RE: [HIST] IAS Population

I thought the =Kra'Vak= invented modular construction... 

<ducks>

-=Kr'rt

> ----------
> From: 	Beth Fulton[SMTP:beth.fulton@marine.csiro.au]
> >>Did the OU invent Modular construction, or did the IAS BTW? Or was
it
> >>yet another of those OU-(fill in the nation) Joint R&D projects that
> >>each nation took up in a different way after the initial trials?
> >
> >Alarish publicized Modular Defense Plug-ins for freighters.	While it
was
> an
> >original concept (i.e. I came up with it on my own), I rather suspect
ii
> >wasn't the first time that original concept has come up.
> > 
> 
> Case of convergent engineering I guess. I honestly hadn't looked at
> anything
> along the lines when the fleet thoughts came together - more a case of
> getting
> the most out of limited resources I guess.
>