Re: [FT] Fleet design (Was Re: Alarishi Home Page)

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:39:27 -0500 Laserlight <laserlight@cwix.com>
writes:
>  NCS evidently tried it at Alarishi Naval Yards as well.  Even found 
>it,
>probably thanks to the fact that one of our major shipyards is New
>Pascagoula.  Regrettably, the agent seems to have run off with his
>find...and without his pressure suit.	Our condolences to his family.
>  Noam, if you need some backup in this intellectual property dispute, 
>the
>Alarishi Empire is always willing to engage in joint training 
>exercises
>alongside the NI Navy.
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Ahhhh, we had been wondering what happened to him!  Regarding the NCS's
actions between 2184 and 2186, the NCS citizens are getting a bit
nervous
about these aliens.  The NCS government is getting a bit paranoid about
them.  The NCSN, now, they're getting downright scared about them. 
Trying to steal stealth tech was not a wise decision, but hey, none of
us
is perfect, eh?  The tech would have fit in well with the new fleet
doctrines of sneak and strike.	After 2186, the remaining members of the
general staff that made that decision were tried for criminal acts, two
were hung, and the rest given life in prison (a lot of NCSN personnel
died because of their acts.)  I wouldn't blame the NI for being mad
about
the theft.  My take is that such an act would add more flavor to our
various histories.  If we make the stealth tech optional, then perhaps
the NI's research failed, but the NCS didn't know that until they tried
to steal it.  Either way, it made for some chilly (and occasionally very
hot) relations between the NI and NCS.

>
>On a more serious note, we need to rein in "ubertech" that doesn't 
>come from
>the Big Four.	If they, with their trillions...hundred 
>billions....scores of
>billions?  Where are we on the population thing?  Anyway, if the Big 
>Guys
>haven't discovered it, it's probably not because their militaries are 
>old
>and stodgy.  Consequently, it's unlikely that minor powers will have 
>much
>new tech.
>
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Yeah, thats probably true.

Jim Clem
Full Thrust Site http://www.geocities.com/area51/stargate/2891/ncs.html

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