my laptop, I've run this whole game from a library computer which won't run AIM.

Whoa, I suddenly have a whole new respect for you, Hats off to you mate.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2006-10-13 04:12pm

Crossroads Inc. wrote:Whoa, I suddenly have a whole new respect for you, Hats off to you mate.

I have to borrow my girlfriend's computer to make graphics, as I can' download anything onto this workstation.

Adrian Laguna · Post by **Adrian Laguna** » 2006-10-14 03:03am

I do believe mine was an impressive first post in the Main Thread, what do you guys think?

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2006-10-14 01:11pm

I'd be worried what stormbringer will think about claiming so much space directly off his coast.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2006-10-14 02:01pm

Crossroads Inc. wrote:I'd be worried what stormbringer will think about claiming so much space directly off his coast.

As long as he doesn't try turning the seas around the area into territorial waters, I'm prepared to live with it. Halmahera alone is large enough that turning it into anything more than a net drain will take a while.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2006-10-15 03:38pm

Force Declaration:
The Rodina
Part of my Air Force point declaration

In 1888 Ogneslav Kostović Stepanović came to New Guinea from Russia like so many others. Unlike the others Ogneslav had a dream of men flying through the air free from all earthly restrictions. A pragmatist, however, he saw the military possibilities of an aircraft first and foremost, and basing himself off the designs Dupuy de Lome, Tissandier, Ritchel and others built a large rigid airship, designed for naval observation. A marvel for its time, he showed it off to the assembled dignitaries, though clumsy in the air in it he was able to see further than any ship on the sea, he was able to carry and drop two mines at pre-designated points in the ocean, and he was able to safely descend near a (stationary) battleship to show that a airship could be refueled at sea for fleet duties.
The Tsar was not impressed. Reportedly when the advantage of visibility was pointed out to him he merely replied "Build taller conning towers, it's cheaper that way." The airship was soundly rejected.
However, all was not lost. Members of the Tsar's inner circle had seen the potential from crafts like this, and contacted Ogneslav to advise him. Funding him, and helping him in court Ogneslav built a smaller, clunkier model, destroying the older Dirigible for spare parts and its engine Ogneslav built the Rodina a cockpit, stateroom, kitchen, and bathroom in the sky. In May of 1889 he presented the plans to Nicholas II, and in September he gave it to him. Nicholas was thrilled and filled with Boyish glee after his first flight in the craft, no matter its inferiority to the previous model, and immeadietly granted royal favour to Ogneslav. While no new ships are in the works for the Imperial Navy, plans have been exchanged between Admiral Makarov and Ognleslav, but the Tsar, though thrilled with the Rodina, is still hesitant to portion over money for more dirigibles.