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[Naturegirl1999]

“Magna" Anti-Boarding Reinforced Door/Hatch(1): naturegirl1999

[Taricus]

I seriously don't think we're going to have to worry about boarding at all. This isn't the 16th century after all.

[Jerick]

I seriously don't think we're going to have to worry about boarding at all. This isn't the 16th century after all.

Yep I'm with Taricus here. We're not going to have to worry about boarding. For boarding to work they need to get right along side something that has long range weaponry with a ship that can be seen from miles away (assuming it has an engine and is producing smoke). Smaller boats aren't viable for boarding either because trying to board a steam powered warship in something that is too small to have an engine is suicide. Row boats and small sail craft do not outpace steam ships. To put it another way if they focus on boarding, they've screwed up and are going to take heavy losses without us even doing anything.

Ships could still be captured in the era we're operating in but that was typically something that only ever happened when the ship surrendered.

[Happerry]

What we need probably is a QF weapon. Didn't someone say they were going to write that up? Other then that we could try, say, some infrastructure design to get better steel or something maybe.

But super no point in anti-boarding stuff.

[Khang36]

Spoiler: Light Gun modernization Project (click to show/hide)

The Light Gun Modernization Project, is a program with the intended goal of creating a new set of light naval guns (6 inches and smaller) meet the navy's increasing need for better guns. The program comes in two part the guns them selves and the ammo they fire.

The guns are to be designed to handle the new Lorem powder propellants at 1.5 times the expected maximum load to ensure safe margin. Unlike the previous generation of light naval guns these new ones have replaced the old BL screw blocks with QF sliding wedge breach blocks, the gun barrel will be of a new build type which will be called "radially expanded", unlike other build types which used hoops or wire to reinforce the barrel it used a technique called autofrettage to strengthen the barrel itself to be able to handle the high pressures experienced in the gun chamber. This results in a single piece barrel that is as light as wire wound while being cheaper and fast to make. Instead of having the rifling be engraved directly onto the interior of the barrel it self an internal liner with the rifling is placed inside which can be replaced when the rifling is worn out greatly extending the service life of the barrels. With the anticipated increase in power from the new Lorem powder and thus recoil, all gun will have hydraulic recoil pistons to cushion the recoil ensuring that the gun mount do not get shaken apart from repeated firing.

For the Ammo all shells are improved using the latest in steel forging technique and metallurgy allowing for stronger shells for better armour piercing for AP shells and for thinner shell walls for increased HE capacity for HE shells. additionally AP shells tipped with a soft metal cap to help resist against shattering for better armour piercing against face hardened armours. the shells are to be filled with Ecrasite. for guns smaller than 4 inches they use fixed ammunition where as 4 inches and above use semi fixed ammunition for ease of handling and to allow for variable propellant charges.



2 inch:
QF 6 pounder 2"/40 Lorem M1890
3 inch:
QF 3"/40 Lorem M1890
4 inch:
QF 4"/45 Lorem M1890
5 inch:
QF 5"/45 Lorem M1890
6 inch:
QF 6"/45 Lorem M1890

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(0)
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(0)


Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(0)
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler: Light Gun modernization Project (click to show/hide)

The Light Gun Modernization Project, is a program with the intended goal of creating a new set of light naval guns (6 inches and smaller) meet the navy's increasing need for better guns. The program comes in two part the guns them selves and the ammo they fire.

The guns are to be designed to handle the new Lorem powder propellants at 1.5 times the expected maximum load to ensure safe margin. Unlike the previous generation of light naval guns these new ones have replaced the old BL screw blocks with QF sliding wedge breach blocks, the gun barrel will be of a new build type which will be called "radially expanded", unlike other build types which used hoops or wire to reinforce the barrel it used a technique called autofrettage to strengthen the barrel itself to be able to handle the high pressures experienced in the gun chamber. This results in a single piece barrel that is as light as wire wound while being cheaper and fast to make. Instead of having the rifling be engraved directly onto the interior of the barrel it self an internal liner with the rifling is placed inside which can be replaced when the rifling is worn out greatly extending the service life of the barrels. With the anticipated increase in power from the new Lorem powder and thus recoil, all gun will have hydraulic recoil pistons to cushion the recoil ensuring that the gun mount do not get shaken apart from repeated firing.

For the Ammo all shells are improved using the latest in steel forging technique and metallurgy allowing for stronger shells for better armour piercing for AP shells and for thinner shell walls for increased HE capacity for HE shells. additionally AP shells tipped with a soft metal cap to help resist against shattering for better armour piercing against face hardened armours. the shells are to be filled with Ecrasite. for guns smaller than 4 inches they use fixed ammunition where as 4 inches and above use semi fixed ammunition for ease of handling and to allow for variable propellant charges.



2 inch:
QF 6 pounder 2"/40 Lorem M1880
3 inch:
QF 3"/40 Lorem M1880
4 inch:
QF 4"/45 Lorem M1880
5 inch:
QF 5"/45 Lorem M1880
6 inch:
QF 6"/45 Lorem M1880

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(1) Naturegirl1999
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(0)


Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(0)
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

[Khang36]

Spoiler: Moerrholm Naval Academy (click to show/hide)

With the realization that the noble Sothweg navy will always be out numbered by the peasant navy, if we can not match them in numbers then we will make up the difference with the better ships and crew.Situated on the coast an hour west of Moerrholm The academy host a large campus with several buildings, facilities, dock allowing the academy to trains officers and sailors on vital skill need for officer and sailors their duties at the highest level of competency expected of them by king and country. some of the facilities include specialized docks with mock ships and or retired ships to train crews in latest practices of damage control, a gunnery range which serves as a basic coastal battery, and school ships to allow officers and sailors to the skills they have learned in lecture halls into practice.

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(1) Naturegirl1999
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(0)
Moerrholm Naval Academy

Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(0)
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

[Naturegirl1999]

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(1) Naturegirl1999
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Moerrholm Naval Academy(1) Naturegirl1999

Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(1)
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

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[Khang36]

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(2) Naturegirl1999,khang36
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(1)khang36
Moerrholm Naval Academy(1) Naturegirl1999

Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(1)
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

[Jerick]

Spoiler: Covert Observation Posts (click to show/hide)

We are facing an enemy that is likely to have both larger ships and a greater quantity of them. To counter this we need to be clever with our deployments and our maneuvers. In order to do that we need as much intel on the enemy movements as possible. I propose the construction of a network of covert observation posts to log and report ship sightings and their headings.

These observation posts would be small and would be staffed by three to four men each. They would be equipped with radios imported from the Marconi Wireless company, binoculars and anything else they could need to survive undetected on an uninhibited island for a prolonged period of time. The immobile nature of these outposts means they can build relatively powerful antenna though there is a need to carefully camouflage any such antenna.

Current radio technology is incapable of transmitting voice so instead the outposts will transmit mores code. Their reports will be encoded by use of a burner pad. The message is converted to numbers using a very standard letter to number substitution. Both the intended recipient and the outpost have an identical book with each page full of random numbers. The random numbers are added to numbers in the message. The outpost id and page number are added to the top and the message is transmitted. Once it is transmitted the page is torn out of the book, burnt and never used again. When it reaches the recipient they use their book to remove the random numbers and decode the message.

Since radio is pretty short range even with good antenna (it's still a very early technology) in order to get the messages back to HQ in any timely manner the outposts rely the messages back. They act as a mesh meaning that the loss of one or two outposts doesn't compromise the whole. Since each outpost's code book is unique they cannot translate each others messages and nor can anyone who captures one.

These men are deployed and supplied by unarmed fishing vessels that are to be maintained for this purpose. While setting up outposts on uninhabited islands is preferred setting up on deserted coastlines of inhabited islands can suffice. The positions for outposts on inhabited islands and any island within in enemy territory must be selected with the upmost care.

I perhaps might be going a little too ambitious with this but we do need the intel.

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(3) Naturegirl1999,khang36, Jerick
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(1)khang36
Moerrholm Naval Academy(1) Naturegirl1999
Covert Observation Posts (1) Jerick

Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(2) Naturegirl1999, Jerick
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

[Maxim_inc]

Mange&Branner Revolving Cannon

During ship trials before the outbreak of the conflict with Nemorland it was noted that the current use of small cannons to deal with light boats, corvettes and destroyers has proved to be inefficient and the Admiralty put out a request for a more efficient way of protecting our ships. The Mange&Branner Clockmaking Company has submitted its design to be reviewed by the admiralty board of the great Sothweg Navy.

The Mange&Branner Revolving Cannon is a upscale of western Gatling Guns designed to fire the 2" shells from our cannons. It has 5 revolving barrels firing from a single breech mounted in the 11 o'clock position which is aimed by a ladder sight to help ranging. The breech is fed by a large vertical drum carrying 25 shells per drum designed for quick reloads by a designated loader. The weapons is able to be traversed by a series of turning handles mounted onto the guns carriage.

The cannon is staffed by 3 sailors; A loader, gunner and the gun commander who uses the traversing handles to aim the cannon into a suitable arc of fire for the gunner.

[Khang36]

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(3) Naturegirl1999,khang36, Jerick
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(1)khang36
Moerrholm Naval Academy(1) Naturegirl1999
Covert Observation Posts (1) Jerick
Mange Branner Revolving Cannon

Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(3)Naturegirl1999, Jerick, khang36
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

[Happerry]

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(4) Naturegirl1999, khang36, Jerick, Happerry
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(2)khang36, Happerry
Moerrholm Naval Academy(1) Naturegirl1999
Covert Observation Posts (1) Jerick
Mange Branner Revolving Cannon

Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(4)Naturegirl1999, Jerick, khang36, Happerry
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

[Maxim_inc]

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(5) Naturegirl1999, khang36, Jerick, Happerry, Maxim_inc
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(3)khang36, Happerry, Maxim_inc
Moerrholm Naval Academy(1) Naturegirl1999
Covert Observation Posts (1) Jerick
Mange Branner Revolving Cannon(0)

Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(5)Naturegirl1999, Jerick, khang36, Happerry, Maxim_inc
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)

[Naturegirl1999]

New Projects
Light Gun modernization Project(5) Naturegirl1999, khang36, Jerick, Happerry, Maxim_inc
Face Hardened Armour(Harvey Armour)(4)khang36, Happerry, Maxim_inc, Naturegirl1999
Moerrholm Naval Academy(0)
Covert Observation Posts (1) Jerick
Mange Branner Revolving Cannon(0)

Dice spending
only progress Lorem powder for 1 die:(0)
one project and progress Lorem powder for 4 dice(0)
two projects and progress Lorem powder for 7 dice(5)Naturegirl1999, Jerick, khang36, Happerry, Maxim_inc
only one project for 3 dice(0)
only two projects 6 dice(0)