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[Iris]

Addendum: Our spy corps will look for technical documentation on the Lepidus-class cruiser. Of particular interest are the displacement and top speed.

[piratejoe]

Winter, 1896, Design Phase.

While our plans in the west have been disrupted, we gave the enemy a bloody nose both there and in the east! Further, due to halting the capitalists plan in the east, we are starting to regain the land they have unjustly taken from us. Yet the center is still held shakily. Further, it should be mentioned that once again the northern aggressors have falsely claimed the Lourens van Vilet as sunk. And further have mistakenly claimed the Gustaaf ten Donkelaar and Onderneming.

(5) Lastly, our spies have reported that the enemy ships displacement seems to be at least 4 thousand tons, give or take a thousand roughly, and is capable of over 24 knots. Though finer details have been impossible to get despite infiltration into one of the enemies shipyards. 

The Unions have granted an additional 4 PP to the Workers Navy. Productivity leads to progress!

(Noticed that the A class didn't progress last autumn despite the fact it should have and they didn't get delayed, so fixed that.)

It is now the Design phase of Winter, 1896. You have 6 dice remaining.

Spoiler: Projects (click to show/hide)

Ship Design and Construction Review | 5/15 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested
Torpedoboot van de Havenwacht | 6/20 | 1 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 1 PP invested

Spoiler: Technology (click to show/hide)

Naval
Early 7/12 inch guns
QF 2/3/4/5/6 M1895 guns (Cheap price. Rifling wears out at an average pace. 20k max range estimate for 6 inch version, 10k effective range.)
8/10/11.5 M1895 guns. (Cheap price. Reliable and long lasting. 25k max range estimate for 11.5 inch version, 12.5k effective range.)
Early Armor Piercing
Early High Explosive
Modern Parachute Flares
Smoke Rounds
Shrapnel Rounds
Basic Surface Single Torpedo Launchers
Early Prototype Double Torpedo Launchers (Basically useless in current form)
Advanced Triple-expansion engines.
Intermediate Steam Turbine Engines.
Decent Boilers.
Early coal/oil hybrid firing.
Steel hull construction.
Prototype Hydrodynamic hulls.
Single Casemates.
Single and Double gun turrets.
Early Rangefinder.
Early Central Fire Control.
Möser-Fokker Cemented Armor.
Basic Damage control techniques.
Cordite Draadkruit Smokeless Powder. (Now cheaper and slightly less likely to copy the brits)
Zeeslang Mk3 Torpedo. (Somewhat reliable Torpedo with 37 knot speed and 3500 yard range)
Advanced Observatieballons.

Marines & Installations
Defensive guns (Uses same calibers as naval guns)
UVW T92G (Basic Bolt Action Rifle)
UVW T96G (Bolt Action Rifle with 6 round magazine loaded with en blocs. Can use Mini Coehoorn. Reliable)
UVW T88R (Basic Revolver)
UVW T96SAP (Basic Semi Automatic pistol. Mostly reliable. Low bullet caliber. Variant for service crew and officers. Has 12 rounds)
UVW T95MG "Stoommachine" (Early Machinegun)
UVW T96S "Mini Coehoorn" (Rifle grenade. Usable by the T96G)
UVW T96HG (Simple Grenade.)
UVW T96H "Emmer Helm" (It's literally a steel helmet. What more do you expect?)
UVW T96S (Shovel/Entrenching tool)
UVW T96M (Knife)
Advanced Observatieballons

Spoiler: Ship Classes (click to show/hide)

Zeerover Speciale Kruiser: A modest high speed cruiser with a fairly sizable compliment of guns for dealing with any ships of equal size and armor along with anything smaller than it, and a few things above it. The submerged torpedo compliment also gives it a chance to punch well above it's weight, if it gets lucky. Fairly expensive though. Costs 5/2, 4 season construction time.

Compromise Class: An effective, slightly overweight shore defense ship with powerful guns and substantial, high quality armor. Quite fast for a ship of it's armor and armament, not far off from our cruisers. Costs 6/3, 5 season construction time.
Main Gun Refit (MGR): A simple replacement of the main 10 inch guns with the modern M1895 versions. Costs 1PP to refit, takes 1 season to complete. Shipbuild cost same as original.

A1-Klasse: A extremely fast Torpedo Boat Destroyer with a good compliment of guns and modest torpedo armament. The bridge is armored enough to be safe from splinters, barring a direct hit. It should be noted however the engine cannot run at full speed for much longer than a hour without running into issues. Costs 3/2, 3 season construction time.
Top Turbine Streamline (TTS): A simple replacement of the prototype engine with the fruits of the Top Turbine Technology program. Naturally efforts were done to make the design cheaper to maintain in the process. This has limited performance improvements the new turbines can give, but has succeeded in making the ship cheaper. Costs 3/.75, 3 season construction time. (Maintenance rounds up)

Resoluut Class: A modest Battleship with a good armament of submerged torpedo mounts and 11.5 inch guns. The bridge isn't very armored unlike the rest of the ship, but that is fine, provided the tower isn't hit by any proper battleship shells. Though more cautious captains and officers can lead from rooms inside the ship rather than in the tower. Costs 7/2, 6 season construction time.

Spoiler: Ship Class Cards (click to show/hide)

Zeerover Class

Compromise Class

A1-Klasse

Resoluut Class

Spoiler: Unassigned captains (click to show/hide)

Array

Spoiler: Ships (click to show/hide)

TBD - Torpedo Boat Destroyer
A-1 Klasse, 8 ships, 15 Maintenance.
A-1 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-2 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-3 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-4 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-5 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 1 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-6 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-7 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-8 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost

SK - Speciale Kruiser
Zeerover Class, 9 ships, 18 Maintenance
Zeerover       | SK | No Refit | Currently unassigned | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | David Streithorst is captain, Trained, Balanced
Pirat             | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Pieter-Jan Geurtse is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Avonturier     | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Thijn Seijnen is captain, Trained, Balanced
Geest            | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Floatilla B | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Bartje Brugmans is captain, Trained, Balanced
Onderneming | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair  | Crew are Trained | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Sibren ten Bouwhuis is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Rancune        | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Mathies ten Hermsel is captain, Trained, Balanced
Wraak           | SK | No Refit |  Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Jurren Strobos, Greenhorn, Balanced
Vrijheid         | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Jurren van Corbach de Koster, Greenhorn, Aggressive
Bevrijder       | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Henkie Plaggenmars, Greenhorn, Cautious

CDS - Costal Defense Ship
Compromise Class, 7 ships, 24 Maintenance
The Union                       | CDS | No Refit | Currently Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Christiaan Mol is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Herman Van Veen            | CDS | No Refit | Currently assigned to Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Egbert Hazenkamp is captain, Trained, Cautious
Lourens van Vilet             | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Marlijn de Wal is captain, Trained, Balanced
Eldert Schimmelpennink   | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Lindert Knuif is captain, Trained, Cautious.
Gustaaf ten Donkelaar     | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Gustaaf Hietland is captain, Trained, Cautious
Hendrik-Jan Dangremond | CDS | No Refit | Currently Floatilla A | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Kobus Zwakenberg, Greenhorn, Aggressive
CDS 9                               | CDS | MGR | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 6 PP per turn construction cost

Spoiler: Land Instillation's, Schools, & Dock Size (click to show/hide)

Veenland National School of the Navy (Costs 15 PP to maintain)
One 10" gun battery at Sparrendijke, Diepput, and Marvinsburg
One 6 inch battery at Buskruithof, Sparrendijkje, Berenberg, Diepput, Bloemenheide, Marvinsburg, Baggerrots, Nijzande Maringen, Vriesel, Amaliameer, Ijzenboor, Karlemandam, and Hanzebeek.

10,000 Displacement Dry docks. (2 more seasons upgrading)
104 PP, 57 Maintenance.

[Aseaheru]

 Allrighty, so, on with our current plan...

Spoiler: Proposed Projects for the turn (click to show/hide)

With ship designs being proposed mounting three or even four guns per turret, work needs to be put underway to provide the actual designs for said turrets and to improve existing designs of turrets and deck-and-hoist mountings. Hence, this project.
    Several lines of design inquiry are undergone, including “Turret mechanisms”, “Fire Control”, “Survivability”, “Range Improvements”, and finally “Actual Turret Designs”. Some of these routes of inquiry are pursued together, others are mutually exclusive.
    The turrets are designed with increased rotation speed and accuracy of turning, using improved hydraulic drives. Improvements are made for local fire control, with design integration of rangefinders and their linking to fire control centers and even for local fire control computers for larger turrets. Protection against blast effects are investigated for these features. The hoists of the vessel are built to be in a single section, which while necessitating more complex powder hoists and a larger rotating structure, also allows a smaller turret for the same range of elevation of the guns and less potential points of failure in case of enemy fire. Elevation of the guns in these turrets are intended to be capable of elevation angles in excess of 30 degrees, with a target number of 45 degrees for guns in excess of 8” and 70 for guns of 5” or less.
    Three main sizes of turret are to be designed: a two-gun, a three-gun, and a double two-gun. In each, guns are designed to be elevated and operated independently of the others. The double two-gun turret is essentially two two-gun turrets mounted together on a common barbette, akin in some ways to French practice.

    As has been shown before, work on torpedo launching systems is apparently extremely difficult to progress beyond a single tube. As a result, this project has been formed to expend significant energy on multi-tube launchers, the design of the tubes themselves, and in the development of larger torpedo tube designs; along with, should time permit, improving the methods of directing the fire of torpedoes in combat.
    At the end of this project, designs should exist for torpedo tube mountings of atleast three tubes and for launchers with tubes 21” in (internal) diameter of the same mass of an equivalent old-style 18” launcher. Ideally, it should be possible to replace a single-tube pivoting launcher with a twin-tube one with minimal effort or substantial increase of mass.

The Doornhaai Mk4 Torpedo builds on the work we have made with the Zeeslang. With a diameter of 18” and a length of 17’, the Doornhaai is designed to be reverse compatible with the launchers currently equipped in our ships. The Mk4 is designed two have two speed settings: a range-focused setting with a speed of 35knts for a range of 6000 yards and a high-speed setting providing 45knts for a range of 3500 yards. Like the Zeeslang the Doornhaai has a design weight of around 1200 lbs but has a larger warhead weighing in at 300lbs. Like the Mk3 torpedo, propulsion is via a set of contra-rotating propellers powered by a “wetheater” turbine. One new feature in this weapon is the ability to set the torpedo to significantly change its heading once launched, a useful feature when launching from fixed torpedo tubes such as exist on our capital ships or proposed Duikboots.
Part of the design work on this torpedo is also to continue designing a series of reliable torpedo mounts, focusing on two-tube arrangements.

Designs/Projects
Turret Design Principles | (1) : AseaHeru
Torpedo Launcher Improvements | () :
Doonrhaai Mk4 Torpedo | () :
Dice Allocation
Two Design Projects(six dice) | (1) : AseaHeru

[Iris]

I am greatly afraid of their torpedoes. I am not quite sure whether the solution would be Doornhaai or a 21" torpedo, though, so I am tentatively putting my vote on Torpedo Launcher Improvements.

Also, SD&CR needs to come out fast. I have zero confidence in our ability to create next-generation designs without it.

Designs/Projects
Turret Design Principles | (2) : AseaHeru, Iris
Torpedo Launcher Improvements | (1) : Iris
Doonrhaai Mk4 Torpedo | () :
Dice Allocation
Two Design Projects(six dice) | (2) : AseaHeru, Iris

[Aseaheru]

Designs/Projects
Turret Design Principles | (2) : AseaHeru, Iris
Torpedo Launcher Improvements | (2) : Iris, AseaHeru
Doonrhaai Mk4 Torpedo | () :
Dice Allocation
Two Design Projects(six dice) | (2) : AseaHeru, Iris

[Khang36]

Designs/Projects
Turret Design Principles | (3) : AseaHeru, Iris,khang
Torpedo Launcher Improvements | (3) : Iris, AseaHeru,khang
Doonrhaai Mk4 Torpedo | () :
Dice Allocation
Two Design Projects(six dice) | (2) : AseaHeru, Iris

[piratejoe]

Winter, 1896, Design Phase.

With ship designs being proposed mounting three or even four guns per turret, work needs to be put underway to provide the actual designs for said turrets and to improve existing designs of turrets and deck-and-hoist mountings. Hence, this project.
    Several lines of design inquiry are undergone, including “Turret mechanisms”, “Fire Control”, “Survivability”, “Range Improvements”, and finally “Actual Turret Designs”. Some of these routes of inquiry are pursued together, others are mutually exclusive.
    The turrets are designed with increased rotation speed and accuracy of turning, using improved hydraulic drives. Improvements are made for local fire control, with design integration of rangefinders and their linking to fire control centers and even for local fire control computers for larger turrets. Protection against blast effects are investigated for these features. The hoists of the vessel are built to be in a single section, which while necessitating more complex powder hoists and a larger rotating structure, also allows a smaller turret for the same range of elevation of the guns and less potential points of failure in case of enemy fire. Elevation of the guns in these turrets are intended to be capable of elevation angles in excess of 30 degrees, with a target number of 45 degrees for guns in excess of 8” and 70 for guns of 5” or less.
    Three main sizes of turret are to be designed: a two-gun, a three-gun, and a double two-gun. In each, guns are designed to be elevated and operated independently of the others. The double two-gun turret is essentially two two-gun turrets mounted together on a common barbette, akin in some ways to French practice.

Time: 5 | Progress: 6 | Expense: 6

Work on the various new designs for the turrets is expected to go swiftly and more importantly for once cheaply as well. In fact, already a major amount of progress has been done by the great engineers under our employ, the various principles being worked on swiftly, with some pursued in tandem reaching their closure even now. Needless to say this skilled and swift work ethic shown by our diligent engineers is only further proof of the power of the working class.

Turret Design Principles | 6/10 | 1 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 1 PP invested
Effectiveness: 5 | Cost: 4 | Bugs: 4

The work on creating greater elevation for the guns, the faster speed and better hydraulics, and the plans for smaller turrets with three guns have gone quite well, as have the efforts to make a twin turret with one mount, although this last turret is quite heavy, likely far too much for our current ships. Though one might expect that given the number of guns and the nature of the turret design. Work on fire control has also been done, although more as a secondary focus. However greater linking of local fire control should be useful, especially in the case of secondary guns. Still, work has clearly gone quite well, and everything is certain to have at least a gradual improvement.

    As has been shown before, work on torpedo launching systems is apparently extremely difficult to progress beyond a single tube. As a result, this project has been formed to expend significant energy on multi-tube launchers, the design of the tubes themselves, and in the development of larger torpedo tube designs; along with, should time permit, improving the methods of directing the fire of torpedoes in combat.
    At the end of this project, designs should exist for torpedo tube mountings of atleast three tubes and for launchers with tubes 21” in (internal) diameter of the same mass of an equivalent old-style 18” launcher. Ideally, it should be possible to replace a single-tube pivoting launcher with a twin-tube one with minimal effort or substantial increase of mass.

Time: 4 | Progress: 3 | Expense: 4

Unlike the work on the turrets, the work on the torpedo launcher is going to take a bit more time. Mainly due to it being considered a secondary focus. Still, the project isn't expected to take that much longer, though again, as a non primary focus the current progress in the research is...modest at best. Additionally, the project is expected to cost a bit more as well due to some extra union requirements for workers safety and comfort.

Torpedo Launcher Improvements | 3/14 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested
Effectiveness: 5 | Cost: 4 | Bugs: 4

The torpedo launchers themseves are expected to be quite good. Weight saving measures have cut off a sizable amount of, well, weight and mass. Of course, this hasn't brought it to the level of a old 18" launcher as it is an increase in size and doubling the number of tubes, but it has been worked well enough to potentially be implemented in place of the old launchers, all be it at a cost of speed and additional top weight. Further, given our current torpedoes in order to utilize the new tubes we will need to make a new torpedo. That aside the work on new methods of directing the fire of torpedoes is currently met with no real progress outside what we already know. Which isn't really a bad thing to be fair. Still our work this season is quite promising, and not expected to cost an arm and a leg.


Revision phase will be skipped due to lack of dice. Feel free to discuss strategy and buy plans.

Spoiler: Projects (click to show/hide)

Ship Design and Construction Review | 5/15 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested
Torpedoboot van de Havenwacht | 6/20 | 1 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 1 PP invested
Turret Design Principles | 6/10 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested
Torpedo Launcher Improvements | 3/14 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested

Spoiler: Technology (click to show/hide)

Naval
Early 7/12 inch guns
QF 2/3/4/5/6 M1895 guns (Cheap price. Rifling wears out at an average pace. 20k max range estimate for 6 inch version, 10k effective range.)
8/10/11.5 M1895 guns. (Cheap price. Reliable and long lasting. 25k max range estimate for 11.5 inch version, 12.5k effective range.)
Early Armor Piercing
Early High Explosive
Modern Parachute Flares
Smoke Rounds
Shrapnel Rounds
Basic Surface Single Torpedo Launchers
Early Prototype Double Torpedo Launchers (Basically useless in current form)
Advanced Triple-expansion engines.
Intermediate Steam Turbine Engines.
Decent Boilers.
Early coal/oil hybrid firing.
Steel hull construction.
Prototype Hydrodynamic hulls.
Single Casemates.
Single and Double gun turrets.
Early Rangefinder.
Early Central Fire Control.
Möser-Fokker Cemented Armor.
Basic Damage control techniques.
Cordite Draadkruit Smokeless Powder. (Now cheaper and slightly less likely to copy the brits)
Zeeslang Mk3 Torpedo. (Somewhat reliable Torpedo with 37 knot speed and 3500 yard range)
Advanced Observatieballons.

Marines & Installations
Defensive guns (Uses same calibers as naval guns)
UVW T92G (Basic Bolt Action Rifle)
UVW T96G (Bolt Action Rifle with 6 round magazine loaded with en blocs. Can use Mini Coehoorn. Reliable)
UVW T88R (Basic Revolver)
UVW T96SAP (Basic Semi Automatic pistol. Mostly reliable. Low bullet caliber. Variant for service crew and officers. Has 12 rounds)
UVW T95MG "Stoommachine" (Early Machinegun)
UVW T96S "Mini Coehoorn" (Rifle grenade. Usable by the T96G)
UVW T96HG (Simple Grenade.)
UVW T96H "Emmer Helm" (It's literally a steel helmet. What more do you expect?)
UVW T96S (Shovel/Entrenching tool)
UVW T96M (Knife)
Advanced Observatieballons

Spoiler: Ship Classes (click to show/hide)

Zeerover Speciale Kruiser: A modest high speed cruiser with a fairly sizable compliment of guns for dealing with any ships of equal size and armor along with anything smaller than it, and a few things above it. The submerged torpedo compliment also gives it a chance to punch well above it's weight, if it gets lucky. Fairly expensive though. Costs 5/2, 4 season construction time.

Compromise Class: An effective, slightly overweight shore defense ship with powerful guns and substantial, high quality armor. Quite fast for a ship of it's armor and armament, not far off from our cruisers. Costs 6/3, 5 season construction time.
Main Gun Refit (MGR): A simple replacement of the main 10 inch guns with the modern M1895 versions. Costs 1PP to refit, takes 1 season to complete. Shipbuild cost same as original.

A1-Klasse: A extremely fast Torpedo Boat Destroyer with a good compliment of guns and modest torpedo armament. The bridge is armored enough to be safe from splinters, barring a direct hit. It should be noted however the engine cannot run at full speed for much longer than a hour without running into issues. Costs 3/2, 3 season construction time.
Top Turbine Streamline (TTS): A simple replacement of the prototype engine with the fruits of the Top Turbine Technology program. Naturally efforts were done to make the design cheaper to maintain in the process. This has limited performance improvements the new turbines can give, but has succeeded in making the ship cheaper. Costs 3/.75, 3 season construction time. (Maintenance rounds up)

Resoluut Class: A modest Battleship with a good armament of submerged torpedo mounts and 11.5 inch guns. The bridge isn't very armored unlike the rest of the ship, but that is fine, provided the tower isn't hit by any proper battleship shells. Though more cautious captains and officers can lead from rooms inside the ship rather than in the tower. Costs 7/2, 6 season construction time.

Spoiler: Ship Class Cards (click to show/hide)

Zeerover Class

Compromise Class

A1-Klasse

Resoluut Class

Spoiler: Unassigned captains (click to show/hide)

Array

Spoiler: Ships (click to show/hide)

TBD - Torpedo Boat Destroyer
A-1 Klasse, 8 ships, 15 Maintenance.
A-1 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-2 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-3 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-4 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-5 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 1 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-6 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-7 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-8 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost

SK - Speciale Kruiser
Zeerover Class, 9 ships, 18 Maintenance
Zeerover       | SK | No Refit | Currently unassigned | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | David Streithorst is captain, Trained, Balanced
Pirat             | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Pieter-Jan Geurtse is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Avonturier     | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Thijn Seijnen is captain, Trained, Balanced
Geest            | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Floatilla B | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Bartje Brugmans is captain, Trained, Balanced
Onderneming | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair  | Crew are Trained | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Sibren ten Bouwhuis is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Rancune        | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Mathies ten Hermsel is captain, Trained, Balanced
Wraak           | SK | No Refit |  Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Jurren Strobos, Greenhorn, Balanced
Vrijheid         | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Jurren van Corbach de Koster, Greenhorn, Aggressive
Bevrijder       | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Henkie Plaggenmars, Greenhorn, Cautious

CDS - Costal Defense Ship
Compromise Class, 7 ships, 24 Maintenance
The Union                       | CDS | No Refit | Currently Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Christiaan Mol is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Herman Van Veen            | CDS | No Refit | Currently assigned to Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Egbert Hazenkamp is captain, Trained, Cautious
Lourens van Vilet             | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Marlijn de Wal is captain, Trained, Balanced
Eldert Schimmelpennink   | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Lindert Knuif is captain, Trained, Cautious.
Gustaaf ten Donkelaar     | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Gustaaf Hietland is captain, Trained, Cautious
Hendrik-Jan Dangremond | CDS | No Refit | Currently Floatilla A | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Kobus Zwakenberg, Greenhorn, Aggressive
CDS 9                               | CDS | MGR | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 6 PP per turn construction cost

Spoiler: Land Instillation's, Schools, & Dock Size (click to show/hide)

Veenland National School of the Navy (Costs 15 PP to maintain)
One 10" gun battery at Sparrendijke, Diepput, and Marvinsburg
One 6 inch battery at Buskruithof, Sparrendijkje, Berenberg, Diepput, Bloemenheide, Marvinsburg, Baggerrots, Nijzande Maringen, Vriesel, Amaliameer, Ijzenboor, Karlemandam, and Hanzebeek.

10,000 Displacement Dry docks. (2 more seasons upgrading)
(104) 101 PP, 72 Maintenance.

[TheRedwolf]

If I may ask, what program do you use for the ship cards? It looks real cool

[Khang36]

The cards are from the game rule the waves 2

[piratejoe]

Winter, 1896, Revision & Refit Phase.

Revision phase Skipped


It is now the Production&Strategy phase of Winter, 1896. You have 29 PP remaining should you pay for all maintenance and construction costs.

Spoiler: Projects (click to show/hide)

Ship Design and Construction Review | 5/15 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested
Torpedoboot van de Havenwacht | 6/20 | 1 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 1 PP invested
Turret Design Principles | 6/10 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested
Torpedo Launcher Improvements | 3/14 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested

Spoiler: Technology (click to show/hide)

Naval
Early 7/12 inch guns
QF 2/3/4/5/6 M1895 guns (Cheap price. Rifling wears out at an average pace. 20k max range estimate for 6 inch version, 10k effective range.)
8/10/11.5 M1895 guns. (Cheap price. Reliable and long lasting. 25k max range estimate for 11.5 inch version, 12.5k effective range.)
Early Armor Piercing
Early High Explosive
Modern Parachute Flares
Smoke Rounds
Shrapnel Rounds
Basic Surface Single Torpedo Launchers
Early Prototype Double Torpedo Launchers (Basically useless in current form)
Advanced Triple-expansion engines.
Intermediate Steam Turbine Engines.
Decent Boilers.
Early coal/oil hybrid firing.
Steel hull construction.
Prototype Hydrodynamic hulls.
Single Casemates.
Single and Double gun turrets.
Early Rangefinder.
Early Central Fire Control.
Möser-Fokker Cemented Armor.
Basic Damage control techniques.
Cordite Draadkruit Smokeless Powder. (Now cheaper and slightly less likely to copy the brits)
Zeeslang Mk3 Torpedo. (Somewhat reliable Torpedo with 37 knot speed and 3500 yard range)
Advanced Observatieballons.

Marines & Installations
Defensive guns (Uses same calibers as naval guns)
UVW T92G (Basic Bolt Action Rifle)
UVW T96G (Bolt Action Rifle with 6 round magazine loaded with en blocs. Can use Mini Coehoorn. Reliable)
UVW T88R (Basic Revolver)
UVW T96SAP (Basic Semi Automatic pistol. Mostly reliable. Low bullet caliber. Variant for service crew and officers. Has 12 rounds)
UVW T95MG "Stoommachine" (Early Machinegun)
UVW T96S "Mini Coehoorn" (Rifle grenade. Usable by the T96G)
UVW T96HG (Simple Grenade.)
UVW T96H "Emmer Helm" (It's literally a steel helmet. What more do you expect?)
UVW T96S (Shovel/Entrenching tool)
UVW T96M (Knife)
Advanced Observatieballons

Spoiler: Ship Classes (click to show/hide)

Zeerover Speciale Kruiser: A modest high speed cruiser with a fairly sizable compliment of guns for dealing with any ships of equal size and armor along with anything smaller than it, and a few things above it. The submerged torpedo compliment also gives it a chance to punch well above it's weight, if it gets lucky. Fairly expensive though. Costs 5/2, 4 season construction time.

Compromise Class: An effective, slightly overweight shore defense ship with powerful guns and substantial, high quality armor. Quite fast for a ship of it's armor and armament, not far off from our cruisers. Costs 6/3, 5 season construction time.
Main Gun Refit (MGR): A simple replacement of the main 10 inch guns with the modern M1895 versions. Costs 1PP to refit, takes 1 season to complete. Shipbuild cost same as original.

A1-Klasse: A extremely fast Torpedo Boat Destroyer with a good compliment of guns and modest torpedo armament. The bridge is armored enough to be safe from splinters, barring a direct hit. It should be noted however the engine cannot run at full speed for much longer than a hour without running into issues. Costs 3/2, 3 season construction time.
Top Turbine Streamline (TTS): A simple replacement of the prototype engine with the fruits of the Top Turbine Technology program. Naturally efforts were done to make the design cheaper to maintain in the process. This has limited performance improvements the new turbines can give, but has succeeded in making the ship cheaper. Costs 3/.75, 3 season construction time. (Maintenance rounds up)

Resoluut Class: A modest Battleship with a good armament of submerged torpedo mounts and 11.5 inch guns. The bridge isn't very armored unlike the rest of the ship, but that is fine, provided the tower isn't hit by any proper battleship shells. Though more cautious captains and officers can lead from rooms inside the ship rather than in the tower. Costs 7/2, 6 season construction time.

Spoiler: Ship Class Cards (click to show/hide)

Zeerover Class

Compromise Class

A1-Klasse

Resoluut Class

Spoiler: Unassigned captains (click to show/hide)

Array

Spoiler: Ships (click to show/hide)

TBD - Torpedo Boat Destroyer
A-1 Klasse, 8 ships, 15 Maintenance.
A-1 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-2 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-3 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-4 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-5 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 1 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-6 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-7 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-8 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost

SK - Speciale Kruiser
Zeerover Class, 9 ships, 18 Maintenance
Zeerover       | SK | No Refit | Currently unassigned | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | David Streithorst is captain, Trained, Balanced
Pirat             | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Pieter-Jan Geurtse is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Avonturier     | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Thijn Seijnen is captain, Trained, Balanced
Geest            | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Floatilla B | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Bartje Brugmans is captain, Trained, Balanced
Onderneming | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair  | Crew are Trained | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Sibren ten Bouwhuis is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Rancune        | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Mathies ten Hermsel is captain, Trained, Balanced
Wraak           | SK | No Refit |  Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Jurren Strobos, Greenhorn, Balanced
Vrijheid         | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Jurren van Corbach de Koster, Greenhorn, Aggressive
Bevrijder       | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Henkie Plaggenmars, Greenhorn, Cautious

CDS - Costal Defense Ship
Compromise Class, 7 ships, 24 Maintenance
The Union                       | CDS | No Refit | Currently Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Christiaan Mol is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Herman Van Veen            | CDS | No Refit | Currently assigned to Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Egbert Hazenkamp is captain, Trained, Cautious
Lourens van Vilet             | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Marlijn de Wal is captain, Trained, Balanced
Eldert Schimmelpennink   | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Medium damage, 1 season | Lindert Knuif is captain, Trained, Cautious.
Gustaaf ten Donkelaar     | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 2 seasons | Gustaaf Hietland is captain, Trained, Cautious
Hendrik-Jan Dangremond | CDS | No Refit | Currently Floatilla A | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Kobus Zwakenberg, Greenhorn, Aggressive
CDS 9                               | CDS | MGR | Currently Under construction, 2 seasons remaining, 6 PP per turn construction cost

Spoiler: Land Instillation's, Schools, & Dock Size (click to show/hide)

Veenland National School of the Navy (Costs 15 PP to maintain)
One 10" gun battery at Sparrendijke, Diepput, and Marvinsburg
One 6 inch battery at Buskruithof, Sparrendijkje, Berenberg, Diepput, Bloemenheide, Marvinsburg, Baggerrots, Nijzande Maringen, Vriesel, Amaliameer, Ijzenboor, Karlemandam, and Hanzebeek.

10,000 Displacement Dry docks. (2 more seasons upgrading)
(104) 101 PP, 72 Maintenance.

[Aseaheru]

 For ship building, we have several options. We can afford four Resoluuts, and then have a point for working on something else. We can build three, and then have eight to, for example, start another zeerover and a A1(or three refits)

 Personally, my suggestion is to begin construction of four Resoluuts and preform a refit on the Eldert Schimmelpennink to MGR standards. I also propose that CDS9 be named Piet Bisschop.

[Khang36]

with the battering we received in the Battle of the Bloemblaadje Islands, the navy will be taking a more passive stance as we repair damaged ships and work up new ones.

Floatilla A: Zeerover ClassZeerover, Geest, Compromise ClassThe Union, Herman Van Veen, Hendrik-Jan Dangremond
Floatilla C:A1 Klasse  A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4,Zeerover Class Wraak, Vrijheid, Bevrijder

Floatilla A will be assigned to the Center islands focusing on escorting supply ships to to our forces there, if there are enemy presence the Floatilla is advised to avoid battle againt Magna capital ships and focus on sinking any enemy cruisers that tries to pursue. If no enemy ships Floatilla A will provide coastal bombardment support for the army.

Floatilla C will perform workup cruise and training around our home base Allenzeeburg.

Shopping
four Resoluuts and preform a refit on the Eldert Schimmelpennink to MGR standards. 
CDS9 be named Piet Bisschop.

Plan preparing for the storm(1):Khang36

[Aseaheru]

Plan preparing for the storm(2):Khang36, AseaHeru

[piratejoe]

Spring, 1896, Design Phase.

With the invaders in the east driven off of one of our islands, we will be better able to try and force them off the other in the coming months. Further, in the west, we can afford to abandon ground for the time being, at least that is the view from the Workers Army. They plan on concentrating their forces in the center of the island and will begin doing so this month, however naturally they need to have the cargo ships get to their destination. As such, the central front is a priority so that the most important area may be taken. This is due to the fact that the island is simply the largest and the most important from a resource and strategic perspective to the army. Of course, the other fronts should not be abandoned during all of this, however there should be some focus to put the worries some of the union heads have at ease, along with some of the workers. (1) Lastly for the time being our intel agency is silent, sadly.

We have been granted 4 more PP worth of funding from the unions. Use it wisely for the working class.


It is now the Design phase of spring, 1896. You have 6 dice remaining.

Spoiler: Projects (click to show/hide)

Ship Design and Construction Review | 5/15 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested
Torpedoboot van de Havenwacht | 6/20 | 1 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 1 PP invested
Turret Design Principles | 6/10 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested
Torpedo Launcher Improvements | 3/14 | 2 PP per die | Rushed 0 times | 2 PP invested

Spoiler: Technology (click to show/hide)

Naval
Early 7/12 inch guns
QF 2/3/4/5/6 M1895 guns (Cheap price. Rifling wears out at an average pace. 20k max range estimate for 6 inch version, 10k effective range.)
8/10/11.5 M1895 guns. (Cheap price. Reliable and long lasting. 25k max range estimate for 11.5 inch version, 12.5k effective range.)
Early Armor Piercing
Early High Explosive
Modern Parachute Flares
Smoke Rounds
Shrapnel Rounds
Basic Surface Single Torpedo Launchers
Early Prototype Double Torpedo Launchers (Basically useless in current form)
Advanced Triple-expansion engines.
Intermediate Steam Turbine Engines.
Decent Boilers.
Early coal/oil hybrid firing.
Steel hull construction.
Prototype Hydrodynamic hulls.
Single Casemates.
Single and Double gun turrets.
Early Rangefinder.
Early Central Fire Control.
Möser-Fokker Cemented Armor.
Basic Damage control techniques.
Cordite Draadkruit Smokeless Powder. (Now cheaper and slightly less likely to copy the brits)
Zeeslang Mk3 Torpedo. (Somewhat reliable Torpedo with 37 knot speed and 3500 yard range)
Advanced Observatieballons.

Marines & Installations
Defensive guns (Uses same calibers as naval guns)
UVW T92G (Basic Bolt Action Rifle)
UVW T96G (Bolt Action Rifle with 6 round magazine loaded with en blocs. Can use Mini Coehoorn. Reliable)
UVW T88R (Basic Revolver)
UVW T96SAP (Basic Semi Automatic pistol. Mostly reliable. Low bullet caliber. Variant for service crew and officers. Has 12 rounds)
UVW T95MG "Stoommachine" (Early Machinegun)
UVW T96S "Mini Coehoorn" (Rifle grenade. Usable by the T96G)
UVW T96HG (Simple Grenade.)
UVW T96H "Emmer Helm" (It's literally a steel helmet. What more do you expect?)
UVW T96S (Shovel/Entrenching tool)
UVW T96M (Knife)
Advanced Observatieballons

Spoiler: Ship Classes (click to show/hide)

Zeerover Speciale Kruiser: A modest high speed cruiser with a fairly sizable compliment of guns for dealing with any ships of equal size and armor along with anything smaller than it, and a few things above it. The submerged torpedo compliment also gives it a chance to punch well above it's weight, if it gets lucky. Fairly expensive though. Costs 5/2, 4 season construction time.

Compromise Class: An effective, slightly overweight shore defense ship with powerful guns and substantial, high quality armor. Quite fast for a ship of it's armor and armament, not far off from our cruisers. Costs 6/3, 5 season construction time.
Main Gun Refit (MGR): A simple replacement of the main 10 inch guns with the modern M1895 versions. Costs 1PP to refit, takes 1 season to complete. Shipbuild cost same as original.

A1-Klasse: A extremely fast Torpedo Boat Destroyer with a good compliment of guns and modest torpedo armament. The bridge is armored enough to be safe from splinters, barring a direct hit. It should be noted however the engine cannot run at full speed for much longer than a hour without running into issues. Costs 3/2, 3 season construction time.
Top Turbine Streamline (TTS): A simple replacement of the prototype engine with the fruits of the Top Turbine Technology program. Naturally efforts were done to make the design cheaper to maintain in the process. This has limited performance improvements the new turbines can give, but has succeeded in making the ship cheaper. Costs 3/.75, 3 season construction time. (Maintenance rounds up)

Resoluut Class: A modest Battleship with a good armament of submerged torpedo mounts and 11.5 inch guns. The bridge isn't very armored unlike the rest of the ship, but that is fine, provided the tower isn't hit by any proper battleship shells. Though more cautious captains and officers can lead from rooms inside the ship rather than in the tower. Costs 7/2, 6 season construction time.

Spoiler: Ship Class Cards (click to show/hide)

Zeerover Class

Compromise Class

A1-Klasse

Resoluut Class

Spoiler: Unassigned captains (click to show/hide)

Array

Spoiler: Ships (click to show/hide)

TBD - Torpedo Boat Destroyer
A-1 Klasse, 8 ships, 13 Maintenance.
A-1 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Trained | Undamaged |
A-2 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Trained | Undamaged |
A-3 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-4 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-5 | TBD | TTS | Currently assigned to Working Up | Crew are Greenhorn| Undamaged |
A-6 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 1 season remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-7 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 1 season remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost
A-8 | TBD | TTS | Currently Under construction, 1 season remaining, 3 PP per turn construction cost

SK - Speciale Kruiser
Zeerover Class, 9 ships, 18 Maintenance
Zeerover       | SK | No Refit | Currently unassigned | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | David Streithorst is captain, Trained, Balanced
Pirat             | SK | No Refit | Currently unassigned | Crew are Trained | Undamaged  | Pieter-Jan Geurtse is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Avonturier     | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 1 season | Thijn Seijnen is captain, Trained, Balanced
Geest            | SK | No Refit | Currently assigned to Floatilla B | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Bartje Brugmans is captain, Trained, Balanced
Onderneming | SK | No Refit | Currently under repair  | Crew are Trained | Heavy damage, 1 season | Sibren ten Bouwhuis is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Rancune        | SK | No Refit | Currently unassigned | Crew are Trained | Undammaged | Mathies ten Hermsel is captain, Trained, Balanced
Wraak           | SK | No Refit |  Currently unassigned | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Jurren Strobos, Greenhorn, Balanced
Vrijheid         | SK | No Refit | Currently unassigned | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Jurren van Corbach de Koster, Greenhorn, Aggressive
Bevrijder       | SK | No Refit | Currently unassigned | Crew are Greenhorns | Undamaged | Henkie Plaggenmars, Greenhorn, Cautious

CDS - Costal Defense Ship
Compromise Class, 7 ships, 24 Maintenance
The Union                       | CDS | No Refit | Currently Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Christiaan Mol is captain, Trained, Aggressive
Herman Van Veen            | CDS | No Refit | Currently assigned to Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Egbert Hazenkamp is captain, Trained, Cautious
Lourens van Vilet             | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 1 season | Marlijn de Wal is captain, Trained, Balanced
Eldert Schimmelpennink   | CDS | MGR | Currently under repair | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Lindert Knuif is captain, Trained, Cautious.
Gustaaf ten Donkelaar     | CDS | No Refit | Currently under repair | Crew are Greenhorns | Heavy damage, 1 season | Gustaaf Hietland is captain, Trained, Cautious
Hendrik-Jan Dangremond | CDS | No Refit | Currently Floatilla A | Crew are Trained | Undamaged | Kobus Zwakenberg, Greenhorn, Aggressive
Piet Bisschop                   | CDS | MGR | Currently Under construction, 1 seasons remaining, 6 PP per turn construction cost

B - Pre Dreadnaught Battleship
Resoluut Class, 4 ships, 28 Maintenance
B-1 | B | No Refit | Currently Under construction, 5 seasons remaining, 7 PP per turn construction cost
B-2 | B | No Refit | Currently Under construction, 5 seasons remaining, 7 PP per turn construction cost
B-3 | B | No Refit | Currently Under construction, 5 seasons remaining, 7 PP per turn construction cost
B-4 | B | No Refit | Currently Under construction, 5 seasons remaining, 7 PP per turn construction cost

Spoiler: Land Instillation's, Schools, & Dock Size (click to show/hide)

Veenland National School of the Navy (Costs 15 PP to maintain)
One 10" gun battery at Sparrendijke, Diepput, and Marvinsburg
One 6 inch battery at Buskruithof, Sparrendijkje, Berenberg, Diepput, Bloemenheide, Marvinsburg, Baggerrots, Nijzande Maringen, Vriesel, Amaliameer, Ijzenboor, Karlemandam, and Hanzebeek.

10,000 Displacement Dry docks. (1 more season upgrading)
108 PP, 70 Maintenance.

[Aseaheru]

 Well, I think plan B is what should be gone for then. Mortars, while useful, can wait some, and making sure we get the ship design project would be critical.
(For reference for those who havent read the design document recently, plan B is ship-based observation balloons(the Resoluut is allready able to use the larger stationary ones) and work on three projects, which I suggest be ship design, turrets, and torpedo launchers, along with saving two dice for starting two ship design projects next turn)

On the topic of observation balloons, how widely deployed are they? Would it be possible to, for example, have most of our fleet ordered to be ready to react to fleet movements elsewhere as directed by shore-based observation balloons and telegraph networks?

-edit removing particularly egregious dumbness-
durr, AseaHeru forgot how game works