... freight for the best windows ... Note that we need to consider the final pravda from this discussion and look again at the Nexus and the random can cities...
... Well, I think it's helpful for the nexus stations; there's going to be times when a ship is just going to need to wait around a bit for a favorable orbital...
While bringing myself up-to-date on the history, I noticed these entries in the timeline: 2150~ Split in Caliphate leadership results in a leader on Earth and ...
... You've got the causality backward. The Caliphate bid on Medina to deal with the split; the split didn't occur because of Medina. Basically, the previous...
... <finally got the civics stuff printed out> Okay. The way the 2150 entry is worded, it sounds... unusual, and the most likely sequence that popped into my...
After Mark posted the Saladin War OB on the AV:T forums, I asked if the Canadian CL had been named, and was told it wasn't, but I was welcome to start up a...
Hmm, I suspect that the navy might want to name it after a naval hero... William Parry Wallis: Took command HMS Shannon during the battle with the USS...
... A side question - what size is Canada's space navy? Is a CL likely to be its largest ship, or not? If not, then the Big Names likely get used on Bigger...
... Arthur ... success. ... after ... Naming the CL after Currie may not be a great idea as Canadian historians are still arguing over whether a seperate...
... Aargh! I started that post twice, and accidentally sent the two day old one. I agree with you fully, and even intended to suggest Harry DeWolf in the...
... Yeah, I got called on that by a friend of mine, and had actually re-written the post in another browser tab, then accidentally sent the old one. =P ... ...
... After British and French forces failed to take the same position. I read somewhere that Currie pioneered the use of creeping artillery barrages at Vimy. I...
Given Canada's losses in the war were similar to Australia's then no, 20% would not be too high. In Australia out of a population fo just 5 million, 324,000...
... Canadians were apparently employed in this role after they captured Courcelette during the Battle of the Somme. Depending on your level of cynicism, you...
Based on some assumptions, I've computed some worst case in-system costs for each world. My assumptions were: The ship would make complete round trips so costs...
Is that necessary? For transport of humans yes, i expect that to be the case. But for ships carrying non living cargo is it truly necessary to transfer the...
... be ... the ... My understanding is that the cargo is contained in detachable pods that can be transfered between ships much like the containers on today's...
... Why does a modern Ro-Ro need a crew? GPS navigation and remote piloting from satellite imaging of weather makes this just as viable for current commercial...
... I would expect public sentiment to be against robot freighters, given the TW experience with use of ships as WMD. -Kle....
Klebert L. Hall
swampyankee@...
May 9, 2004 5:56 pm
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Robot freighters don't usually get involved in politics... A big fear would have to be one or more crew members mutineeing or helping smuggle hijackers aboard....
... Well, crack the control codes and they might. I think the real reason for a shortage of robot freighters is inferior automation technology in the 10W, ...
We're going to do an assembly run on Sunday the 16th, in Skokie IL, for those who want to come and fondle their games. The first copies of AV:T were shipped to...
Ad Astra Games LLC and Echo Valley Productions have reached an agreement in principle to produce a line of games based on the New York Times bestselling Honor...
... Nope - these were actually pioneered at the Somme.... ... Wander over to the U of Calgary's history department or library and see if you can look over Ian...
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