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Wandy, want me to backstop you to ensure un-poofy-ness?

The Macabees wrote:

wb Romandeos.

Thank you. I feel very unexpectedly ill and have only recently come back.

Welcome back to GD, Romandeos.

Romandeos wrote:

Thank you. I feel very unexpectedly ill and have only recently come back.

I hope you're feeling better now!

Hey Morrdh can you hook me up with a island in the far south west of the region?

Castille de Italia wrote:

Given how Imb's government has responded, and that we will be working this out most likely, I don't think I would need that much of troop support now but maybe a garrison can be arranged.

Yea, that's fine I just wanted not to have to rewrite my posts :p

I guess I can reorganize them or w.e, but idk how tense it was ICly over Castle close?

Wanderjar wrote:

Lynion:

Your country isn't exactly small, it's actually larger than mine (due to my frequent letting Wanderjar poof, I should have about 21 billion but that's another story!). So there's really not a lot of reason to worry about managing a small fleet, unless you RP with a significantly smaller national population.

Same bro :(

Happy Saint Patty's yall!

Lynion wrote:

That is true. But I was pondering about using smaller carriers for raiding purposes but after looking at speed and range, it seems the larger will stay in play. Though, I do agree that for smaller nations the smaller carriers would be better until they can afford a larger one.

Thanks for the thoughts everyone :)

That's effectively what assault carriers are for: expeditionary warfare, you trade large numbers of maritime strike aircraft for a large Marine contingent and the capability of amphibious limited warfare.

Wanderjar RP's as being a major exporter of industrial and luxury diamonds. We've got them in abundance. So, for my first tank design, the W1 'Hoare' MBT, I'm considering as part of the metal matrix composite armour scheme, incorporating Syndite. It has promise as a thermal bonder, with significant toughness and resistance, mixing type I diamond with tungsten carbide. My inspiration for the design overall would be a cross between the Turkish Altay and the American M1A2 SEP.

Thoughts?

Syndite, not sundial, damn autocorrect.

Yea, you might be better off with boron carbide.

Thanks for the perspectives. I brought it up because I read a paper recently in a physics journal about the hypothetical application of Syndite as a filler in composite tank armor, but all it said was that it's being explored, nothing else. I was checking to see if anyone else had read anything about it.

Since this syndite thing has my curiosity (mostly because it's weird. I like weird things), I'm going to do a little more research into the subject. I've discovered a few things about it, that I'll post tomorrow when my notes are complete for your consideration, but I do want to say that one thing I have uncovered is the very real suggestion to anyone using ERA, that an amorphous syndite coating on ERA fliers could in fact reduce the weight of said fliers, while dramatically increasing their hardness. As a composite filler, the thermodynamics of syndite also suggest that it could work to disperse the explosive capabilities of HEAT rounds, while the tungsten-carbide density absorbs the blast itself. I'll have some math and balances out tomorrow. Not much written about the subject so researching it is a task.

Welcome to GD!