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Speaking of boring, i just read that Watts Bar is the only reactor in the world that is used for producing commercial He-3 at the moment, the previous sources being the aging of nuclear weapons.Quite boring if you ask me.
The new story in Spaceway involves slower-than-light interstellar flight, so i've been adding relativity effects recently.
This being a game, i'm considering leaving it as an option.
What do you think?
Oh, but things are not all bad.:sigh: Why does the universe keep raining on our sci fi parade?
France. Because why not.
Meanwhile, the junior designers do everything from designing bulkheads and bunk spaces to working out where the bilge pumps will be. The role of the Senior Designers here is to supervise the work and ensure that no idiotic mistakes are made. The Chief Designer supervises the Senior Designers. In passing, one bad problem that the RN had in the 1930s was inadequate numbers of Senior Designers. This meant that work wasn't properly supervised and bad mistakes were made. The Dido class cruisers were regarded as a particularly bad case of this effect. There were many features of their design which would not have been allowed had proper supervision been possible. The final details of weapons, etc., selection takes place during this process and is largely driven by it.
I believe this article should shed some light on the situation:
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-035.htm
Particularly this passage:
Wonders! It WORKS. It’s actually QUITE GOOD. The design is now converted to a Spring Style (so called after the sketches used for Ladies Fashions) which shows people what the ship will actually look like. This is a worked out design; she'll trim right and the maths works. Proudly, the design team shows their labors to a meeting of the Admiralty and representatives of the fleet. And wait for the applause.
It isn't long in coming. Tributes to their expertise descend from all quarters "Call that a ship?", "My God what do we pay people like you for?", "My three year old daughter could do better than that", "Your daughter - my dog could do better - and does, on the carpet every morning." "Are these people mad?" At this point, the Chief Designer's head starts to rotate around on his shoulders, green steam comes out of his ears and, possessed by the spirit of Jackie Fisher he starts screaming "Speed is Armor; Speed is Armor." Sadly, his deputy carries him away to a darkened room far from the sea.
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At the end comes the great day when the new battleship enters the fleet. The commissioning ceremony is held, the crew bring the ship to life and commentators pass their judgment on the new class "a sad day for the Empire," "Anyone can see how useless she is," "What were they thinking of?" "One look at a picture in Jane’s and I can that tell the German Ships are far better." "Why don't we fire these idiots and give the jobs to the shipyards?" "If they can design 200 ton corvettes armed with 18 inch guns for the export market, why can't we have them?"
The Chief Designer ambles away sadly, keeping a sharp lookout for Admiralty officers with potato-baking forks and decides he needs another holiday. That’s when the next project gets launched......
Translate this to software development and you'll get an idea, how my work sounds like. Especially the reactions of the Chief Designer have my fullest sympathy. I need another holiday as well (and the last one is only one real-time week ago, though it feels like three 30-day sprints.).
That's essentially why I don't aspire to a carreer in this field... I'll be happy just writing code, thank you!
I just finished watching Planetes, great series.
Because it limits the tactics a lot. The secondary artillery can only scratch the paint of a WW2 battleship, so you are forced to retreat in zig-zag if you want to make sure your opponent has no easy time without also having to avoid your fire.