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Originally Posted by Warlockco
Question 17
What is the "standard" warship of the era?
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While every navy has a different strategy, the British and Japanese fleets tend to follow a cruiser-based paradigm, fielding larger numbers of faster, smaller ships, compared to the hulking battleships favoured by other navies.
Newly deployed in 1905 but widely used, the
Camperdown-class cruiser, or
Kuroda-gata in Japan, is built on a steel trimaran hull with a tumblehome profile (where the hull slopes inward from the waterline). The trimaran is more stable with a shallower beam, but can have trouble turning. However, the broader deck provides room for dirigible operations at sea. The hull is 12,000 tons displacement, 400 foot long, and can cruise at 30 knots (35mph).
Armament includes 2 turreted 10-inch guns forward, with 20 single turret 6 inch guns around the perimeter. Crew is 600 hands.
Question 18
Are there any supersciences in the setting? What forms do they take? And therefore, what is the TL?
And to keep things moving a little...
Standing Question 19
What are the Seven Technological Wonders of the World?
I'll leave this as a standing question until we have at least 7 ideas, and we'll start with one idea per poster.