Preservation Campaign - Part 1

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Preservation Campaign

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[Michael Sandy]

I definitely agree with having the Jump Cruiser be the fuel tanker.  It costs fuel to move fuel, so having the Jump Cruiser stationary during the survey means less fuel consumption by the survey fleet.

I do think that a bulk fuel bunker would be a good system to have, like a Cargo Hold but for fuel.  It should be significantly cheaper and have fewer HtK.  Most ships would go with the smaller tank option because they don't need 10 HS worth of fuel bunkerage.

It appears that the actual fuel tank itself is going to be a major expense for tankers and Harvester ships.  I suppose you could have a colony on a gas giant's moon and just shuttle the refined fuel there when the Harvester fills up.

[Shinanygnz]

Preservation Campaign

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11th January 1892
Agincourt returns from a journey through a second jump point and reports the discovery of a planetless system with a G5-V primary. The new system is named Manchester and, based on my own experiences of the delights of that northern city, giving its name to a planetless system seems surprisingly apt.

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7th February 1893
Agincourt reports that the survey of Liverpool is complete and no additional jump points have been found. This means that Liverpool is a dead-end (I think most people in the home counties already knew that) and the only further use for the system will be exploitation of its mineral resources.

ROTFLMAO.

I trust you are saving the system designation of Birmingham for a nice habitable system with lots of exploitable minerals that you can make the "planet of a thousand trades" that powers and provides for the Empire.
Otherwise I might have to take a trip up the M6 and sort you out...  

Stephen

[Father Tim]

Och, ye bluidy Sassenach wouldnae ken a pretty patch o' haether if ye were birthed on it.  I canna wait to ken wit Glasgie toon looks lyke.

[vergeraiders]

Preservation Campaign

... Glasgow is a planetless G7-V system, Edinburgh has a G8-V primary and four rocky planets ...

Steve

Sorry mate doesn't look the the 'north' is going to be a happening spot too soon.

Mike S.

[Father Tim]

Bah, serves me right for changing the joke half-way through posting.  I was going to complain about Cardiff a la the Doctor Who episode 'Boom Town'.

[TrueZuluwiz]

Something tells me things are going to get a bit confusing when the Brits meet up with the Mongols. Ya see, the Brits employ Gurkhas, and Gurkhas are descendents of the Mongols. Sound like fun?

[mavikfelna]

One thought on the White Knight. Would it be useful to include a geo sensor so it could search for fuel sources on its own? It wouldn't have to use it often, but since it's jump capable it could jump into a new system, move to the gas giants and find a spot to camp out without having to bring in a geo survey group immediately.

--Mav

[Erik L]

I do think the Royal Chronicler needs a name

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

One thought on the White Knight. Would it be useful to include a geo sensor so it could search for fuel sources on its own? It wouldn't have to use it often, but since it's jump capable it could jump into a new system, move to the gas giants and find a spot to camp out without having to bring in a geo survey group immediately.--Mav

The Wave Knight is just a tanker. Its doesn't have any mining capability. I also changed it to the Minotaur class (on the orders of Queen Victoria) because despite Wave Knight being a current Royal Navy Fleet Tanker, I decided it didn't really fit with the 19th century theme.

Steve

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I do think the Royal Chronicler needs a name

Steve

[Randy]

Bob  

[mavikfelna]

His Most August Astronomer Royal's Footstool and Plaything.

--Mav

[rmcrowe]

Sir Robert Locksley, KG  (yes, Marian (no longer Maid) did marry great, great, many times great grandfather, and the name is kept up in the family).

robert

[Erik L]

Sir Steven of Walmsley?