Ship Design Thread

[Kaiser Kirk]

Provinces to Pay Off :
Basically it takes $10-$20 or so (ave 15) to develop a province.
That province will on average then generate $1.5 / HY.
So it takes 10 HY / 5 game years to pay off the development cost.
Everything after that is profit.

Order of Battle : Yep, that will be desired in about 2 weeks.

AC : At this point every is open. The draft I provided has a pair of Norse 11000ton ACs for that reason - you asked for 2 CAs.  Others have been volunteering builds on thread. 

If you have a specific vision "10k, 25kt, 4x10" We have plenty of time and apparently volunteers for a RFP. 
As I said, it's a helpful group.

We can stick to the flagship.
I'll let you decide which AC out there you're refering too :)

[AnchorSteam]

Provinces to Pay Off :
Basically it takes $10-$20 or so (ave 15) to develop a province.
That province will on average then generate $1.5 / HY.
So it takes 10 HY / 5 game years to pay off the development cost.
Everything after that is profit.

I saw a lot of zeros on my spreadsheet, does that mean i have a lot of internal provinces that have not been developed yet?

Order of Battle : Yep, that will be desired in about 2 weeks.

It is already done except for the Cruisers.

I see I picked the wrong CLs for conversion to Mine-layers so I will look around for older ones, anything will do that fits in with the Tonnage.
Speaking of that, I am wondering how much I have left for CLs.

As for future construction, 18k per year makes me think in longer terms. I have a (somewhat) balanced fleet that makes attacking me a dicey proposition, but I need something Dread-like soon. If I commit to a pair of Tiamats, would I say that 5,000 tons per year goes to each of them? That would mean they take 3 years to build, and I could develope guns for them in that amount of time.... but would that work in this system?

AC : At this point every is open. The draft I provided has a pair of Norse 11000ton ACs for that reason - you asked for 2 CAs.  Others have been volunteering builds on thread. 

If you have a specific vision "10k, 25kt, 4x10" We have plenty of time and apparently volunteers for a RFP. 
As I said, it's a helpful group.

We can stick to the flagship.
I'll let you decide which AC out there you're refering too :)

Yes, to keep things smooth, let's stick to that one. As for AC//CAs that is my priority tonight, and I am still trying to find my way to the right threads.

Sometimes I think I am on the right track, and then I see the date of the post.
Damnit....

[TacCovert4]

You have to have the guns developed when you start building the ship.  It's feasible to do some refitting in the gunnery department, but that's not all that useful as a base plan. 

If you want a dreadnought that's Ethiopian rather than built in someone else's yards, kick me the following and I'll work something out that should be suited to your coastline and commitments.

-Slip or Drydock length (how big is your biggest 1-3 docks or slips)
-Guns that you currently have 'on hand', preferably what you'd like for a main battery gun and a secondary battery gun.  If you don't know, look for the best guns on your best pre-dreadnought or cruiser.  Likely something in the 28-34cm range and the 10-15cm range.
-Whether you want coal, oil (if you have oil firing tech), or combination.  For coal in 1914 I'm going to presume oil spraying even if you don't have oil firing tech yet.

I'll whip up a couple of BB options and you can pick from there.

[Kaiser Kirk]

This is now a week old.
It seems to have moved to the startup information station, so I lost track of it.
It had been in meeting room and I thought it just went dormant.

Are there any questions above which are still open and in need of answers ?

[snip]

Its always been in here, this was originally a thread from 2017.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Oh that would explain where it came from.
It was very confusing have 3 threads and PMs going.
I tried to fix that by making an Ethiopian ship design thread,
but all 3 kept going and then folks started posting designs in the new thread.
Just trying to figure out if I answered everything.

Next time I'll have to figure out a better way.