On Nov 23, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Eric Funk (antispam) wrote: > Hi Onno, > > I was inspired by a ship I read in a novel -- a wet navy troop/carrier ship > for dragons!
Temeraire series by Naomi Novik? If so, I enjoyed it as well. Napoleonics with a primitive air corps. > Thinking for stability, a double-hull, with the hangar space in between. > Perhaps design for long-term support of four 40-ton dragons, (200x larger > than a man?) perhaps sailing for a month ( with cargo space for rations, > perhaps animal pens for cattle, and food for /them/!). > > The book suggested a draft of 20 feet, and able to hold 10 dragons in a > pinch. The setting is an alternative england at war with napolean, so perhaps > TL5 ? The ship should have 20 broadside cannons typical to the TL (10 to a > side), and a number of smaller cannons on the topdeck as AA guns. > > > What are your thoughts? Crew for the dragons was about half-dozen when fighting (depending on size of dragon) plus support crew. I forget the exact numbers given, but I believe the total crew for each dragon was a little more than a dozen people. Then you would have the normal ship's crew. -Bret_______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
