Re: Create Helm

>        Not really.  <enters history mode>  The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
>was not as secret as they had wished.  The reason that our Aircraft
>Carriers weren't at Pearl was because we knew that there would be an
>attack.  US high command had realized that battleships were just about
>useless.

This is very off-topic,  so if you want to discuss it more send me private
e-mail,  but much of what you said here was incorrect.  Rather then go
point by point take a look at Weinberg's _A World at Arms_, the definitive
history of WW II.

>        So, back to Spelljammer: Who has better production facilities, the
>Scro or
>the Elves???  If the Elves lose a Man O War, how long does it take their
>shipyards to build a new one?  What about the Scro?
>
>                Gaijin


That's an interesting question,  I suspect the elves have a greater overall
output if all their shipyards are combined,  but they are spread over a
very broad area,  and I suspect that the "grown" elven ships require at
least 10 times the normal ship construction time.  The entry on Swanship's
says their used because the IEN can't grow vessels fast enough to meet
their needs, for instance.

The Scro would have less total output capacity but their shipyards are
centralized within a single sphere and so would likely be more efficcient.
On the otherhand, the prime Scro warship (Mantis) is a complete resource
hog,  being constructed almost completely of metal and likely has a pretty
huge lead time as well. Hmmm....  I'll give this somemore thought and get
back to you on it.

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childhood, nay, a permanent obscurity and darkness." Philip Melanchthon
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Paul Westermeyer
Phd Student, History, Ohio State University
Adjunct Faculty, Humanities Department, Columbus State Community College