... The shipyard wouldn't necessarily shut down; there's still plenty of refit work to do! I'd favor a cheaper frigate, or a mix of a cheaper non-gunboat...
Whether for a RW wet navy shipyard or a spaceship yard, there's a huge difference between refit work and new construction. You need to keep the worker in...
In editing the fluffbook, NB has gotten a bit of an overhaul. NB is now, by definition, the happiest nation in the Ten Worlds. Unhappiness is a medical...
... According to the Planet spreadsheet, NR has a year which is 491.002 local days in duration. According to the 10WorldCalendarsV3.xls in the files section...
... True, and there are ways around it, too, which amount to industrial welfare. NR uses them, and the British did it in the 20s and 30s to keep their...
... Terran ... It would be useful to let people know how many "months" their local calendars are. We have calendars for Olympia and Medina already, done by...
... Can do, however there are three discrepancies between the planet spreadsheet and 10WorldCalendarsV3.xls: Olympia year: 121 or 180 days, Pacific year: 160...
... local ... When in doubt, compare with the planetary filter spreadsheet, version 7; the filter spreadsheet is correct. Pacifica's year has 39 planetary...
Ah, silly me, assuming that one administrative day equaled one planetary rotation. I'll just slip in a conversion factor into the calendar program to take care...
... I'm good with however the guys on top need to work it to make things fit. But you are correct, it is very unlikely that the XC warship yards would go...
... I consider this unlikely; it's pretty desireable to have an even number of months in a quarter, plus 13 is an unlucky number. I'd probably bump ...
... number of ... bump ... The financial calendar (where calendar quarters live) is still based off of Earth's. The planetary calendar was set up with months...
... This is canonical then, and the calendar should be adjusted to fit. A really cute one would be to have three planetary rotations be two calendar days (this...
... Seasons also tend to live in quarters. Actually, I'm not sure why anyone would use 'months' anyway. They'll probably use things like 'rainy season'....
speaking off my butt (grin), We (humans) like to have measures. We notice cycles, and tend to mark them as they occur - they're convenient. For this reason, I...
Spencer, Kirklin
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... mark them ... True. ... or so ... Sure. Altiplano, which I was originally discussing, has no moon....
... According to the 10WorldCalendarsV2.xls in the files section, Concord's calendar has 28 months in it. However, I'm sure the calendar could be changed into ...
... two ... when ... By 2265, the people born at or around the time of the Whatever would be in (or near) their early 50s. They are the emerging new leaders of...
... <nyrathwiz@c...> wrote: [snip] ... Ok, you need 16 new month names, not just an extra 4.... I have two themes going through my head for the apparently...
If we are doing famous Brazilians might I suggest Vargas http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/V/Vargas-G.html Scott ... From: Luke Bennett To:...
... For NR, I'm thinking to just add 4 new months, one at the beginning of each 3-month block. Novigod would be the new first-month ("New-Year"), but the rest...
why? anyplace into their 'national' history would stress the true seasons in the old country in education regardless of local customs - fake snow in Miami...
... I have a headache. I'll program leap years, but I draw the line at a data file with the sunny/cloudy days on Median for the next two hundred years. ;)...
I think this is _the_ major argument. The funny thing is, the KY is actually a really cheap frigate. In the basic set, only the Shokoladkis are cheaper. You...
... two ... when ... Winch - I think Ken is trying to make you lose your hair. Its bad enough having to track whether a planetary day is 5 administrative ones...
... Per background fluff, the KYs field +1 hardened shells for their 3 3CG[4]s (and the drum for them) after the 12 Hour War; this costs 88 balance points -...
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