Johannes wrote: > Propably a skycarrier could be resupplied by ship. International waters > are most likely closer then own bases and the ship could carry all heavy > equipment necessary for it. (Making it something like a skycarriercarrier)
So, is the idea to land the sky carrier on the sea carrier? That would have to be a really big ship. I'm reminded of the dragon carrier question we had some months ago. Or the sky carrier can float, like the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Give it a boat hull and assume that the fans can be mounted high enough to stay clear of the water. Then it can do a traditional replenishment at sea with fuel hoses and ammo pallets. The problem with this is on the meta-design-level. I'm not just doing the Helicarrier from the Avengers with the serial number filed off, so I don't want it to swim. > The downsides are, that the carrier has to leave the place of operations > occasionally, that the supplyship might become a weak link in the carrier > operation. If I have a nearby ocean, why not send a sea carrier to start with? > The carrier will need enough initial supplies, to last until the supply > ship catches up. I did not do any calculations on that. > > So propably it's not worth it. Preposition a bunch of cargo ships (much cheaper than a sky carrier) a few days from likely trouble spots -- the sky carrier has enough fuel and ordnance for the first few days. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
