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Redid the 6-gun version on a larger hull. Got speed up to 28 knots and range up to 5,500 nm @ 10 knots but at the cost of a much larger hull with the same armament and thin armor. At this point I feel a turbine-powered Minotaur would probably be a better investment... Fury III (Turbine), UK...

Redid the Turbine version with a third 7.5-inch turret in "Q" position. Displacement had to increase and seakeeping got worse... Fury II (Turbine), UK Export Armored Cruiser laid down 1908 Displacement: 6,577 t light; 6,852 t standard; 7,291 t normal; 7,643 t full load Dimensions: Length...

Redid both Fury's with 20% oil... Fury (VTE), UK Export Armored Cruiser laid down 1908 Displacement: 5,954 t light; 6,179 t standard; 6,562 t normal; 6,869 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 500.00 ft / 500.00 ft x 55.00 ft x 16.00 ft (normal load)...

I'd forgotten about oil-spray, I'll redo these with that. I tried to use a smaller hull since it's just four 7.5-inch guns, but let me try and shoehorn in a "Q" turret and see what that does, I'll probably have to increase size...

Take a look at these: Fury (VTE), UK Export Armored Cruiser laid down 1908 Displacement: 6,044 t light; 6,272 t standard; 6,688 t normal; 7,021 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 500.00 ft / 500.00 ft x 55.00 ft x 16.00 ft (normal load) 152.40 m /...

It was the original which started in a TV Studio. In the remake the mall guards watched a lot of news while the gang was jailed. IIRC they argued about just how much of it was real. The original is on YouTube if you want to see it. I did and it's still giving me nightmares...

The deliberate posting of rescue stations known to be overrun will lead to many deaths that could have been avoided. This is NO accident as the Station Manager told the operative to keep showing the list to avoid losing viewers, despite the information being knowingly outdated. Being this was...

I would put a lot of blame on fake news. Remember two things from DOTD: 1) The two talking heads arguing about just how serious the crisis was. 2) The list of rescue stations being badly out of date, with some of them known to have been overrun.

And I wonder if the radiation from the satellite might have worsened the problem...

Looking forward to this!

IIRC the news report said that a space probe returning from Venus was carrying a mysterious high-level radiation when it crashed into the ocean off the US eastern seaboard, which incidentally is where the effects were said to be the worst...

A lot will depend on the incubation period. This is the problem with COVID, it has a long incubation period so by the time you know you have it you've already spread it around. This was a huge chunk of the problem in George Romero's THE CRAZIES, the Trixie Virus was deliberately designed with a...

The movie was early 1960's IIRC. There was a short-lived TV series in the late 70's with John Astin and Jamie Lee Curtis (her mother did the movie).

Reminds me of a story I read in Arch Whitehouse's SUBS AND SUBMARINERS. New sub under construction (1930's IIRC), her future captain is inspecting her. Finds some pinholes in the conning tower sheeting and points this out to the yard foreman. Is told "Don't worry about it, when we're done...

A lot will depend on the new engine date. Changing over to oil will certainly help as will changing the hull form to some degree. But you're right, 30 knots won't happen - 26-27 is much more realistic unless you allow seakeeping to totally tank...

My personal feeling is Design B. Yes, this is a decrease in firepower but removing "Q" turret for more boilers means a higher speed which has many uses.

I agree, this hit fast and hard. By the time people began to grasp the seriousness of the situation it was too late, especially in urban areas where the sheer mass of people meant the infection spread exponentially.

That it did...

The biggest problem with the Intermediate Pre-Dreadnought's is that mixing 12--inch, 8- to 10-inch and 7-inch and smaller guns lead to the near impossibility of determining what shell splash belonging to what gun. And with Fire Control in its infancy you can well wonder about the lack of hits...

Another reason was before Tsushima it was expected that the 8-inch and 6-inch guns would be firing rapidly and doing a lot of damage to their target, the Main Battery was to finish the job. Tsushima ended up proving that even though few 12-inch shells hit they were the ones that did the damage.