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Re: Another small slew of military vehicles
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lugnet.build.military
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Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:28:46 GMT
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"Andrew Summersgill" <ajs@nospamblahblahblah.co.uk> wrote in message
news:HG89LI.22FC@lugnet.com...
> > it's one tower of a defensive perimeter around the island of • Kelvinisgrad
> > (from the nationstates online game. it's my nation). there will be a • number
> > of these towers placed around the island, off the coasts of the major
> > cities, to deter hostile forces from approaching my country. what you • see
> > there is just the part that sticks above the waves. subsurface there is • a
> > torpedo room, bunks for 16 soldiers, a (very limited) medical suite, a
> > galley, a few huge ammo magazines... sort of what you'd find on a • submarine.
> > each tower has a crew of 15, working in 8 hour 5 man shifts. it's almost • an
> > oceanic maginot (sp?) line... but now I need to make a map of the island • to
> > show where these towers are...
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> Now this sounds like a really cool idea. Yes, you definitely need a map • and
> I'd love to see it - would the towers be linked in some way with undersea
> access tunnels or something - to make it a true "wall"? You could even
> incorporate docking platforms for submarines so they never have to
surface.
no direct connection between the towers, no. I'm going to design a cargo
submarine that would, in theory, dock with the towers underwater and be used
to transfer supplies and ammunition to them. crews come and go by
helicopter, though (they all hate crew-change.)
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> Andrew.
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