--- Onno Meyer <[email protected]> schrieb am So, 31.1.2010:
> > For a transoceanic exploration voyage, I think your > only viable choice for > > a pre-industrial civilisation is such a wooden hull, > ideally held together > > using metal. > > That reminds me: The Romans used lead to coat their hulls, > > and later designs copper-plated the bottoms. VE has metal > armor at TL4- -- should I include DR 1 metal armor on top > of the wood? My feeling is that this is too advanced for > a small exploration vessel ... Itr's probably simply not necessary (at least until they encounter teredo worms, which aren't native to European waters). But it'scertainly justifiable if you feeö it's justified for narrative of tech-development reasons. Metal armour is definitely something the Greeks and Romans understood. Cataphract warships were armoured with bronze sheet if we cantrust our sources. Ridiculously expensive and a huge white elephant, but technologically feasible for Hellenistic engineers. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
