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Abe Sargent · 12-31-2014, 09:43 PM

The final benefit is perhaps far reaching. Liberty is one of a small number of systems in the Inner Sphere where WarShips used to be made. Delhi Warships built a large shipyards in the system for Vincent corvette-class WarShip. This was one of the most prolific WarShips. Introduced in 2432, they made Vincent WarShips for more than 300 years. There are still Vincents in operation today in the clans. They were a very high quality design.

In the Amaris Wars and Coup, then-Carver’s WarShip production facilities were hit and destroyed. Meanwhile the other WarShip production plant, by Delhi WarShips in Capella (which made a different WarShip) was absorbed by another military operation. Vincents have not been made for a long time.

But as a system that once hosted a large and prolific WarShip building capacity, Liberty is very important. The planet formerly known as Carver IV is now a fiefdom of Carver V. Also, the moon on Carver V was settled as well. Carver IV was the host of the plant, and after its destruction, is now mostly a small agricultural planet, with little else of note. Less than 50 million live on Carver IV, which was destroyed in the Amaris Wars. But the planet was never fully explored for scrap, information on the shipyards, or anything else. So we intend to send some survey and exploration teams to really scavenge Carver IV more fully than has ever been done, with the latest technology, to see what we can unearth.

Much of the infrastructure of the shipyards is still here. It doesn’t corrode much in space. It’s damaged badly, and scored from a variety of weapons. Even if we were able to refurnish it and build a new facility for making WarShips, that would be really, really bad. I suspect a lot of folks would see the shipyards as a huge target of opportunity. Even if we put our WarShip on constant guard, it would be too much to defend. A simple strike by the Lyran Alliance with 5 WarShips, 4 regiments of troops, and hundreds of fighters would capture it. They could build a strike force in a few months of that size.

But perhaps we could refit the shipyards to make DropShips, or maybe even JumpShips. That would be useful and not as much of a target. That’s doable. And it puts our small nation on even more even footings with other folks.

12-31-2014, 09:43 PM	#238
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	The final benefit is perhaps far reaching. Liberty is one of a small number of systems in the Inner Sphere where WarShips used to be made. Delhi Warships built a large shipyards in the system for Vincent corvette-class WarShip. This was one of the most prolific WarShips. Introduced in 2432, they made Vincent WarShips for more than 300 years. There are still Vincents in operation today in the clans. They were a very high quality design. In the Amaris Wars and Coup, then-Carver’s WarShip production facilities were hit and destroyed. Meanwhile the other WarShip production plant, by Delhi WarShips in Capella (which made a different WarShip) was absorbed by another military operation. Vincents have not been made for a long time. But as a system that once hosted a large and prolific WarShip building capacity, Liberty is very important. The planet formerly known as Carver IV is now a fiefdom of Carver V. Also, the moon on Carver V was settled as well. Carver IV was the host of the plant, and after its destruction, is now mostly a small agricultural planet, with little else of note. Less than 50 million live on Carver IV, which was destroyed in the Amaris Wars. But the planet was never fully explored for scrap, information on the shipyards, or anything else. So we intend to send some survey and exploration teams to really scavenge Carver IV more fully than has ever been done, with the latest technology, to see what we can unearth. Much of the infrastructure of the shipyards is still here. It doesn’t corrode much in space. It’s damaged badly, and scored from a variety of weapons. Even if we were able to refurnish it and build a new facility for making WarShips, that would be really, really bad. I suspect a lot of folks would see the shipyards as a huge target of opportunity. Even if we put our WarShip on constant guard, it would be too much to defend. A simple strike by the Lyran Alliance with 5 WarShips, 4 regiments of troops, and hundreds of fighters would capture it. They could build a strike force in a few months of that size. But perhaps we could refit the shipyards to make DropShips, or maybe even JumpShips. That would be useful and not as much of a target. That’s doable. And it puts our small nation on even more even footings with other folks. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent