collisions
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Posted 21 March 2007 - 03:07 PM
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 05:47 AM
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 07:53 AM
Well, no, since ships on daylight peacetime maneuvers would occasionally collide. Add close formations, high speeds, combat, smoke from guns and stacks, confused communications, and maybe higher seas than usual. It is no wonder that one's own ships once in awhile "bumped." Moving large metal objects, or even small fiberglass ones, through a dynamic medium, i.e., water, guided by groups of people is not nearly as easy as people think. See "Now Hear This" on pages 1—2,3 for a very good description.Gregoryimho only bad weather, night, and sudden machinery damage should cause chance of collision.
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 04:18 PM
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 09:41 PM
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 01:29 PM
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 08:33 PM
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Posted 11 April 2007 - 03:13 PM
Before I give my view, can I just something clarified?In the game, if a formation is initially spaced at x yards, do they remain spaced at x yards even if they turn in succession? (ie, the ships' captains are assumed to slow down or speed up to keep station)Or, if they are spaced at x yards and the lead ship turns (so 'losing' half its speed in the turn), does the next ship close up because its speed has to remain at the formation's speed?If the latter, then we have found that, unless the initial formation spacing is over 700 or 800 yards, it is very easy for ships in a single line ahead formation to close to within 500 yards any time a turn in succession is made.Greg has proposed using D12s rather than D6s to provide a wider probability spread between different encounter situations than the legacy GQ approach with D6s. That was focused on encouraging good seamanship.Which do you prefer?LONNIE
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Posted 11 April 2007 - 04:20 PM
One of the key things every young officer is taught is the fine art of station keeping (maintaining your position in a formation, no matter the movement of the formation). A formation (for example, line ahead) will maintain its following distance (normally 400-500yds, but can be larger, per orders) throughout various turns and such by minor adjustments in speed and helm. So my approach is that the separation is maintained throughout for a set formation. (Of course, if a ship within the formation suffers a major loss of speed, then either drop the speed of the formation as a whole or detach the ship from the formation by moving it out on its own). For a ship in formation to "run up" the stern of the ship ahead would be a sure fire career killer for the officer in question!In the game, if a formation is initially spaced at x yards, do they remain spaced at x yards even if they turn in succession? (ie, the ships' captains are assumed to slow down or speed up to keep station)Or, if they are spaced at x yards and the lead ship turns (so 'losing' half its speed in the turn), does the next ship close up because its speed has to remain at the formation's speed?If the latter, then we have found that, unless the initial formation spacing is over 700 or 800 yards, it is very easy for ships in a single line ahead formation to close to within 500 yards any time a turn in succession is made.
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Posted 21 September 2007 - 08:43 AM
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 09:07 AM
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 11:44 PM
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