I haven't seen this mentioned here, so I thought I'd pass on a link for Firefly fans: [1]. Could serve as excellent inspiration for world/scene making with...
Joseph B. Kopena
tjkopena@...
Oct 2, 2005 3:58 am
51799
Greetings: These were posted on the TML, so I thought folks might like to see them here as well: http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/ ...
The Washington Treaty of 1922 - I'm asking if anyone on this list has any ideas as a treaty such as this one could be applied in a futuristic Universe. I don't...
The intent of the treaty was to avoid a very, very expensive capital ship building race in the wake of WWI between the principal naval powers of the day, the...
... capital ship ... powers of the day, ... established ... it possible ... set seemingly ... could each ... This is, in fact, something we're working on for...
... I'm no expert, but I'd expect it depended mainly on transparency - the facilities required to build ships are not small and unnoticeable. In most countries...
Thanks Matthew. Somehow I knew that there would be people on this list that knew what I was talking about. The 1922 Treaty does provide a historical precident...
... Actually, the Japanese didn't "cheat" on the Washington Treaty; that is to say they abided by the terms =as written=. The Treaty didn't say anything about...
... is to ... anything ... take ... A pedantic note: this involved a later treaty (London, 1930), I believe. The Washington Treaty, IIRC, did not distinguish...
Hello, I just came back from watcing Serenity. Great movie. Reminds me of Traveller games I used to play. Makes me want to go find a group of folks to play...
And that they would give notice was obvious years before it happened as they had publically stated that unless given equality they would. Respectable opinion...
scott palter, final s...
finalswordproductions...
Oct 4, 2005 2:41 am
51812
... The problem, of course, is that if you simply follow the rules 'honestly' it's all too easy to end up being too conservative, and then you end up with HMS...
All,, This talk of how difficult it is to hide the construction of a ship has been interesting. Of current concery to the US Navy is rapidly expanding navy of...
Doug Murphy and I discussed this several years ago. I believe that this is what happened to aircraft carriers. With all their obvious limitations they still...
Terry Rooker
bk795@...
Oct 4, 2005 2:57 pm
51817
First the NavWar group has a great big discussion of Starship Troopers, and now all the SciFi people are discussing the Washington Naval Treaty. I shudder to...
The USN had all the BB's it was allotted under the treaty at the time the treaty was signed, but had room for more carriers. That is why, in part, the ...
Ohh... clever Chinese! goo fodder for adventures, too. Perhaps an Imperial Navy sub-group buys an old wet-navy shipyard and some factories nearby, and converts...
... sure ... Actually, the new ship construction tools allow you to do continuous sizing of ships from 25 hull spaces (625 tons) up to around 3000 hull spaces...
... The series is available for $34 at Amazon. Easily worth it. I've talked three people into buying it, giving them a money-back guarantee. All have called...
... Those specific points are correct, but Steve is actually quite wrong in the general sense. Japan DID in fact cheat on the treaties by any reasonable...
mark.campbell@...
Oct 6, 2005 3:17 am
51826
One of the problems with arms control agreements is that closed regimes [Japan under the Washington and London treaties; the Soviets before 1991] can cheat at...
scott palter, final s...
finalswordproductions...
Oct 6, 2005 1:50 pm
51827
And now, DDX is something like 12,000 tons. I find it amusing that we're building destroyers that violate the Washington Naval Treaty limit on Cruiser...
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